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1. Width Requirements. Easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall be provided for utilities and shall be not less than five feet in width on each side of all rear lot lines and side lot lines, and side lot lines where necessary for poles, wires, conduits, storm sewer and sanitary sewers, gas, water and heat mains. Easements for sidewalks shall be not less than 10 feet wide; and for trails, a minimum of not less than 16 feet in width will be provided where necessary when located outside the street right-of-way. Greater width easements may be required in some cases.
2. Watercourses or Drainageways. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way, channel or stream, there shall be provided a stormwater easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the lines of such watercourse, and such further width or construction or both as will be adequate for the purpose. Parallel streets or parkways may be required in connection therewith. If it is deemed advisable by the Commission or the City Engineer, such watercourse or drainage way may be reestablished to conform with the proposed street pattern, in which case suitable storm drainage facilities shall be installed as designed and established by a registered professional engineer for the subdivider.
1. Determination of Length, Width and Shape. The lengths, widths, and shapes of blocks shall be determined with due regard to:
A. Provision of adequate building sites suitable to the special needs of the type of use contemplated.
B. Requirements as to lot size and dimensions.
C. Needs for convenient access, circulation, control and safety of street traffic.
D. Limitations and opportunities of topography and other natural features.
2. Length Requirements. Block lengths shall not exceed 1,400 feet, or be less than the following, unless approved by the Council.
Street | Minimum Block Length |
Arterial | 500 feet |
Local service | 200 feet |
Major collector | 400 feet |
Minor collector | 300 feet |
3. Pedestrian Crosswalks. Pedestrian crosswalks, not less than 10 feet wide, shall be required where deemed essential at midblock street crossings to provide circulation, or for access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers, transportation and other community facilities.
1. General Requirements. The lot size, width, depth, slope and orientation, and the minimum setback lines shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type of development and use contemplated.
2. Lot Dimensions.
A. The lot dimensions shall be as specified in the zoning regulations.
B. Lot depth shall be not less than 110 feet.
3. Commercial and Industrial; Depth and Width. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street service and parking facilities required by the type of use and development contemplated.
4. Access to Existing Public Street. The subdividing of the land shall be such as to provide, by means of a public street, each lot with satisfactory access to an existing public street.
5. Large Lot Subdivisions. Where the area is divided into lots containing one or more acres and there are indications that such lots will eventually be subdivided into smaller building lots, consideration shall be given to the street and lot arrangement of the original subdivision so that additional minor streets can be opened, which will permit a logical and functional arrangement of smaller lots.
6. Double Frontage and Reverse Frontage Lots. Double frontage and reverse frontage lots should be avoided except where essential to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. A landscape buffer easement of at least 25 feet, and across which there shall be no right of access, shall be provided along the line of lots abutting such a traffic artery or other disadvantageous use.
7. Side Lot Lines. Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles or radial to street lines. Side lines of lots formed by radial projections shall form a lot having not less than 20 feet across the rear property lines.
8. Corner Lots For Residential Use. Corner lots for residential use shall have additional minimum width of a required front yard to permit appropriate building setback from an orientation to both streets.
1. Where a proposed park, playground, school, or other public use is located in whole or in part in a subdivision, the Commission may require that such area be reserved for acquisition by the City or school district for a period of one and one-half years, in those cases in which the Commission deems such requirements as reasonable.
2. Where deemed essential by the Commission, upon consideration of the particular type of development in the subdivision and especially in large scale neighborhood unit development, the Commission may take a one-and-one-half-year option for the City’s acquisition of such other areas or sites of a character, extent and location suitable to the needs created by such development for schools, parks and other neighborhood purposes.