A. Lot Arrangement: The lot arrangement shall be such that there will be no foreseeable difficulties, for reasons of topography, soils, flooding or other conditions, in securing permits to build on all lots in compliance with the zoning ordinance, the floodplain ordinance, and wastewater treatment and disposal system rules and regulations. Subdivisions shall contain no leftover pieces, corners, or remnants of land.
B. Lot Size Requirements: Lot dimensions and areas within the village corporate limits and the one and one-half (11/2) mile jurisdictional boundary shall conform to the requirements of the village zoning ordinance. If the county zoning ordinance is more restrictive with regard to a lot in the one and one-half (11/2) mile jurisdictional boundary, then the county zoning ordinance shall apply. No lot shall be created for residential or nonresidential uses that do not comply with the minimum lot area and width of the zoning district in which it is located, unless otherwise granted as part of a planned development or special use.
Depth and width of all lots shall be adequate to provide space for off street parking and loading spaces as required by the zoning ordinance. Excessive depth in relation to width shall be avoided. A proportion of two and one-half to one (21/2:1) shall normally be considered a desirable maximum, except where special circumstances exist due to an odd shaped parcel.
C. Lots Affected By Surface Water: Lots abutting a stormwater retention/detention pond, watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream shall have a minimum width or depth as required to provide an adequate building site and to afford the minimum usable area required in this title or the Winfield zoning ordinance for front, side and rear yards. The storage high water line shall not encroach upon the privately owned lot area.
D. Watercourses, Stream Channels, Floodways And Water Storage Areas: Watercourses, stream channels, floodways and water storage areas shall not be included in the computation of required lot areas where it is proposed that such watercourses are to traverse the lot interiors. The planning commission, whenever possible, shall require that lot lines do not overlap onto the 100-year floodplain corridor of an adjacent watercourse.
E. Lot Drainage: Lots shall be laid out so as to provide positive drainage away from all building sites and individual lot drainage shall be coordinated with the general storm drainage pattern for the area. Drainage shall be designed so as to avoid concentration of storm drainage water from a lot or lots to an adjacent lot or lots.
F. Proximity To Dedicated Street: All lots, tracts and parcels shall front on a publicly dedicated street as required by the village zoning ordinance.
G. Double And Reverse Frontage: Double frontage lots are forbidden except where lots back upon a primary street; and in such instances, vehicular access between the lots and the primary street is prohibited.
H. Side Lot Line: Side lot lines shall be approximately at right angles or radial to the front lot line and/or at right angles to the back lot line.
I. Corner Lots:
1. Corner lots shall be sized to accommodate the building setbacks as set forth in the zoning ordinance. A corner lot shall be deemed to have two (2) front yards. The classification of the remaining two (2) yards shall be determined by the classification of yard abutting it. If a yard abuts a side yard, it shall be deemed a side yard. If a yard abuts a rear yard, it shall be deemed a rear yard.
At the village board's discretion, a five foot (5') reduction in both front setback lines may be allowed when the home is to be placed at forty five degrees (45°) to the intersecting streets.
J. Flag Lots: Lots which meet the minimum area and dimension provisions of the zoning ordinance except that the buildable portion of the lot is accessible to a street right of way by means of a narrow strip of land shall be prohibited. (Ord. 2015-02-05, 2-5-2015)