§ 12-70. Lot size.

(a)

Generally. Minimum lot sizes in the shoreland area shall be established to afford protection against danger to health, safety and welfare, and protection against pollution of the adjacent body of water.

(b)

Sewered lots. Lots served by public sanitary sewer shall have a minimum average width of 65 feet and a minimum area of 10,000 square feet.

(c)

Unsewered lots. Lots not served by public sanitary sewer shall have a minimum average width of 100 feet and a minimum area of 20,000 square feet.

(d)

Substandard lots. A legally created lot or parcel that met minimum area and minimum average width requirements when created, but does not meet current lot size requirements, may be used as a building site, if all of the following apply:

(1)

The substandard lot or parcel was never reconfigured or combined with another lot or parcel by plat, survey or consolidation by the owner into one property tax parcel.

(2)

The substandard lot or parcel has never been developed with one or more of its structures placed partly upon an adjacent lot or parcel.

(3)

The substandard lot or parcel is developed to comply with all other article requirements.

(e)

Exception for planned unit developments. A nonriparian lot may be created that does not meet the requirements of this section if the village has approved a recorded or certified survey map including that lot within a planned unit development, if the planned unit development contains at least two acres or 200 feet of frontage, and if the reduced nonriparian lot sizes are allowed in exchange for larger shoreland buffers and setbacks on those lots adjacent to navigable waters that are proportional to and offset the impacts of the reduced lots on habitat, water quality and natural scenic beauty.

(Ord. No. 2013-06-11-002, § 1 (12-70))