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ARTICLE VIII
EXCEPTIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
Section 801. EXISTING LOTS
Where the owner of a plot of land consisting of one or more adjacent lots of record at the time of enactment of this ordinance or his successor in title thereto does not own sufficient land to enable him to meet minimum lot size requirements of this ordinance, such plot of land may nevertheless be used as a building site.
Yard and other space requirements for the district in which the lot is located must be met, unless a variance is granted in accordance with the provisions of Article X, Section 1005.3.
801.1	Adjoining and Vacant Lots of Record
If two or more adjoining and vacant lots with continuous frontage are in a single ownership at any time after the adoption of this ordinance and such lots individually are_ less tlian the lot width requirements for the zone in which they are located, such group of lots shall be considered as a single lot or several lots of minimum permitted size and the resulting lot or lots shall be subject to the dimensional requirements of this ordinance.
Section 802. FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR DWELLINGS
The setback requirements of this ordinance for proposed dwellings shall not apply to any lot where the average setback on developed lots, located wholly or in part within one hundred (100) feet of '	each	side of such lot and within the same block, and zoning dis-
trict fronting on the same street as such lot, is less than the minimum required setback. In sudi cases, the setback on such lots may be equal to the average of the existing setbacks on the adjoining developed lots.
Section 803. HEIGHT LIMITS
The height limits of this ordinance shall not apply to church spires, belfries, monuments, transmission towers, water towers, flag poles, derricks, chimneys, cooling towers, fire towers, and other structures not intended for human occupancy. These exceptions shall not apply in an airport flight zone.
Section 804. GROUP MOUSING PROJECTS
In the case ci group housing projects of two (2) or more buildings to be constructed on a plot of ground having area of not less than four (4) acres, not subdivided into customary streets and lots, and which will not be subdivided, or where existing or contemplated street and lot layout make it impracticable to apply the requirements oi tins ordinance tc the individual building


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