A. Dimensions, Generally: The lot standards provided in this chapter shall apply in each zoning district in which such uses are permitted. In the event that standards identified in this chapter vary from those regulations specified in the zoning district text, the more restrictive standard shall govern.
B. Single-Family Lots:
1. District Standards, Compliance: Maximum height, as well as the minimum lot size, depth, width and building setbacks for single-family development shall comply with the applicable zoning district standards.
2. Depth: Single-family lots shall be deeper than wide.
3. Cul-De-Sacs: For lots on cul-de-sacs or similar circumstances, the minimum width shall apply at all points between the front and rear setback lines. Cul-de-sac lots shall have a minimum width of twenty five feet (25') at the street line.
4. Distance Between Structures: A minimum of fifteen feet (15') must be provided between structures and the street side property line of a corner lot.
5. Yard Requirements: The minimum yard requirements shall be increased to thirty feet (30') from any lot or parcel boundary which abuts an arterial or collector street along the side or rear property line.
6. Principal Building; Number: Only one principal building is permitted on a lot, except within a planned development district.
C. Nonresidential Lots:
1. Canopies: Canopies connected to the main building shall be set back a minimum of twenty feet (20') from any property line.
2. Interior Side Yard: No interior side yard will be required on contiguous lots developed as a common project, except as required to comply with fire codes or other provisions of this code.
3. Accessory Structures: Accessory structures shall be located a minimum of twenty feet (20') from all property lines, except in commercial districts and except as otherwise permitted by these regulations.
4. Principal Building; Number: More than one principal building may be permitted on a lot pursuant to a planned district.
D. Corner Lots Sight Zones:
1. Width: Corner lots shall have extra widths where necessary to permit the establishment of sight area easements. On all corner lots, there shall be provided and maintained a sight zone area as illustrated in exhibits 9-9:3.1 through 3 of this section. Within this area, no building, fence, earth bank, vegetation or other obstruction shall be allowed which is more than thirty inches (30") in height above the elevation of the nearest travelway. The city may request that the sight zone area be dedicated as part of the street right of way through the final map; however, the sight zone area may be included in determining size of lot area, setbacks and density. The dedicated sight zone area must be improved with concrete sidewalk or, if within a homeowners' association, landscaped and maintained by the association. No parking shall be allowed within the sight zone area and the city may require that curbs at the area be painted red. Curbs adjacent to the site area easement shall be painted red.
2. Access Driveway: Corner lots adjacent to streets of unequal classification shall have only one access driveway to be located on the lower classification, based upon traffic volume, of the intersecting streets.
E. Through Lots: Through lots or double frontage lots, shall be avoided except where essential to separate residential development from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. In such cases, access will be allowed only on the lower classification street.
F. Flag Lots: Flag lots are prohibited in the single-family and multi-family master plan categories. Flag lots or parcels may be permitted in the rural estates and agricultural master plan categories under the following conditions:
1. The flag lot directly accesses a local or residential street;
2. The aggregate width of the pole, or poles for two (2) adjacent flag lots, is a minimum of forty feet (40') in width with minimum pole width of twenty feet (20').
G. Lot Lines: All quadrangular lots and, so far as practical all other lots, shall have side lines at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines. Unusual or odd shaped lots having boundary lines that intersect at extreme angles shall be avoided.
H. Lot Orientation: The lot line common to the street right of way line shall be the front line. All lots shall face the front line and a similar lot across the street. Wherever feasible, lots shall be arranged so that the rear line does not abut the side line of an adjacent lot.
I. Lot Remnants: No lot or parcel shall be created which does not meet the minimum standards of the applicable zoning district and the UDO, except pursuant to a planned district which provides for the perpetual maintenance of such remnants. Reserve strips are prohibited. (Ord. 172, 9-24-1996, eff. 10-31-1996; amd. Ord. 271, 7-29-2002)