17.10.020 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

A. Every Single Family Dwelling To Be On A Legal Lot: 1. Every single family dwelling shall be located and maintained on an approved lot, as defined in this title. 2. A travel trailer or similar vehicle, to be used for housing, may be placed on the same lot as a single family dwelling that is under construction for up to one hundred eighty (180) days. B. Establishment Of Legal Lots: 1. Legal lots are established as defined in section17.07.040 of this title, under the definition of lot/parcel. 2. The Cache County Director of Development Services shall make all final determinations of parcel legality. C. Combined Lots Or Parcels: 1. If combined lots/parcels have two (2) or more different zoning designations, the uses and regulations of the most restrictive zone will apply. D. Sale Or Lease Of Required Space: 1. Space needed to meet the width, setback, area, coverage, parking or other requirements of this title for a lot/parcel or building shall not be sold or leased away from such lot/parcel or building. E. Sale Of Lots/Parcels Below Minimum Space Requirements: 1. A parcel of land which has less than the minimum width and area required for the zone in which it is located shall not be cut off from a larger parcel of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of building or development. F. Restricted Lots: 1. No permits or licenses will be issued for a use on any restricted lot. 2. A restricted lot which meets all the requirements of this title for a lot, but the creation of which has caused any adjacent lot from which it was severed to be insufficient in frontage, yard or other requirements, may be considered legal by adding sufficient area to the adjacent lot to meet all of the requirements of this title for a lot in its zone. The added area must be duly platted and evidenced in the public records by a deed showing a single legal description in the Office of the County Recorder. 3. A restricted lot meeting the minimum lot size and/or density requirements of a zone may apply for subdivision. G. Nonconforming Lot/Parcel: 1. Legal lots not meeting the minimum lot size or density requirements of the applicable zone shall be entitled to be developed as a lot, but shall not be entitled to further subdivision in that nonconforming configuration. H. Nonconforming Structure: 1. Existence: A nonconforming structure may continue provided that it: a. Is determined to legally exist prior to the effective date of the applicable ordinance, or legally established by the action of a Federal, State, or local government entity; and b. Has been continuously maintained. 2. Alteration: A nonconforming structure may be altered, maintained, and/or repaired as follows: a. Minor: Minor changes that do not increase the nonconformity are permitted provided that: (1) Necessary permits are obtained, and on any work being completed that requires a building permit a zoning clearance shall be issued that identifies the following: (A) The legally nonconforming status; and (B) The nonconformity; and (C) That the nonconformity of the structure is not being increased. (2) Any reconstruction or restoration of a nonconforming structure shall comply with State Code and this Code. b. Major: Requests for major changes that increase a nonconformity may be made to the Cache County Board of Adjustments and must meet State Code requirements for a variance. 3. Abandonment: A nonconforming structure may be determined to be abandoned in compliance with State Code and this Code.