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21 GCA § 61501

Minimum Yards and Lot Areas Established

Guam Code AnnotatedTitle 21 — Real Property
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(a)Minimum Yards and Lot Areas Established. No building or structure shall be erected or maintained, nor shall any existing building or structure be altered, enlarged, moved or maintained, on any lot, unless a front yard, a rear yard and two

(2)side yards are provided and maintained on such lot.

(1)The depth of such front and rear yards and the width of such side yards shall not be less than the depth and width specified in the following Yards and Lot Area Table.

(2)Further, no lot width or lot area, nor any lot area per dwelling shall be less than that specified in “(b) Table.”

(3)A commercial building to occupy the whole width of a lot must be of four-hour fire resistive construction.

(4)If party walls are to be erected, the written consent of the owners of adjacent lots must be obtained as a prerequisite for the issuance of a building permit to start construction.

(5)If the building to be erected is not of fireproof construction, the side yards of eight

(8)feet must be provided. CH. 61 ZONING LAW OF GUAM

(6)In the rural

(A)Zone, all structures shall have a front yard of fifteen

(15)feet, a rear yard of ten

(10)feet, and side yards of eight

(8)feet.

(A)The width of each lot shall be no less than fifty

(50)feet with an area equal to or greater than ten thousand (10,000) square feet, provided that no lot shall have a length to width relationship that exceeds a three-to-one (3:1) ratio.

(B)The lot area per dwelling unit in the Rural Zone

(A)shall not be less than nineteen thousand two hundred (19,200) square feet without sewer connection only if located on top of the Northern Aquifer.

(C)The lot area per dwelling unit in the Rural Zone

(A)shall not be less than nine thousand six hundred (9,600) square feet with sewer connection, if located on top of the Northern Aquifer.

(b)Table. Front Yard Rear Yard Side Yard Depth Depth Depth Lot Width Lot Area Lot Area Per Dwelling Unit* Single Family 15 ft. 10 ft. 8 ft. 50 ft. 5,000 sq. ft. 5,000 sq. ft. Multi-family 15 ft. 10 ft. 8 ft. 50 ft. 5,000 sq. ft. 1,250 sq. ft. Commercial ----- 20 ft. ----- 20 ft. 2,000 sq. ft. 400 sq. ft. Light Industrial ----- 20 ft. 8 ft. 50 ft. 5,000 sq. ft. 1,250 sq. ft. Heavy Industrial 25 ft. 25 ft. 15 ft. 120 ft. 40,000 sq. ft. ---------- Unless facilities are otherwise provided for loading, the rear yard must be no less than twenty

(20)feet in depth. * For properties not located on top of the Northern Aquifer.

(c)Lots Over the Aquifer. Lot sizes and set-back on properties above the aquifer shall be established by the Guam Environmental Protection Agency.

§ The story of this section

  1. Amended by P.L. 21-72 § 20 (bill & sponsor pending — earlier Legislature not yet ingested)
  2. Amended by P.L. 22-161 § 5 — introduced as Bill 1153-22 · introduced by Herminia D. Dierking + 20 cosponsors · lead sponsor unverified
  3. Amended by P.L. 23-59 § 4 — introduced as Bill 277-23 · introduced by Angel L.G. Santos + 2 cosponsors
  4. Amended by P.L. 24-51 § 2 — introduced as Bill 81-24 · introduced by Mark C. Charfauros + 1 cosponsor

Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.