CHAPTER 3
DESIGN STANDARDS AND REQUIRED LAND IMPROVEMENTS

SECTION:

11-3-1: Conformance With Standards Required

11-3-2: General Standards

11-3-3: Building Site Improvements

11-3-4: Streets

11-3-5: Alleys

11-3-6: Sidewalks

11-3-7: Water Installation

11-3-8: Sewer Facilities And Waste Disposal

11-3-9: Street Lighting, Utility Lines, And Easements

11-3-10: Monuments And Corner Markers

11-3-11: Drainage

11-3-12: Lots

11-3-13: Blocks

11-3-14: Crosswalk Ways

11-3-15: Parks And Other Public Use

11-3-16: Fence Buffering

11-3-17: Reimbursement Policy

11-3-18: Conditions Of Plat Approval

11-3-1: CONFORMANCE WITH STANDARDS REQUIRED:

No preliminary or final plat shall be approved by the commission or Governing Body and no completed improvements shall be acceptable by the City unless they conform to the following standards and specifications. (Ord. 90-02, 6-5-1990)

11-3-2: GENERAL STANDARDS:

   A.   Conformity With Comprehensive Plan: The subdivision shall conform to the Comprehensive Plan of the City and parts thereof.

   B.   Provision For Future Subdivisions: If a tract is subdivided into parcels larger than ordinary building lots, such parcels shall be arranged to allow for the opening of future streets.

   C.   Reserve Strips Prohibited: There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to land dedicated or intended to be dedicated to public use. (Ord. 90-02, 6-5-1990)

11-3-3: BUILDING SITE IMPROVEMENTS:

   A.   No subdivision or part thereof shall be approved if proposed subdivision development in an established flood hazard area will individually or collectively, significantly increase flood flows, heights or damages.

   B.   Building sites, residences, motels, resorts and similar uses for human occupation in established flood hazard areas shall meet the requirements of the Federal Flood Insurance Program as adopted by the City.

   C.   Building sites for structures other than residences outside of established flood hazard areas shall ordinarily be filed as provided in the City's codes and ordinances controlling such activities.

   D.   When the Governing Body determines, based on study by the City staff, that only part of a proposed plat can be safely developed, it shall limit development to that part and shall require that the method of development be consistent with its determination.

   E.   When the subdivider does not intend to develop the plat himself and the City Engineer determines that limitations are required to insure safe development, the Governing Body may require the subdivider to impose appropriate deed restrictions on the land. Such deed restrictions shall be inserted in every deed and noted on the face of the final plat.

   F.   Floor level of the buildings are to be a minimum of eighteen inches (18") above the top of the nearest curb and gutter, the grade of which shall be approved by the City. The City shall require new construction within flood prone areas to meet or exceed the base flood elevation. (Ord. 16-07-17, 7-18-2017)