a. Lot Arrangement. The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties for reasons of topography or other conditions in securing building permits to build on each of the created lots in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance and Health Regulations and in providing driveway access to buildings on such lots from the appropriate approved street.
b. Lot Dimension. Lot dimensions shall comply with the minimum standards in the Zoning Ordinance. Where lots are more than double the minimum required area for the zoning district, the Commission may require that such lots be arranged so as to allow further subdivision and the opening of future streets where they would be necessary to serve all such potential lots in compliance with the Zoning Ordinance and these regulations. In general, side lot lines shall be at right angles to the street lines (or radial to curving street lines) unless a variation from this rule will give a better street or lot plan. Corner lots shall observe the minimum front yard setback from both streets. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for business, commercial, or industrial purposes shall he adequate to provide for all of the off-street parking and loading facilities required for the type of use and development contemplated, as established in the Zoning Ordinance.
c. Double Frontage Lots and Access to Lots.
1. Double Frontage logs. Double frontage and reversed frontage lots shall be avoided except where necessary to provide for the separation of residential development from the traffic bordering arterials or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation affecting the subdivided lots.
2. Access from Primary and Secondary Arterials. Lots shall not, in general, derive access from a primary or secondary arterial street. Where driveway access from a primary or secondary arterial street may be the only possible access for several adjoining lots, the Commission may require that such lots be served by a combined access drive in order to limit possible traffic hazards from multiple access to such streets. Where possible, driveways should be designed and arranged so as to avoid requiring vehicles to back into traffic on primary or secondary arterials.
d. Soil Preservation, Grading and Seeding.
1. Soil Preservation and Final Grading. No certificates of occupancy shall be issued until final grading has been completed in accordance with the approved engineering plans.
2. Lot Drainage. 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 water drainage pattern for the area. Drainage shall be designed so as to avoid the accumulation of storm water on any one or more lots from adjacent lots. It shall be the responsibility of the lot owner to maintain the lot grade, as it applies to drainage, as provided for in the approved engineering plans.
3. Lawn Grass Seed and Sod. Erosion control shall be in accordance with the Soil and Conservation Service Rule 5. Lot owner is responsible for compliance with Rule 5. Final landscaping to be completed within nine (9) months of date of occupancy or issuance of occupancy permit whichever is first.
e. Debris and Waste. No cut trees, timber, debris, earth, rocks, stones, junk rubbish, or other waste material of any kind shall be buried in any land, or left or deposited on any lot or street at the time of occupancy within a subdivision, nor shall any be left or deposited in any area of the subdivision at the time of expiration of the performance bond of public improvements.
f. Fencing. Each subdivider and/or developer shall be required to furnish and install fences wherever the Commission determines that a hazardous condition may exist. The fences shall be constructed to the height and material as noted on the final plat. No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until said fence improvements have been duly installed.
g. Waterbodies and Watercourses. If a tract being subdivided contains a water body, or portion thereof, lot lines shall be so drawn as to distribute the entire ownership of the water body among the fees of adjacent lots. The Commission may approve an alternative allocation of interests whereby the ownership of and responsibility for safe maintenance of the water body is so placed that it will not become a local government responsibility. No part of the minimum area of a lot required under the Zoning Ordinance may be satisfied by land which is under water. Where a watercourse separates the buildable area of a lot from the street from which it has access, provisions shall be made for installation of a culvert or other structure, of a design approved by the Town Engineer. (Ord. No. 94-9, § V, M, 8-9-94; Am. Ord. No. 2000-41, 12-19-00)