(A) Size and shape. The size, width, shape, and orientation of building sites shall be appropriate for the location of the land division and for the type of development and use contemplated, and shall be consistent with the residential lot size provisions of the zoning ordinance and Comprehensive Plan with the following exceptions.
(1) In areas that will not be served by a public sewer, minimum lot and parcel sizes shall permit compliance with the requirements of the Department of Environmental Quality and shall take into consideration problem of sewage disposal, particularly problems of soil structure and water table as related to sewage disposal by subsurface or other means.
(2) Where property is zoned and planned for business or industrial use, other widths and areas may be permitted at the discretion of the Planning Commission. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for off-street parking and service facilities required by the type of use and development contemplated.
(B) Access. Each lot and parcel shall abut upon a street other than an alley for a width of at least 20 feet.
(C) Through lots and parcels. Through lots and parcels shall be avoided except where they are essential to provide separation of development from major traffic arterials or adjacent incompatible activities or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. A planting screen easement at least 5 feet wide and across which there shall be no right of access may be required along the line of building sites abutting such a traffic artery or other incompatible use.
(D) Lot and parcel side lines. The lines of lots and parcels, as far as is practicable, shall run at right angles to the street upon which they face, except that on curves streets they shall be radial to the curve.
(E) Flag lots.
(Ord. 2021-08-02, passed 10-12-2021) Penalty, see § 152.999