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(a) Minimum Lot Area Per Unit. The lot area per unit requirement for single family, two family, and multiple family residential dwellings shall conform to the applicable zoning district provisions in which the dwelling is located. (b) Buildable Area. 1. Within zoning districts with a minimum lot size requirement of less than ten (10) acres, the required minimum lot area shall be buildable land, as defined by this ordinance and exclusive of utility transmission easements. 2. Within zoning districts with a minimum lot size requirement of ten (10) acres or more, a minimum of twenty (20) percent of the lot area must be contiguous buildable land, as defined by this ordinance. (4) Building Placement and Multiple Structures. (a) Street Obstructions. All buildings shall be so placed so that they will not obstruct future streets which may be constructed by the City in conformity with existing streets and according to the system and standards employed by the City. (b) Principal Buildings. Except in an approved planned unit development that specifically allows it, as provided for in § 1007.024 of this Ordinance, not more than one (1) principal building shall be located on a lot. The words "principal building" shall be given their common, ordinary meaning as defined in § 1007.001 this Ordinance. (5) Yards, and Setbacks. (a) Setbacks. 1. No setback, yard or other open space shall be reduced in area or dimension so as to make such setback, yard or other open space less than the minimum required by this Ordinance, and if the existing setback, yard or other open space as existing is less than the minimum required, it shall not be further reduced. 2. Front Setbacks. Where principal buildings on adjoining lots existed at the time of adoption of this Ordinance have a lesser setback from that required, the required front yard setback of a new structure shall not be less than the average front yard of the adjacent buildings on each side lot for four hundred (400) feet and in no case shall be less than twenty (20) feet. 3. Corner Lots. On corner lots, nothing shall be placed or allowed to grow in such a manner as materially to impede vision between a height of two and one-half (2-1/2) and ten (10) feet above the centerline grades of the intersecting streets within fifteen (15) feet of the intersecting street right-of-way lines. This restriction shall also apply to the planting of crops and to yard grades that result in elevations that impede vision within fifteen (15) feet of any intersecting street right-of-way lines. 3-5