(A) Arrangement in relation to street. The arrangement of lots shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties, for reasons of topography or other conditions. All lots shall front on a public street or approved private street and, without invalidating any of the provisions of the zoning ordinance, the frontage will extend a minimum of 50 feet except for lots which front on turnarounds for permanent dead-end streets or on curves of a minimum radius of 100 feet, which shall be allowed a minimum of 40 feet. In no case, however, shall the width of the lot at the building line be less than that required by the zoning ordinance.
(Ord. passed 4-12-2005, § 4.301)
(B) Lot dimensions and area. Lot dimensions and area shall conform to the applicable requirements of the zoning ordinance and this chapter. But no lot shall have a depth in excess of 4 times its width at the building line except for subdivisions of land Zone A-1 into lots of 5 acres or more and cluster developments. Five-acre tracts shall not have a depth in excess of 7.12 times the width of the parcel at the building setback line, and cluster developments shall not have a depth in excess of 4.5 times the width of the lot at the building line. Twenty percent of the present tract, not to include road acreage, can be developed. The residual 80% of the parent tract shall be designated as agricultural or open space land, which is prohibited from future development.
(Ord. passed 4-12-2005, § 4.302)
(C) Side and rear lot lines. Side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight street centerlines, and radial to curved street centerlines. Rear lot lines shall consist of straight lines with a minimum number of deflections.
(Ord. passed 4-12-2005, § 4.303)
(D) Access to lots. Lots shall have their primary access only from an approved street in accordance with these regulations and specifically division (B) of this section and §§ 153.080 through 153.084. No cluster unit shall be accessed from an existing public road. Instead, there shall be at least a 400-foot setback from the existing public road (and not the proposed street) to any unit within the development, or a 200-foot setback with appropriate landscaping and buffering. All points of access from an arterial street shall be approved by the Planning Commission, which may require that several such lots be served by a combined marginal access street in order to limit possible traffic hazards on that street. In no case shall access to a lot be closer than 125 feet from an intersection with an arterial street. If access to a lot is from a collector or a marginal access street, a distance of no less than 75 feet from any intersection shall be free from that access. If access to a lot is from a minor street, a distance of not less than 50 feet shall be free from that access. In all cases, if a lot abuts an intersection of 2 classes of streets, access shall be from the lower class of street. Alleys shall not be deemed as streets to provide primary access for any use. Where a watercourse separates the buildable area of a lot from the access street, provision shall be made for the installation of a culvert or other structure of a design approved by the designated engineer or authorized person.
(Ord. passed 2- -1985, § 4.304)