§ 6.3.5 — Lots
Code of Ordinances, City of Tupelo, Mississippi (Supp. No. 15: codified through Ordinance of March 5, 2024 and Ordinance of June 4, 2024) · Tupelo Development Code § 6.3.5
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6.3.5. - Lots.
(1) Buildings to be on a Lot. Every building shall be located on a lot. In residential zoning districts, no more than one principal building is permitted on a lot unless otherwise provided in the applicable zoning district regulations. (2) Compliance with Zoning District Regulations. The size, width, depth, shape, and orientation of lots shall comply with the applicable zoning district regulations as provided in Chapter 4 of this code, except as provided in Section 6.10, Infill, and except where modified through the development plan process provided in Section 12.9, or the variance process as provided in Section 12.16. The minimum lot area requirements set forth in Chapter 4 shall not include land permanently or normally inundated by water and/or other regulated waterways, such as creeks, wetlands or flood ways. If the zoning district designation for a single lot is split into two or more general use or overlay zoning districts, then the portions of the lot in each general use or overlay zoning district shall meet all requirements of that specific district. (3) Lots intended for new detached dwellings adjacent to existing lots intended for detached dwellings shall be no less than 75 percent of the average area of existing contiguous lots. (4) All lots shall front on a public or private street and shall have a minimum frontage width as indicated in the zoning district regulations. On irregularly shaped lots, a minimum street frontage of 15 feet is required. (5) An "irregularly shaped lot" includes any lot located on a cul-de-sac or abutting a curved section of a roadway with a centerline radius of less than 200 feet. (6) Residential lots shall not front on a collector street, arterial street, or parkway.
