(A) (1) The lot size, width, depth, shape and orientation shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision site plan and for the type of development and use contemplated.
(2) Lot dimensions shall conform to the requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(B) (1) Residential lot sizes, regardless of jurisdictional boundary, shall meet the minimum requirements herein established and shall comply with the rules and regulations of the State Department of Public Health and the County Health Department.
(2) Lots abutting a water course, drainage way, channel or stream shall have a minimum width or depth, as required to provide an adequate building site and to afford the minimum usable area required in this chapter or the Zoning Ordinance for front, rear and side yards.
(3) Depths and widths of lots or properties reserved or laid out for commercial, business or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street service and parking facilities required in the Zoning Ordinance.
(C) (1) All residential lots shall abut a publicly or privately dedicated street.
(2) All commercial and industrial lots shall abut a publicly dedicated street, privately dedicated street, or a perpetual access easement.
(D) (1) Double frontage and reverse frontage lots shall be avoided except where essential to provide separation of residential development from highways or thoroughfares or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation.
(2) A planting screen easement of at least ten feet, and across which there shall be no right of vehicular access, shall be provided along the rear lot lines of lots abutting such highways and major thoroughfares.
(E) Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles or radial to street lines.
(F) (1) Where residential lots fronting on thoroughfares are permitted by the Planning and Zoning Commission, they should be platted with extra depth to permit generous distances between the buildings and such trafficways.
(2) Where lots front on thoroughfares, the normal building setback line shall be increased by an additional 20 feet.
(3) Business, commercial, or industrial buildings in residential blocks shall be provided with setbacks at least equal to the setback of the residential properties in that block and shall comply with all applicable zoning requirements.
(G) (1) Lots shall be laid out so as to provide positive drainage away from all buildings, and individual lot drainage shall be coordinated with the general storm drainage pattern for the area.
(2) Drainage shall be designed so as to avoid concentration of storm drainage water from each lot to adjacent lots.
(H) Lots at right angles to each other shall be avoided wherever possible, especially in residential areas.
(I) Corner lots for residential use shall have extra width to permit appropriate building setback from and orientation to both streets.
(J) Lot lines shall follow municipal boundary lines whenever practicable, rather than cross them.
(Ord. 176, passed 3-6-78; Am. Ord. 1233, passed 5-20-02; Am. Ord. 1589, passed 8-3-09)