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us-gu · Through P.L. 38-133 (June 4, 2026)

21 GCA § 61502: General Yard and Area Requirements.

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  1. Title 21: Real Property
  2. Division 2 - Regulation of Real Property Uses
  3. Chapter 61: Zoning Law of Guam
  4. ARTICLE 5: YARD AND AREA REGULATIONS
  5. SUBARTICLE 1: YARD AND AREA

(a) No required yard or other open space provided about any building or structure for the purpose of complying with the provisions of this Title, shall be considered as providing a yard or open space for any other building or structure.

(b) No lot or parcel of land under separate ownership at the time this law became effective shall be separated in ownership or reduced in size below the minimum lot width or lot area set forth in the Yards and Lot Area table.

(c) Where a lot in the R1 zone has an area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet or more, a one-family dwelling may be erected and maintained on each five thousand (5,000) square feet thereof, if front, side and rear yards of the depth and width specified in the Yard and Lot Area table are provided and maintained for each such dwelling.

(d) In the C and M1 zones, every building hereafter erected on a lot which abuts a primary or secondary highway, as shown on a highway plan adopted by the Commission or I Liheslatura, shall provide and maintain a front or side yard having a depth or width, as the case may be, of not less than that required to conform to the line of such highway.

(e) A hotel or motel, while considered a multi-family use, requires a minimum of four hundred (400) square feet of lot area per living unit in a commercial zone.

(f) A cluster development may have a reduction of yards and lot width upon approval by the Commission.

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