(a) Blocks shall be designated to accommodate lots of a size required for the district and to provide convenient circulation, service and safety on the boundary streets. The block shall be designed so that rear lot lines shall coincide with drainage courses, railroads and divisions in land uses.
(b) The maximum length of blocks shall generally be one-quarter mile or 1,320 feet. The Planning Commission may require a crosswalkway in blocks that exceed nine hundred feet.
(c) The width of blocks shall be sufficient to accommodate two tiers of lots, except a single tier of lots, which lots shall have a greater depth than the minimum requirement of one hundred twenty feet may be required to separate residential development from major streets, adjoining nonresidential uses, unusual topographic or natural features. An easement for screen planting of at least ten feet which shall not be traversed by vehicles may be required along the lots abutting such a major street or nonresidential land use.
(d) Blocks for multi-family, commercial or industrial subdivisions shall be adequate to accommodate the building sites and provide the yards, service drives, off-street parking and other required facilities.
(Ord. 25-70. Passed 5-4-70.)