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Secs. 14-205—14-220. - Reserved.
DIVISION 5. - DESIGN OF SUBDIVISIONS
Sec. 14-221. - Intent.
Sec. 14-222. - Applicability of lot design standards.
Sec. 14-223. - Lot size standards.
Sec. 14-224. - Lot arrangement.
Sec. 14-225. - Flag lots.
Sec. 14-226. - Access and circulation.
Sec. 14-227. - Lot dimensions.
Sec. 14-228. - Reverse frontage residential lots.
Sec. 14-229. - Public water and sewer systems.
Sec. 14-230. - Specifications for drawings.
Sec. 14-231. - Certificates and endorsements on final plat.
Sec. 14-232. - Distribution of recorded plat.
Secs. 14-233, 14-234. - Reserved.
Subdivisions should be designed with a street network which provides safe, adequate access to all lots within the subdivision. Extension of a public access to an adjoining property should be considered in the subdivision design where a compelling public need is deemed necessary for orderly development of these adjoining properties. However, the design of the local street network in a subdivision should not encourage large amounts of through traffic, the origins and destination of which are external to the subdivision, to use local roads in the subdivision. Due consideration should be given to preserving important natural features, such as trees, ponds, streams, lakes, as well as historical sites which are of value to the county as a whole.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 5.10.1)
Each lot in a subdivision shall comply with the lot design standards contained in this division. Newly created or revised lots shall be designed so that any existing structures continue to meet the requirements of this division or so that any existing nonconformity is not increased, enlarged, or extended. The standards of this section, however, do not apply to recreation areas, lots within approved planned unit developments, townhouse lots or lots created as part of a minor subdivision.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 5.10.2; Amend. of 6-1-2009(2))
Lots laid out for commercial or industrial purposes shall be of a size that is adequate to provide for the structure to be located on the site; off-street parking facilities required by the type and use of the development; and any required landscape buffer or screening areas. Lots for residential use shall comply with the provisions of this division.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 5.10.3)
(a) Flag lots and easement access lots shall be permitted only if it can be demonstrated by the applicant that the subdivision cannot be physically designed and that no reasonable alternative exists. The basis for a reasonable alternative shall include the following:
(1) Topographic constraints or irregularly shaped land in which no alternative exists;
(2) Natural features such as ponds, streams, wetlands, or buffers exist which would limit street construction and/or lot design;
(3) A long narrow parent parcel which would limit alternative designs;
(4) A parent parcel that has limited or no direct road frontage which would require the use of a flagpole or easement with no alternative design available;
(5) No alternative access is available or feasible such as a paved subdivision street or cul-de-sac street constructed to NCDOT standards.
(b) It is the responsibility of the applicant to present evidence to the planning board that one or more of the hardships listed in subsection (a) exist.
(c) Any decision of the waiver described in subsection (a) may be appealed to the Johnston County Board of Adjustment as described in section 14-592 of the land development code.
(d) All flag lots or easement access lots within a major subdivision shall meet the following requirements:
(1) A flag lot shall serve only one single-family dwelling and its uninhabited accessory structures;
(2) The minimum flagpole width shall be 30 feet;
(3) The minimum separation between the flagpole portion of the lot and that of another flag lot shall be 100 feet;
(4) Where public water is available, the occupied building on the flag lot shall be within 500 feet of a fire hydrant. This distance shall be measured along the street, then along the flagpole, then in a straight line to the building thereon;
(5) Where public sewer is available, the occupied building on the lot shall have a gravity service line, or the sewer pump requirements shall be noted on the recorded plat;
(6) Use of a single driveway to serve the flag lot and an adjoining lot is permitted and encouraged. In the case of a shared driveway, the location of the driveway shall be on the flagpole portion of the flag lot, with the conventional lot granted an access easement over the flagpole; and
(7) Designate the building footprint and orientation of the house on the preliminary plat.
(e) The flagpole portion of a lot shall not be used to calculate the area, width, or setbacks of the lot for the zoning district in which the lot is located.
(Ord. of 7-10-2000, § 5.10.4.1; Amend. of 12-12-2005(2); Amend. of 6-1-2009(2); Amend. of - - )
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