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the adoption of this ordinance, may be used as a building site, or for any purpose permitted in this ordinance, even though such lot or parcel does not conform to the minimum frontage or area requirements of the district in which it is located; pro- vided, however, that no multiple family dwelling or residential unit in combina- tion with some other use shall be erected, altered or converted in use on lots having a width of less than fifty (50) feet. (b) Any lot or parcel shown on a recorded subdivision, plat or assessor's plat, or con- veyance and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Dane County prior to the adoption of this ordinance, may be increased in size by the addition of all or part of the adjoining lots or parcels and such resulting lots or parcel may be used for any purpose permitted in the district in which it is located although by such addition such lots or parcels do not reach the minimum area or frontage re- quired in such district; provided, however, that subsequent to such addition, the side yard, open space and percentage of occupancy provisions for lots of the result- ing size shall apply; and provided further, that after buildings have been erected on such lots or parcels their area or width shall not thereafter be reduced, ex- cept in conformity to the provisions of this ordinance. (4) SETBACK (a) In district in which service stations' are permitted, pumps and pump islands may be located within the setback lines, but not closer to the lot line or highway right-of-way line than twelve (12) feet. On corner lots no pump or pump island shall be closer to either street or highway than twelve (12) feet. (b) In case of interior lots having frontage on two streets, no accessory building shall extend into the setback area of either street. (c) When the side line of an interior lot. is formed wholly or in part by the rear line of an abutting corner lot and the street side yard for the main building is less than the setback from the main building facing such street, the setback for the building on such interior lot may be modified so as to be midway between the side yard for the building on the corner lot and the setback from such street. (d) In platted subdivisions recorded before the adoption of this ordinance where a building line shall have been established by the construction of buildings on thirty (30) percent of the lots in any one block, such established setback line • shall be the setback for such block, but in no event shall such setback be less than twenty (20) feet. (e) No existing building, erected prior to the adoption of this ordinance, which pro- jects into the setback area shall be moved, structurally altered or added to so as to increase that part of the building projecting into the setback area. This provision shall not be construed to prohibit additions or alterations which con- form to the setback requirements. (5) SIDE YARDS (a) Lots of non-conforming width: — 1. On lots fifty (50) feet or more in width but less than sixty (60) feet, the minimum aggregate side yards shall be fifteen (15) feet and no single side yard shall be less than five (5) .feet. 2. On lots less than fifty (50) feet in width the minimum side yard on each side shall be five (5) feet. (b) Corner lots: 1. When the lona side of a corner lot is formed by a Class A, B or C highway the side yard on such street shall conform to the setback requirements for such highway. 2. When the long side of a corner lot is formed by a Class D or E highway the setback from the lot line of the long side shall be not less than one-fifth of the lot depth measured from the long side except on lots of less than 60 feet then the setback shall not be less than 12 feet. For buildings with attached garages facing the long side and having access to the long side of the lot, the minimum setback from the lot line shall be not less than 20 feet. - 30 -