(A) No land shall be subdivided for residential use, if such land is considered by the Commission to be unsuitable for such use by reason of flooding or improper drainage, or objectionable earth or rock formations, topology or other features harmful to the health, safety and welfare of future residents and the community as a whole. (Refer to § 154.051 for residential regulations.)
(B) The Commission may require either a general or operational soil survey, with interpretations, where it is not readily apparent from existing information that the land to be subdivided is not subject to flooding or does not contain poor drainage characteristics. If required, the survey shall be conducted by a qualified person or agency acceptable to the Commission. In the event that the Commission finds the land to be subdivided unacceptable due to results of the soils survey, the Commission shall not approve the plat. The Commission may, however, prescribe conditions that the subdivider must meet to obtain approval and these conditions may be incorporated into an agreement between the Commission and the subdivider.
(C) All proposed subdivisions shall conform to the major thoroughfare plan as is now or may be set forth hereafter. Whenever any tract to be subdivided embraces any part of the major thoroughfares plan, that part of such public way shall be platted by the subdivider in the location and of the width indicated on the major thoroughfares plan, or as the Commission may require. Where streets are not shown in the major thoroughfares plan, the arrangements of streets in a subdivision shall provide for the continuation or projection of existing principal streets in surrounding areas or conform to a plan of the neighborhood approved and adopted by the Commission.
(D) Spite strips of a non-build area to prevent adjacent property owners from connecting to rights-of-way, roads, utilities or easements shall not be allowed in any existing or new development.
(Ord. 2, passed 8-14-2006) Penalty, see § 10.99