A. Each lot shall be designed to be accessible to and abut a dedicated public street right-of-way. The public street frontage for a lot other than a
townhouse
lot shall be at least 40 feet, except that a lot designed for a single-family dwelling and fronting a cul-de-sac shall have a minimum street frontage of 25 feet.
B. To the maximum extent practicable, residential lots shall not front on arterial streets. If frontage on or driveway access to and from such a street is necessary, such access shall comply with the standards in 155.5101.G.3, Vehicular Access Management.
C. All local, collector, minor arterial and principal arterial streets, shall have a minimum width per § 100.01(A) or (B), as applicable.
1. All property which abuts a local, collector, minor arterial and principal arterial street(s) shall not erect a building or structure closer than half of the applicable right-of-way width to the center line of the street(s).
2. All lots subject to a Plat, Rezoning, or Major Site Plan approval, as well as lots not subject to Major Site Plan approval but are developing a new structure or increasing an existing structure by 50% of the existing gross floor area, shall dedicate the required right-of-way.
3. In the case of the areas north of NW 15th Street between NW 17th Avenue and NW 19th Avenue and north of NW 15th Court between N. Andrews Avenue and NW 16th Avenue, a 30 foot right-of-way is acceptable for access, utilities and public safety purposes and will not include sidewalks. No parking will be allowed within the 30 foot roadway to ensure unimpeded access by fire trucks, ambulances and garbage trucks. Due to the limited infrastructure in these areas, they will not be considered appropriate for the allocation of flex/ redevelopment units to increase density.
All 30 feet of this dedication may need to be made from one property in accordance with the city’s streets plan for these areas. This is to ensure adequate and equitable access based on the configuration of the lots created prior to the roads being dedicated. For lots in these areas that need to dedicate all 30 feet of the right-of-way, relief can be offered through the Administrative Adjustment process with no fees for front setbacks and other dimensional requirements as needed to accommodate development of single-family homes on the lots of record as of the date of the passing of this ordinance. If lots are assembled in this area to allow higher density than single-family homes, any zoning relief in those cases will be limited to what is typically allowed by this zoning code.