Zoning Riddle
I do not make subdivisions except in cases that involve conservation efforts. My latest case involves an agricultural restriction with a few lots reserved for the family to build houses for their children. This is where the seemingly arbirary zoning issues have me confused.
In order to subdivide a lot the frontage requiement is 120 feet, but somehow the width of the lot needs to be 130 feet. This may be a typographical error in the zoning bylaw and I plan to ask the planner for a clearer meaning. In the meantime I thought it might be interesting to try here for opinions.
The definition of “Lot Width” is even more confusing, stating “The distance between the side lines of a lot measured at right angles to the mean direction of such side lines. Calculating the mean direction of the side lines is unnecessarily complicated, and to accomplish what exactly?
I don’t understand why they would have such arbitrary and complicated rules of construction. Why not just require the side lines to be paralell at 130 feet distant from one another?
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