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In any formal subdivision within the R-S, R1 and R-2 zones and in short subdivisions the individual lots shall be considered legal lots if the average of the areas of all lots meets the minimum requirement for the district in which the land division is located, and further provided:

A. That no lot shall be less than four thousand square feet with a minimum of fifty feet of width and eighty feet of depth unless in a R-2 zone where the lot abuts and takes vehicular access from a public alley;

B. On lots with alley access, no individual lot therein shall have an area less than three thousand square feet, be less than thirty feet in width, or less than eighty feet in lot depth. On such lots, the minimum lot frontage requirement shall be not less than thirty feet, and the lot frontage requirements listed elsewhere in this chapter shall not apply;

C. That lot area averaging may not be used to create lots for duplexes or multiple-family dwellings with less lot area than otherwise required by this title for the zone in which the property is located;

D. Not more than a thirty-five percent increase over the required minimum lot area for any single lot shall be credited in computing average lot area;

E. The small lot single-family development standards of EMC 19.08.020 shall apply to single-family dwellings on lots with less than five thousand square feet created using the lot area averaging process;

F. Critical areas and buffers may not be used as credit for lots utilizing lot size averaging. (Ord. 3774-20 § 5(F) (Exh. 3), 2020.)