In any district, any lot which is of record on the effective date of the applicable provisions of this title or amendment thereto may be the site upon which currently permitted principal and accessory uses and structures may be erected in compliance with the current provisions of this title. This provision applies even though such lot fails to meet the minimum lot size or dimensions applicable in the district, unless the nonconforming lot and an abutting lot are under common ownership or were under common ownership at any time following the effective date of the applicable provisions of this title or amendment thereto and the combination of the lots would make a conforming lot or a lot with less nonconformity. A nonconforming lot that abuts a conforming or nonconforming lot under common ownership at any time after the effective date of the applicable provision of this title or amendment thereto that caused the lot to be nonconforming may not be used unless the nonconformity has been cured or minimized by a replat of the lot. The nonconformity may be cured or minimized by a replat that combines the nonconforming lot with an abutting lot or with sufficient area from an abutting lot to cure or minimize the nonconformity. [Ord. 01-05 § 8.]