A. Arrangement: The lot arrangement and design shall be such that lots will provide satisfactory and desirable sites for buildings, be properly related to topography and to existing and probable future needs of infrastructure and lot usage, and provide for a diversity of lot sizes. To accomplish these goals, in part, the following standards shall specifically apply to lots created after April 6, 2004, when not established as part of a planned residential unit development, cottage lot development, or a group dwelling under the zoning title:
1. The minimum lot depth of any residential lot shall be a minimum of one hundred feet (100').
2. No more than sixty seven percent (67%) of the lots with a single-family zoning designation shall have a lot area (square footage) within a one thousand (1,000) square foot range of the minimum lot area required in the zone.
3. Lots with an R-2, R-2EC, R-3, R-3EC, or R-4 zone designation shall be designed so that no more than fifty percent (50%) of the lots have a lot area complying with the minimum lot area for a duplex or multiple-family dwelling in that zone.
B. Zoning And Sewage Requirements: All lots shown on the subdivision plan must conform to the minimum requirements of the zoning title for the zone in which the subdivision is located, and to the minimum requirements of the public works director for sewage disposal. The minimum width for any residential building lot shall be as required in the zoning title.
C. Dedicated Street: Each lot shall abut on a street dedicated by the recording of a subdivision or on an existing publicly dedicated street, or on a street which has become public by right of use and is more than twenty six feet (26') wide. Interior lots abutting on more than one street shall be prohibited except where unusual conditions make elimination of double fronted lots undesirable. If a double facing interior lot is determined to be appropriate, those lots which face more than one street shall be:
1. Twenty percent (20%) larger than the minimum required lot size for the zone in which the subdivision is located.
2. The rear portion of the lot shall have an added ten feet (10') of right of way dedicated, which will be between the adjacent property line and the sidewalk, and landscaped in accordance with an approved landscaping plan. This landscaped area shall be in addition to the requirement to provide a landscaped park strip.
3. The developer shall install as part of the required public improvements a six foot (6') see through wrought iron fence with a three foot (3') wide gate for each lot to provide maintenance access to the landscaped area and park strip. The fence shall be designed to have a minimum four inch (4") spacing for vertical members. The fence shall be placed along the property line facing the rear portion of the lot and the street.
The planning commission may impose restrictive covenants as determined to be necessary for maintenance of such required improvements.
D. Corner Lots; Width: Corner lots shall have extra width sufficient for maintenance of required building lines of both streets.
E. Sidelines; Right Angles: Sidelines of lots shall be approximately at right angles or radial to the street line.
F. Remnants: All remnants of lots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels.
G. Separate Ownership: Where the land covered by a subdivision includes two (2) or more parcels in separate ownership and the lot arrangement is such that a property ownership line divides one or more lots, the land in each lot so divided shall be transferred by deed to either single or joint ownership before approval of the final plan and such transfer verified by title report submitted to and approved by the city attorney.
(1979 Code § 17.20.040; amd. 1999 Code; Ord. 2002-62, 10-22-2002; Ord. 2004-18, 5-18-2004; Ord. 2022-53, 11-15-2022)