The creation of a flag lot that does not comply with the minimum lot width and street frontage requirements set forth in Section 1125.03(b) may be approved by the Planning Commission as a conditional use according to Chapter 1109, and only when the flag lot is determined to comply with the requirements of this section.
(a) It shall be the responsibility of the applicant to prove to the satisfaction of the Planning Commission as part of the conditional use and subdivision approval, that the land characteristics and physical conditions make the creation and development of a flag lot reasonable and desirable.
(b) The creation of a flag lot should be limited to locations were the existing public street frontage is subdivided into multiple, generally deep and narrow, oversized house lots, such as where the general pattern of lot depth is more than 500 feet but not more than 850 feet and the lot widths are typically less than 200 feet, and the density of development of the existing lots preclude large scale residential development, even with lot consolidation.
(c) Minimum Requirements. The following minimum requirements shall be met in order for the Planning Commission to approve the creation of a flag lot as a conditional use:
(1) The applicant shall provide evidence that the proposed flag lot cannot obtain the required minimum 100 feet of public street frontage due to the existing lot development and ownership pattern.
(2) The existing lot from which the proposed flag lot is being subdivided shall have a minimum of 150 feet of street frontage on a public street, prior to being subdivided, and shall comply with the minimum lot size and lot width requirements of Section 1125.03 after the subdivision action that creates the flag lot.
(3) Minimum lot size, excluding the area of the access strip portion of the flag lot, shall be 66,000 square feet, and shall have a minimum lot width of 150 feet.
(4) The minimum building setback from the front lot line of the flag lot shall be 100 feet. For the purposes of flag lots, the front lot line shall be the lot line parallel and closest to the street right-of-way, not including the portion of the lot devoted to the access strip.
(6) Access from the public street to the lot shall be provided by an access strip, which shall be no less than 30 feet and not more than 50 feet in width along the entire strip.
(7) The length of the access strip shall not exceed 500 feet.
(8) The access strip for the flag lot shall be owned in fee simple and be part of the development site. An easement over the access strip shall not be permitted. No building shall be permitted in the access strip.
(9) No more than one flag lot shall be developed behind a frontage lot.
(10) A flag lot shall not be permitted with frontage along or access onto U.S. Route 20. (Ord. 19-10. Passed 11-7-19.)