I wonder how they pulled this off?

Coming on the market, probably Thursday, is 7 Heusted Drive, priced at $2.950 million; no basement, because it’s in the AE flood zone, and there’s nothing in the third floor .Interestingly, this property sold in 2007 for $1.695 million, when it held a teardown on 0.23 of an acre. Somehow, the lot was subdivided and a this house was built in 2008 on 0.11 of an acre. This is in the R-12 zone, meaning that minimum lot size is 12,000 sq. ft. and the maximum FAR allowance is 0.350, yet this lot is just 4,791 sq. ft, and that FAR allowance would allow a structure of just 1,509 sq.ft; this one is 3,556. Even the original lot of 0.23 —10,018 sq. ft. — was non-conforming, and would have allowed a house of only 3,156 sq.ft.

The subdivision and the construction were clearly legal: the property sold in its present size in 2016 for $1.795, and title companies and buyers’ lawyers don’t tolerate unlawful non-conforming purchases, especially when there’s money being loaned out and debt incurred. I’m just curious how it was done.