As a Realtor in Lake Geneva, the Geneva Lake waters are of prime importance to our real estate values. These new changes attempt to protect our water quality, wildlife, and our natural beauty by placing stricter standards on new development and construction near our waterways.
No. 8 Most existing substandard lots are grandfathered.
This is a very important provision because some counties have treated some small waterfront lots as unbuildable if the lots do not meet the current lot-size requirements in the existing ordinance. Most of the lots are grandfathered as long as they a) met the lot-size requirements when the lots were originally recorded and b) the lots have not been merged, replatted, or combined in any way with adjacent lots.
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