(a) Relationship to Streets. All lots shall front on a public street or road for a minimum distance of seventy-five feet, except that lots which front on the turn-arounds of permanent dead-end streets shall front on such turn-arounds for a minimum distance of forty feet.
(b) Arrangement. Each lot in a subdivision shall contain a building site completely free from the danger of flooding. Except where infeasible, side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight street lines and radial to curved street lines.
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(c) Dimensions. The size, shape and orientation of lots shall be such as the Planning Commission deems appropriate for the type of development and use contemplated.
(1) Lot dimensions within the corporate limits shall conform to the requirements of the Zoning Code, except that residential lots not served by public sewers shall be a minimum of one (1) acre in area or the minimum lot width and area determined by the County Health Commissioner, whichever width and area is larger.
(2) The minimum width and minimum area of residential lots to be served by individual private wells shall be determined by the County Health Commissioner after investigation of soil conditions, the proposed sewerage system and the depth of ground water.
(d) Building Set-back Line. The building set-back line shall not be located closer than thirty feet from the street right-of-way line.
(e) Corner Lots. Corner lots shall have sufficient extra width to meet the building set-back lines established on both the front street and side street.
(f) Yard Requirements. Yard requirements for residential subdivisions or the portions thereof inside the corporate limits shall be the same as the yard requirements set forth in the Zoning Code for the zoning district or districts in which they are located.
(g) Flood Hazards.
(1) Land subject to flooding and land deemed to be topographically unsuitable for residential development shall not be platted for residential use or for any other use which may increase the danger to health, life or property or aggravate erosion or flood hazards. Such land within the subdivision shall be set aside on the plat for such uses as will not be endangered by periodic or occasional inundation or will not result in conditions contrary to the public welfare. To ensure that lots will be located only where they will provide flood-free house sites, the Planning Commission may require the subdivider to provide elevation and flood profiles sufficient to demonstrate that the house sites will be completely free from the danger of flooding.
(2) If a stream flows through or adjacent to the proposed subdivision, the plat plan shall provide for an easement or right of way along the stream for a floodway. For the smaller streams, the plan shall also provide for channel improvements to enable them to carry all reasonable floods within banks. The floor elevations of houses shall be high enough to be well above the extraordinary flood. The floodway easement shall be wide enough to provide for future enlargement of the stream channel as adjacent areas become more highly developed and run-off rates are increased. (Ord. 2005-34. Passed 12-12-05.)