§ 152.142 BLOCKS.
   The length, width and shape of blocks shall be determined with regard to the following:
   (A)   Use. Provision of adequate building sites suitable to the special needs of the type of use proposed.
   (B)   Zoning. Zoning requirements as to lot sizes and dimensions.
   (C)   Access. Needs for convenient access, circulation, and control and safety of street traffic.
   (D)   Topography. Limitations and opportunities of topography.
   (E)   Size. Blocks of less than 400 feet in length or more than 1,500 feet in length shall be prohibited. Blocks of over 1,000 feet in length may require a public crosswalk within a dedicated easement of not less than 15 feet in width including a paved crosswalk not less than five feet in width to provide pedestrian circulation.
   (F)   Business and industrial use. Blocks intended for business and industrial uses should be of a width suitable for the intended purpose with due allowance for off-street parking and loading facilities.
   (G)   Residential use. Residential blocks shall be wide enough to provide two tiers of lots of minimum depth except where fronting on freeways, expressways and major thoroughfares or prevented by topographic constraints in which case the Commission may approve a single tier of lots of minimum depth.
(Ord. 2013-04-417, passed 4-2-13; Am. Ord. 2013-09-440, § 152.1000.3, passed 9-3-13)