The size, shape, and orientation of lots shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision as for the type of development and use contemplated. Lots shall be of such size as to permit a variety of house types, to provide side yards for desirable access, light, air, privacy, and safety from fire hazard, and to provide for setbacks from the street line and allow sufficient space for household purposes. All lots shall conform to the requirements of the Village zoning ordinance. All lots, when developed, shall be connected to Village sewer and water systems.
(a) Area. The width and depth of lots shall be such that the minimum lot areas will be in accordance with the adopted Village of Wolverine Lake Zoning Ordinance.
(b) Width. The minimum width of any lot shall be sixty feet, except that greater widths may be required in the zoning ordinance. Where desirable to plat wedge-shaped lots so as to best utilize a parcel of land, the required lot width shall be measured at a line located twenty-five feet from the front of property line.
(c) Depth. No lot shall be less than 120 feet in depth. The depth of a lot should not exceed a depth to width ratio of 2½ to 1.
(d) Side Lot Lines. Side property lines of lots shall generally be perpendicular to straight lines or radial to curved street line unless a variation from this rule will give a better lot plan. Property lines on sides and rear of lots should be straight.
(e) Corner lots shall have extra width to permit appropriate building setbacks from both streets. If the zoning ordinance does not require a greater width, this ordinance shall control in which case the corner lot should be ten to twenty percent wider than minimum interior lots. Lots abutting a pedestrian mid-block crosswalk shall be treated as corner lots unless the width of the crosswalk right-of-way is not less than one-third of the width of the street right-of-way that the crosswalk intersects.
(f) Lots shall not open or face directly onto a freeway right-of-way, an arterial street or other heavily traveled street, shopping centers, or other large nonresidential area. In such situations, lots shall be laid out in one of the following ways:
(1) Lots can back onto the above features, but shall be separated therefrom by a permanent fence or wall and a twenty-foot wide landscaped strip along the rear property line. The twenty-foot wide strip shall not be considered part of the lot's minimum length or area. The landscaping shall be such as to create a screen to insure the privacy of each lot.
(2) Lots may face onto a marginal access street. Such a street shall be separated from the right-of-way of the main street or the edge of the nonresidential area by a landscaped median strip not less than twenty feet wide. The median may be dedicated to the governing body or other appropriate public agency.
(3) Lots may be faced onto intersecting streets with driveways opening onto the intersecting streets. These corner lots, which abut the major street right-of-way or the non-residential area, shall each have the twenty-foot wide landscape strip as required in subsection (f)(2) of this section. Where the landscaped strip abuts a residential street at a major street right-of-way, a clear vision (sight) easement shall be designated on the plat.
(4) Lots may be grouped around short cul-de-sac or loop streets, which open onto the major street. In such situations, the corner lots abutting the major street right-of-way shall each contain the landscaped strip required in Chapter 1270.
(5) The layout of lots, whichever method is used, is intended to restrict the number of access points to the major streets and thereby reduce the number of traffic hazard points and preserve the traffic carrying capacity of the major street and to protect each lot's privacy and its freedom from noise and litter. Any landscaped strip required above shall not be part of the normal road right-of-way or utility easement, but be designated as an outlot.
(g) Business or Commercial Lots. No lot or parcel within a plat classified as business or commercial shall be platted that is less than 200 feet in width, nor less than one acre in area, nor shall it exceed four acres or ten percent of the total planned acreage to be developed whichever is greater. Exceptions to the above may be approved by the Planning Commission. Off-street parking and loading shall be in accordance with the requirements of the zoning ordinance.
(h) Lot Division. The division of a lot in a recorded plat is prohibited, unless approved following application to the Village Council. The application shall be filed with the Village Clerk, and shall state the reasons for the proposed division. The resulting lots shall be not less in area than permitted by the Village of Wolverine Lake zoning ordinance. No building permit shall be issued, or any building construction commenced, until the division has been approved by the Village Council and the suitability of the land for building sites has been approved by the county. The division of a lot resulting in a smaller area than prescribed herein may be permitted, but only for the purpose of adding to the existing building site or sites. The application shall so state and shall be in affidavit form.
(i) Division of Unplatted Parcel. The division of unplatted land shall conform to the Village land division ordinance.
(Ord. 106-A86. Passed 4-9-14.)