<div class="chunk-title">Section 1203. - General requirements applicable in all districts.</div>
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               1203.01 <span class="ital">Required yards not to be used by another building, carport or covered parking space:</span> The minimum yards or other open spaces required by this ordinance for each and every
               building, carport or covered parking shall not be encroached upon or considered as
               meeting the yard or open space requirements of any other building.
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               1203.02 <span class="ital">Relationship of building to lot:</span> Every building hereafter erected, moved, or structurally altered shall be located
               on a lot. No more than two principal residential dwellings and their customary accessory
               buildings shall be allowed on lots five acres or greater with road frontage on a state
               maintained right-of-way. The dwellings must meet all minimum zoning setbacks as though
               the lot was divided into two separate lots. Lots less than five acres in area shall
               be allowed one principal residential dwelling. In no case shall any lot without road
               frontage on a state maintained right-of-way be allowed more than one principal residential
               dwelling. Lots accessed by private rights-of-way or easements shall be allowed one
               principal residential dwelling provided the lots have legal access.
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               (Amend. of 9-4-01)
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               1203.03 <span class="ital">Street access:</span> No building shall be erected on a lot which does not abut upon a street or recorded
               access easement, as defined in article X; provided, that in a planned shopping center,
               or group housing development a building may be erected on a lot space which adjoins
               a parking area or other dedicated open [space] used in common with other lots.
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               (Ord. of 6-7-82)
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               1203.04 <span class="ital">Reduction of lot and yard prohibited:</span> No yard or lot existing at the time of the passage of this ordinance shall be reduced
               in size or area below the minimum requirements set forth herein for the district in
               which the yards or lots are located. Yards or lots shall meet at least the minimum
               requirements established by this ordinance.
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               1203.05 <span class="ital">Lots of record:</span>
               
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                  a.
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                  Where the owner of a lot of record at the time of the adoption of this ordinance or
                  his successor in title thereto does not own sufficient land to enable him to conform
                  to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance, such lot may be used as a building
                  lot for a single-family residence in a district in which residences are permitted;
                  provided, that the lot width and/or lot area are not more than 20 percent below the
                  minimum specified for the districts. In any case where the lot area and/or lot width
                  are more than 20 percent below the minimum specified for the district or other dimensional
                  requirements cannot be met for such a lot, the board of adjustment shall approve,
                  as a variance, such dimensions as shall conform as closely as possible to the required
                  dimensions.
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                  b.
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                  Any parcel of land or group of contiguous lots under one ownership, which has an area
                  of at least 180 percent of the minimum lot area prescribed by this ordinance for the
                  district in which said parcel or group of lots is located, and which has not, since
                  the adoption of this ordinance, been reduced below an area of 200 percent of such
                  minimum lot area, and is not joined by other land in the same ownership, may be divided
                  into two lots, neither of which has an area of less than 85 percent of such required
                  minimum lot area, and each of the two resulting lots may be used as a lot for a permitted
                  use in the district; provided that all other regulations for the district shall be
                  met. The board of adjustment shall not have the authority to permit any variance from
                  the foregoing figure of 180 percent, but may permit minor deviations from the resultant
                  minimum, which in their opinion, result in a better utilization of the land for building
                  purposes.
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               1203.06 <span class="ital">Lots not served by public water and sewer:</span> Any lot or parcel that is not served by both public water and public sewer or any
               lot or parcel that is lacking in addition to the other regulations of the district
               in which said lot or parcel is located, shall comply with the following dimensional
               requirements:
               
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                  a.
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                  Where any parcel or lot is not served by either public water or sewer, the minimum
                  lot area and lot width of such parcel or lot on which a building may be erected shall
                  be 25,000 square feet and 100 feet respectively of usable space as determined by the
                  Halifax County health department.
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                  b.
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                  Where a lot or parcel is served by public water but not sewer, or public sewer but
                  not water, a lot or parcel on which a building may be erected shall have a minimum
                  lot area of 20,000 square feet and a minimum width of 100 feet of usable space as
                  determined by the Halifax County health department.
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                  c.
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                  Two-family dwellings shall be served by water and sewer facilities as required by
                  Halifax County health department.
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                  d.
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                  Multifamily dwellings shall be served by public water and sewer.
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                  e.
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                  All lots requiring individual sewage and/or water system must comply with all applicable
                  rules and regulations of the Halifax County health department and the State of North
                  Carolina.
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                  f.
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                  Lots served by a septic tank system and located on a watershed of a class I or II
                  reservoir or on the watershed of a portion of a class A-II stream extended from a
                  class I reservoir to a downstream intake to a water purification plant shall contain
                  at least 40,000 square feet of area suitable for a septic tank location and operation.
                  The location and extent of these watersheds is determined by the division of health
                  services, department of human resources.
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               (Amend. of 3-8-99(1))
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