[Ord. 672]
(a)
Minimum Lot Area. Unless otherwise provided in this article, the
required area of a lot or parcel of land shall not be less than 2,000
square feet.
(b)
Area Accepted as the Required Area. The required area of a lot or
parcel of land shall be not less than the area specified by applicable
zoning standards except under the following special conditions:
(1)
Subdivisions. Required area shall mean the area of a lot or
parcel of land shown as a part of a subdivision for purposes of sale,
when recorded as a final map or on file as a Record of Survey Map
approved as provided in the Subdivision Map Act or the City of Avalon
Subdivision Ordinance.
(2)
Free-Existing Parcels. Required area shall mean the area of
a lot, or parcel of land the right of possession of which, by virtue
of deed duly recorded, or by a recorded contract of sale, is vested
in a person who neither owns nor has right of possession of any contiguous
parcel of property; provided that the deed or contract of sale by
which such right of possession was separated was recorded prior to
the adoption, by the City Council of the City of Avalon, of this title
imposing the area requirements upon such lot or parcel.
(3)
Parcels of Land Divided by Boundary Lines. Where a parcel of
land, which would otherwise have been shown as one lot, is divided
into two or more lots because of a City boundary line, required area
shall mean the total area of said parcel of land.