A. General: A "lot", as defined, is subject, where applicable, to the following special regulations:
1. Where two (2) or more lots are used as a building site, and where main buildings cross lot lines, the entire area is considered as one lot, except that the front of the parcel will be determined to be the front of the individual lots as platted, subdivided or laid out. Prior to, or as a condition of, the issuance of a building permit, the interior lot lines must be abandoned.
2. For a flag lot, the following special standards shall apply:
a. All flag lots must have a twenty foot (20') minimum width access road which abuts to a public or private street.
b. Any portion of the access road which measures less than thirty feet (30') in width will not be figured as part of the lot area, lot width or lot depth.
c. A fifteen foot (15') setback will be applied to all setbacks within the lot. There will be no distinction between front, rear or side yards.
d. The zoning administrator will determine lot width (typically the distance between the longest parallel lot lines when excluding the access road) and lot length (typically the distance between the shortest parallel lot lines when excluding the access road).
B. Multiple Uses On Same Lot; Conditional Use Criteria:
1. Total signage is limited to that permitted based on building frontage. A master sign plan must be submitted showing the size, location, materials and design of any proposed signage with the application for conditional use permit.
2. Parking must be provided according to the sum of the uses on the property. A generalized parking, drainage and landscaping plan must be submitted with the application for conditional use permit to show the necessary parking, drainage and landscaping can be accommodated on the property.
3. When the use requires the construction of multiple buildings, the site layout and building design must ensure lots or sublots meeting the requirements of subsection C of this section and the city subdivision regulations 1 can be created. All reservations necessary for future roads and utilities in the event of subdivision must be identified in the application. Development of these areas is not permitted.
4. All buildings or groups of buildings must be arranged as to permit emergency vehicle access by some practical means to all sides of each building.
5. Uses generally compatible with one another will be integrated by design to the degree of their compatibility and separated to the degree of their incompatibility.
6. A conditional use permit will not be granted in cases where the proposed uses are unrelated and the conditional use permit process is being used as an alternative to subdivision.
C. Sublots: When authorized as a permitted use in the zoning district in which it is proposed to be located, dwellings with common party walls may be constructed on a sublot and separately conveyed subject to compliance with the subdivision regulations of the city and with all of the following conditions:
1. Site Requirements:
a. Recorded Lot: Each sublot must be located in a recorded subdivision lot which meets the minimum lot size in the zoning district where it is located.
b. Number Of Sublots: The allowable number of sublots will be determined by dividing the gross area of the platted lot by the density limits of the zoning district. In no case, however, will a sublot have an area of less than two thousand (2,000) square feet nor more than one dwelling unit thereon. Neither the community development board nor the zoning administrator has authority to vary this provision. For density computation purposes, the gross area of the lot will not be reduced by the area of drainageways dedicated to the city.
2. Building Limitations: The yard, height and area requirements of the district apply to the entire area of the platted lot or of the developed tract.
3. Use of Common Areas: When the proposed sublots are located in a subdivision which also contains areas to be held in common ownership by the respective owners of lots or sublots, such common area may be used for required and supplementary parking for accessory buildings and for recreational facilities.
4. Private Accessways: Private accessways may be used for vehicular ingress and egress when shown on the preliminary plat, provided they are constructed in accordance with standards and specifications approved by the city council.
(Ord. A-407, 3-15-1982; amd. Ord. 97-2, 10-20-1997; Ord. 05-25, 11-21-2005; Ord. 23-27, 11-20-2023)