(A) Lot arrangement and dimensions.
(1) Lot arrangement, design and dimensions shall be such that all lots will provide satisfactory building sites. Driveway access to buildings on the lot shall be from an existing approved street, shall be properly related to topography and the character of the surrounding development and shall be in compliance with all local regulations.
(2) Where a county or township zoning resolution is not in effect, the minimum lot size, width and frontage shall be as specified in Table 1 in division (A)(4) below. Where soils conditions are of such a nature that proper operation of wells and septic tanks may be impaired, the Planning Commission, upon recommendation from the appropriate Health Department, may increase the size of any or all lots in the subdivision, or may deny approval of the subdivision.
(3) Dimensions of corner lots shall be large enough to allow the erection of buildings, observing the minimum front-yard setback from both streets.
(4) The maximum depth of any lot shall not be greater than four times its width.
Table 1: Minimum Lot Areas and Width Requirements | |||||||||
Development Type | Public Water Available | Central Sewage Treatment Available | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Lot Area (square feet) | Minimum Requirements | Front (feet) | Setback | Side Setback (feet) | Rear Setback (feet) |
Arterial Street | Collector Street | Local and Cul-de-sac | |||||||
Table 1: Minimum Lot Areas and Width Requirements | |||||||||
Development Type | Public Water Available | Central Sewage Treatment Available | Minimum Lot Width (feet) | Lot Area (square feet) | Minimum Requirements | Front (feet) | Setback | Side Setback (feet) | Rear Setback (feet) |
Arterial Street | Collector Street | Local and Cul-de-sac | |||||||
Commercial Use or C-1 and C-2 Zone | Yes No Yes No | No Yes Yes No | 100 100 70 200 | 1 acre 20,000 9,450 1 acre | 40 40 10 50 | 30 30 10 50 | 30 30 0 50 | 10 or 0 with 2-hour fire rating | 50 50 20 100 |
Industrial Use or I-Zone | Yes No Yes No | No Yes Yes No | 150 100 70 200 | 1 acre 20,000 9,450 1 acre | 40 40 10 50 | 30 30 10 50 | 30 10 10 50 | 10 or 0 with 2-hour fire rating | 50 50 20 100 |
Multi-Family Use or R-2 Zone | Yes No Yes No | No Yes Yes No | 90 90 70 Prohibited | 20,000 9,450 | 30 30 30 | 25 25 25 | 25 25 25 | 10 10 10 | 25 25 25 |
Single-Family Use or R-1 Zone | Yes No Yes No | No Yes Yes No | 90 90 70 Prohibited | 20,000 20,000 9,450 | 30 30 30 | 25 25 25 | 25 25 25 | 10 10 10 | 25 25 25 |
(B) Lot design.
(1) Residential lots shall front on a dedicated public street (existing or proposed).
(2) Side lot lines shall be at right angles to street lines or radial to curving street lines, unless a variation from these rules will give a better street or lot plan. However, side lot lines shall not deflect more than 30 degrees from the perpendicular in relation to street centerlines. A side lot line shall maintain the same angle of deflection between the front lot line and the minimum building setback line as established by the zoning resolution or these regulations.
(C) Double frontage lots and access to lots.
(1) Double frontage and reversed frontage lots shall be avoided except where necessary to provide separation of residential development from traffic arterials or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. Residential lots abutting arterial or collector streets, where marginal access streets are not desirable or possible to attain, shall be designed as reverse lots or with side lot lines parallel to the major traffic streets. These requirements may be waived by mutual consent of the Planning Commission and the City Manager.
(2) Lots may not be created by dividing land at the end of stub streets in adjacent subdivisions, such stub-streets being intended to promote continuity of street systems in adjoining subdivisions.
(3) A minimum 50 foot rear yard setback may be required where a residential lot in a subdivision backs up to a railroad right-of-way, a high pressure gasoline or natural gas line, an arterial street or interstate highway, an industrial area or other existing land use which may have a detrimental effect on the residential use of the property, and where no local street is provided at the rear of such lot.
(Prior Code, § 23.04.06) Penalty, see § 151.999