(A) General requirements.
(1) A lot’s dimensions, shape, and size shall conform to the requirements listed in Chapter 151 Zoning.
(2) Lots designed for commercial or industrial purposes shall provide adequate area for off-street service, loading, stacking spaces, and parking facilities.
(3) Lots designed for residential purposes shall take the following into consideration:
(a) Corner lots shall be platted wider than interior lots to permit appropriate building setback from both streets as required by Chapter 151 Zoning.
(b) Butt lots should be avoided when possible. Where butt lots must be used, they shall be platted at least five feet wider than the average width of interior lots in the block.
(c) Lots abutting upon a water course, drainage way, channel, or stream shall have an additional depth or width, as required to assure house sites that are not subject to flooding.
(d) Irregular shaped lots are discouraged. Where such lots are proposed the development shall demonstrate to the city an ability to properly place principal buildings and accessory structures on the site in a manner that is compatible in size and character to the surrounding area.
(4) Lots with lakeshore frontage shall be designed so that the lot lines extended shall maintain the closest approximation to riparian rights.
(5) In the subdividing of any land, regard shall be shown for all natural features, such as tree growth, water courses, historic spots, or similar conditions, which if preserved will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development.
(6) All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots, dedicated to the public, owned with specified restrictions by a homeowner association or comparable association as allowed by M.S. Chapter 515B, or dedicated as an outlot with specific restrictions.
(7) In case a tract is divided, and the subdivision results in parcels of more than twice the minimum lot size provided for by Chapter 151 Zoning for the zoning district in which the land is located, then a build out plan may be required showing potential and feasible ways in which the lot or lots may be re-subdivided in future years for more intensive use of the land. The placement of buildings or structures upon these lots must allow for potential subdivision.
(B) Lot size.
(1) Lots served with a central sewer system shall have a minimum lot size, as outlined within Chapter 151 Zoning.
(2) Lots with individual or private sewage disposal system shall have a minimum lot size as recommended by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in accordance with state regulations, as amended.
(3) Lots abutting upon a water course, drainage way, channel, or stream shall have an additional depth or width, as required to assure house sites that are not subject to flooding.
(4) All lots fronting or abutting on arterials and collectors shall be platted with additional depth necessary to provide for larger setbacks from such traffic ways.
(5) Excessive depth in relation to lot width shall be avoided. (A proportion of three to one shall normally be considered as appropriate, except in the case of narrow lots).
(6) Corner lots shall be platted at least 15 feet wider than interior lots.
(7) Butt lots shall be platted at least five feet wider than the average width of interior lots in the block. Their use shall be avoided when possible.
(C) Frontage.
(1) Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles or straight road lines or radial to curved road lines or radial to lake or stream shores unless topographic conditions necessitate a different arrangement.
(2) Each lot shall front upon a public right-of-way or ingress easement.
(3) Through lots or double frontage lots shall be avoided when possible. When such lots cannot be avoided, an additional 20 feet shall be required to allow for screen planting along the rear lot line.
(Ord. 20220120-01, passed 1-20-22)