1117.08 DESIGN OF BLOCKS.

   The boundaries and lines of blocks and other parts of neighborhoods shall be designed and adjusted to conform to the topography and natural features to the corporation lines, to the street planning criteria as set forth in Section 1117.04, to accommodate lots and building sites of the size and character required for the district as set forth in the Zoning Code and to provide for the required community facilities.

   (a)    Size of Blocks. For one-family subdivisions the length of blocks shall be planned to not exceed 2500 feet or be less than 800 feet unless approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission. The width of blocks shall be planned to accommodate two tiers of lots. A single tier of lots may, however, be required by the Commission to separate residential development from major streets as set forth in Section 1117.03, from adjoining nonresidential land uses, from areas of unusual topographic or natural features, and tiers of lots may be separated by common green areas.

   (b)    Small Subdivisions. Whenever a parcel is too small to be planned for the use intended and would result in fractional or odd-shaped lots or lack of street frontage, or otherwise does not conform to the planning criteria of the Subdivision Regulations and the Zoning Code, the Planning and Zoning Commission may request the developer to include adjoining unsubdivided land so that the project may be coordinated with the neighborhood and eventually developed as a unit.

   (c)    Pedestrian Circulation. Pedestrian ways of not less than twenty feet in width may be required for walkways across excessively long blocks or at the end of cul-de-sac streets for access to schools, playgrounds or bus stops, or to other public facilities where convenient pedestrian circulation has not been provided by the street pattern. (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70.)