Streets shall be laid out so that blocks are created in compliance with the following:
(a) General Layout Blocks shall be designed to accommodate lots of the size required for the zoning district as set forth in this Planning and Zoning Code and to provide for convenient access, circulation and safety of traffic on the bounding streets. The lines and boundaries of blocks shall be adjusted to conform to the topography and natural features, such as streams and lakes, and so that rear or side lot lines will coincide with corporation lines.
When a parcel is too small to be laid out economically for the use intended and would result in fractional or odd shaped lots or otherwise not conform to the planning principles, the Commission may request the developer to include adjoining unsubdivided land so a complete block may be planned and developed as a unit.
(b) Blocks for One-Family Subdivisions. Block lengths shall be planned to average 1500 feet and shall not exceed 1800 feet or be less than 800 feet, unless approved by the Commission. Block widths, shall be planned to accommodate two tiers of lots, except that a single tier of lots may be required by the Commission to separate residential development from major streets, adjoining nonresidential land uses or unusual topographic or natural features. A planting screen at least ten feet in width, with no right of access, may be required along the length of lots abutting such a major street or nonresidential land use.
(c) Blocks for Non-One-Family Developments Blocks for multi-family, business or industrial subdivisions shall be adequate to accommodate the building sites and provide the yards, service drives, off-street parking and other required facilities, and shall be designed for unit development and not necessarily according to the typical lot and street pattern.
(d) Pedestrian Ways. Pedestrian ways having a minimum right-of-way of twenty-five feet and in a straight line may be required across excessively long blocks or at the end of cul-de-sac streets for access to schools, playgrounds or bus stops, or to other public facilities where convenient pedestrian circulation has not been provided by sidewalks and or streets.
(Ord. 1197-117. Passed 9-16-97.)