(A) Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines or lake or stream shores unless topographic conditions necessitate a different arrangement.
(B) Each lot shall be afforded primary access on a public street.
(C) No lot shall have less area or width than is required by Chapter 156 of this code applying to the area in which it is located, except as herein provided.
(D) Lots shall provide adequate off-street service, loading, and parking facilities as required by Chapter 156 of this code.
(E) Each lot shall provide an adequate building site at least one foot above the street grade or have a site drainage plan that is approved by the City Engineer.
(F) No lot shall have a total width at the front or rear lot line of less than 40 feet. The minimum lot width at the building setback must comply with Chapter 156 of this code.
(G) Corner lots shall be platted at least 20 feet wider than interior lots.
(H) Butt lots in any subdivision are to be discouraged. Where this type of lot must be used to fit a particular type of design, they shall be platted at least five feet wider than the average width of interior lots in the block.
(I) Through or double frontage lots shall not be permitted except where this type of lot abuts a thoroughfare or major highway. These lots shall have an additional depth of ten feet for screen planting along the rear lot line.
(J) Lots abutting upon a watercourse, drainage way, channel, or stream shall have additional depth or width, as required to assure building sites that are not subject to flooding.
(K) Lots with lakeshore frontage shall be designed so that the lot lines extended shall maintain the closest approximation to riparian rights.
(L) In the subdividing of any land, regard shall be shown for all natural features, such as tree growth, watercourses, historic spots, or similar conditions, which as preserved will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development.
(M) All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots, or a plan shown as to future use, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels.
(N) In the case where a proposed plat is adjacent to a limited access highway, other major highway, or thoroughfare, there shall be no direct vehicular access from individual lots to this type of street and road. In the platting of small tracts of land fronting on limited access highways or thoroughfares where there is no other alternative, a temporary entrance may be granted; as neighboring land becomes subdivided and more preferable access arrangements become possible, these temporary access permits shall void. Traffic controls may be required at the intersections of any street, thoroughfare, and/or highway when, in the opinion of the City Engineer, existing and/or future traffic and/or pedestrian volume may reasonably warrant. The city may, but need not, reasonably participate in the cost thereof when unusual circumstances, present and/or future, justify.
(O) In any area where lots are platted in excess of 24,000 square feet or 160 feet in width at the building setback line, a preliminary resubdivision plan may be required showing a potential and feasible way in which the lot or lots may be resubdivided in future years for more intensive use of the land. The placement of buildings or structures upon these lots shall allow for potential resubdivision.
(Ord. 179, passed 2-16-78)