Subdivision lots shall be designed according to the following standards.
(A) The lot arrangement shall be such that all lots shall have satisfactory building sites, properly related to topography and surrounding land and uses. Each lot shall comply with the minimum requirements of the Zoning Ordinance and with all applicable health regulations. Each lot shall be capable of providing safe, usable driveway access.
(B) Where lots are more than double the minimum required area for the zoning district, the Plat Committee or the Plan Commission may require that the lots be arranged so as to allow further subdivision and the opening of future streets where they would be necessary to serve potential lots, all in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance and this chapter.
(C) Irregular-shaped lots shall be avoided except where the Plat Committee or the Plan Commission deems such a pattern to be more appropriate to the site conditions than regular shapes. Financial advantage for the subdivider and/or the ability to create a larger number of lots is not in itself sufficient reason for allowing irregular shapes.
(D) In general, side lot lines shall be at right angles to street lines and radial to curving street lines unless a variation from this rule will provide a better layout.
(E) To the fullest extent practical, residential lots shall front on residential subdivision streets in such a manner as to provide neighborhood cohesiveness. Lots laid out in long lines along arterial, collector, or local streets shall be avoided.
(F) (1) Lots abutting a watercourse, drainageway, channel, stream, or floodplain shall have additional minimum width or depth as required to provide an adequate building site and afford the minimum usable area required by the Zoning Ordinance for front, rear and side yards.
(2) Lands below the regulatory flood elevation as specified by the Zoning Ordinance shall not be used for computing the area requirement for any lot.
(G) If a tract being subdivided contains a water body other than a temporary detention facility or portion thereof, lot lines shall either be so drawn as to distribute the entire ownership of the water body among the fees of adjacent lots, or the Plat Committee or Plan Commission may approve an alternative plan whereby the ownership of and responsibility for safe maintenance of the water body is so placed that it will not become a county responsibility. No part of the minimum area of a lot required under the Zoning Ordinance may be satisfied by land which is under water, other than a temporary detention facility or portion thereof.
(H) Double frontage and reversed frontage lots shall be avoided in residential subdivisions, except where necessary to provide separation of residential development from streets, or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation.
(I) Except where provided in § 153.089, each lot shall have at least 40 feet frontage on either a public road or a private road of at least 50-foot width.
(Prior Code, § 152.088) (Ord. 87, passed 4-18-1988)