(A) The size, shape, and orientation of lots shall be appropriate for the location of the proposed subdivision and for the type of development contemplated.
(B) Excessive depth in relation to width should be avoided. No lot should have a depth which exceeds two and one-half times its width.
(C) Every lot shall abut on a publicly dedicated street or on an approved place.
(D) Except in planned developments, lots for residence purposes shall be at least 60 feet wide at the building setback line, in order to permit compliance with the side yard requirements of the zoning code and still be adequate for a building of practicable width. Minimum depth of a rectangular lot shall be 120 feet. Minimum length of one side lot line of a pie-shaped lot shall be 100 feet and the minimum average length of the two side lot lines shall be 120 feet.
(E) Double frontage lots shall not be permitted except where one face abuts a major street as defined in the master plan. In such cases, a two-foot buffer lot shall be created to prohibit access onto the major street. (See Figure 2.) Buffer lots shall be deeded to the city and a recitation to that effect shall be made on the final plat.
(F) Side lot lines shall be approximately at right angles to the right-of-way line of the street on which the lot abuts.
(G) Corner lots in residential zones shall have the following minimum widths in order to permit conformance with setbacks on the side street as required by the zoning code.
(1) In R-1 Zones, 85 feet.
(2) In other R zones, 75 feet.
(H) Residential lots fronting or abutting on highways, arterial streets, and other important trafficways should have extra depth to permit deep setbacks for the building from such trafficways within the limits set in (B) above. (See Figure 2.)
(1980 Code, § 151.36) (Ord. 3704, passed 6-5-1978)