Subject: 10327/Amend:Define Flag Lots
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 1990 11:55:00 -0500


                               ORDINANCE NO. 10327
        
        
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 6958, AS
                   AMENDED, KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE, SO AS
                   TO AMEND ARTICLE II, SECTION 100(57), RELATIVE
                   TO THE DEFINITION OF FLAG LOTS.
                  
                  
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              	   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
         CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Ordinance No. 6958, as amended, 
the
         Zoning Ordinance, be and the same is hereby amended so as to
         amend Article II, Section 100 (57) relative to the definition 
of
         flag lots.
              	   SECTION 1.	  That Article II, Section 100(57) be
         deleted in its entirety and substitute in lieu thereof the
         following:
        
         100.	DEFINITIONS:
        
         	(57)  An interior lot located to the rear of
                      another lot, but with a narrow portion of the
                      lot extending to the street.  The narrow
                      portion of the lot that extends to the street
                      shall be suitable for ingress and egress, and
                      shall not be included in the calculation of
                      the minimum lot area.  No part of the narrow
                      portion of the lot shall be less than
                      twenty-five (25) feet in width, except in
                      cases where an existing structure(s) and its
                      required side yard cannot be accommodated,
                      then the width shall not be less than fifteen
                      (15) feet in width.  The narrow (flag pole)
                      portion of the lot shall not be considered in
                      determining required yard setbacks.  The
                      front yard requirements (setbacks) shall
                      apply to all yards of a flag lot.
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         	   	SECTION 2.     BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this
         Ordinance shall take effect two weeks from and after its 
passage
         as required by law.
        
         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading November 14, 1995.    
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         	   	     	       APPROVED: __X___ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1995.
        
        
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