(A) Side lot lines shall be substantially to right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines or radial to 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 zoning regulations applying to the area in which it is located; except as herein provided.
(D) Lots designed for commercial or industrial purposes shall provide adequate off-the-street service, loading and parking facilities.
(E) Building sites. Each lot shall provide an adequate building site at least one (1) foot above the street grade or have a site drainage plan which is approved by the City Engineer.
(F) Minimum lot lines. No lot shall have a total width at the front or rear lot line of less than thirty (30) feet.
(G) Corner lots shall be platted at least twenty (20) feet wider than the minimum required.
(H) Butt lots in any subdivision are to be discouraged. Where such lots must be used to fit a particular type of design, they shall be platted at least five (5) feet wider than the average width of interior lots in the block.
(I) Through or double frontage lots. Such lots shall not be permitted except where such lots shall have an additional depth of ten (10) feet for screen planting along the rear lot line.
(J) Water courses. Lots abutting upon water course, drainage way, channel or stream shall have an 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) Natural features. 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 as preserved will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development.
(M) Lot remnants. All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of 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) Access to thoroughfares. 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 such streets and roads. 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, such temporary access permits shall become void.
(O) Large lot planning and future resubdivision. In any area where lots in excess of twenty-four thousand (24,000) square feet or one hundred sixty (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 such lots shall allow for potential resubdivision.
(Ord. 274, passed 4-15-1997) Penalty, see § 153.999