Preliminary Subdivision Plats shall be reviewed and approved with respect to the following standards:
(a) Block Standards. The lengths, widths, and depths of blocks shall comply with the following standards:
(1) Convenient access, circulation, control and safety of street traffic.
(2) Minimum lot areas and minimum lot widths established in the Bexley Zoning Code, Subdivision Regulations or engineering standards.
(3) Limitations and opportunities of existing topography and site features.
(b) Lot Standards. The design, size, shape and orientation of each lot, which provides for a suitable building site, shall be appropriate to its location and expected use. The following standards shall apply:
(1) The lot lines of all lots, so far as practical, shall be at approximately right angles to the fronting street, or approximately radial to the center of the curvature, if the street is curved.
(2) No lot shall be divided by a zoning district boundary line.
(3) Corner lots for residential use shall have extra width to permit appropriate building setback from both fronting streets.
(4) Through lots, reverse corner lots and flag lots should be avoided.
(5) All lots that would require landscape buffers in addition to their setbacks should have extra width to accommodate that buffer.
(6) No remnants of property shall be left over after subdividing which do not meet lot requirements or which are not required for utility purposes.
(7) Lot lines between adjacent lots should be located at the top of any slope between them.
(8) All lots should conform to the requirements of this Zoning Ordinance.
(Ord. 29-16. Passed 11-15-16.)