727.12   DESIGN AND LAYOUT OF LOTS/BUILDING ENVELOPES.
   (a)   Lots and building envelopes shall comply with the requirements of the zoning district in which the subdivision is located.
   (b)   Lot lines shall be located to form useable building sites and not merely geometric shapes enclosing the minimum area permitted. Triangular or elongated lots, or lots of other shapes, that are, because of this shape, restricted in their use as a building site, shall be avoided.
   (c)   For subdivisions of one-family or two-family dwellings fronting on a local street, the lot depth shall not exceed four times its width. This depth-to-width ratio may be increased when the rear line of such a lot abuts upon a railroad right-of-way or other incompatible nonresidential land use or topographical feature which may otherwise cause hardship in the development of the site.
   (d)   Frontage on a primary thoroughfare shall be disapproved unless the Planning Commission finds that this restriction would cause unreasonable and undue hardship. However, where subdivisions of one- family or two-family dwellings are permitted to front upon a primary thoroughfare, the lot may exceed the four to one depth-to-width ratio in order to increase safety and privacy.
   (e)   Side lot lines shall be at right angles to straight streets or radial to curved street lines. Where a street terminates on another to form a "T" intersection, the side lot lines shall be planned so that the projected centerline of the terminating street shall not be within the buildable area of the lots at the extension of the said street centerline.
   (f)   Every lot and building envelope shall have access to it that is sufficient to afford a reasonable means of ingress and egress for emergency vehicles as well as for all those likely to need or desire access to the property in its intended use.
      (1)   All driveway entrances and other openings onto streets shall be constructed so that interference with the free and convenient flow of traffic in abutting or surrounding streets is minimized.
      (2)   Driveways should not be permitted to connect onto a primary thoroughfare where a subdivision abuts such an existing or proposed primary thoroughfare.
      (3)   Driveways may be shared by up to two dwelling units, provided a maintenance agreement is established and agreed to by both owners.
   (g)   No land below the minimum lot size shall remain after subdividing unless the land is designated on the plat as common area or parkland and maintenance of the land is insured through the establishment of a property owners association or the land is dedicated to the City.
(Ord. 14-23. Passed 12-11-23.)