Lots not having frontage on a street as required by this subchapter, but having access to such a street by means of rights-of-way or fee title access strips, may be approved as “special exceptions” by the Planning Commission in any zone; provided that:
(A) The Planning Commission determines that it is not feasible or desirable to extend a street to serve such lot or lots at that time;
(B) The right-of-way or access strip shall have a minimum width of 20 feet, a maximum width of 30 feet and a maximum grade of 15%;
(C) The area of the right-of-way or access strip shall not be included within the minimum lot area requirement;
(D) The lot shall meet all minimum yard and area requirements of the zone in which it is located, exclusive of the right-of-way or access strip;
(E) The depth of the front yard shall be the distance between the front line of the building and the property line or nearest line of the right-of-way or access strip which the building faces;
(F) The lot address shall be displayed in a prominently-visible location at the street entrance to the right-of-way or access strip;
(G) Each lot shall access a street by means of its own right-of-way or access strip. Successive stacking of lots on the same right-of-way or access strip is not permitted;
(H) No building, structure, or parking is allowed in the right-of-way or access strip which is to be used solely as access to the lot;
(I) The Planning Commission shall impose such other conditions to ensure safety, accessibility, privacy, and the like to maintain or improve the general welfare of the immediate area;
(J) No ROW or access strip shall exceed 500 feet in length;
(K) A maximum of two flag lot ROWs or access strips may be adjacent to each other;
(L) A turnout area shall be provided at the home location to allow firefighting equipment to turn around. This area must be a year-round surface capable of supporting fire equipment (a minimum 40-foot radius if circular);
(M) Bridges, including decking and culverts, must be capable of supporting a minimum 20 ton weight capacity;
(N) Road surfaces on private rights-of-way or private access ways shall be capable of supporting a 20 ton weight capacity with a surface approved by the City Engineer;
(O) A maximum distance of 500 feet access strip shall be permitted without a fire hydrant or other fire suppression method approved by the Fire District;
(P) The home location shall be shown on a plan submitted to the Fire District;
(Q) No flag lot shall be allowed which proposes to resubdivide or include within it (including the right-of-way or access strip) any portion of an existing lot in a recorded subdivision;
(R) The flag lot must meet the minimum lot width requirements for the zone in which the lot is located at the end of the access strip; and
(S) In calculating the minimum lot width of the flag lot to meet the requirements for the zone in which the lot is located at the end of the access strip, the ROW or access strip minimum width of 20 feet shall be included in the minimum (150 foot) frontage requirement of the host or front lot.
(Prior Code, § 42.56) (Ord. 2-92, passed - -1992; Ord. 4-93, passed 8-4-1993; Ord. 21-98, passed 8-5-1998; Ord. 08-2001, passed 8-1-2001)