19.16.020 Existing lots of record – Defined – Permitted when.
A. An “existing lot of record” shall mean any lot that existed in its present configuration prior to April 22, 1949, or if the subject property conformed to the regulations of the zoning ordinances of April 22, 1949; May, 1964; and the January, 1967, revision.
B. Any improved or unimproved lot that was in conformance with the regulations of the jurisdiction in which it was located, shall, upon annexation to the City, be deemed to be an existing lot of record.
C. In any zone for which a minimum lot area is established, a lot of record having less than the required area and/or width may be used; provided, the owner thereof owns no adjoining, vacant property; and provided further:
1. For the purposes of calculating required side yards, any such lot shall be deemed to have a width of not less than 40 feet;
2. The sum of the side yard widths on any such lot need not exceed 30 percent of the width of the lot, but in no case shall the width of any side yard, if required in said zone, be less than 10 percent of the width of the lot;
3. The depth of the rear yard of any such lot need not exceed 20 percent of the depth of the lot, but in no case shall it be less than 10 feet;
4. In any subdivision where the lots of record are generally 25 feet in width, the building site shall be a parcel of land, the least width of which shall be as follows:
a. For a single lot of record in one recorded ownership upon the effective date of this chapter, 25 feet,
b. For any two such lots whose side lines adjoin, 50 feet,
c. For any five or more such lots, 60 feet, or as otherwise permitted in the zone. (Ord. 1356 § 1, 1971; Ord. 1212 § 1, 1969; prior code § 33.1001(A)).