§ 11-88. Residential lot and block standards for subdivisions.

(a)

The following standards apply:

Minimum Subdivision Lot Standards

Area (square feet), excluding access easements ..... 10,000

Side setback from property line (feet) ..... 10

Rear setback from property line (feet) ..... 20

Frontage (feet) ..... 75

Frontage for all cul-de-sac lots (to be measured from the building setback line) ..... 75

Front building setback from street ROW (feet) ..... 25

Corner lot building setback from street ROW (feet) ..... 25

(Applicable to any side of lot adjacent to ROW).

(b)

Individual lots that require both a septic system and water well shall be of sufficient size to satisfy State Health Department requirements for safe water of septic system. Minimum frontage shall be seventy-five (75) feet.

(c)

Residential Lot Size and Shape: The size and shape of the lots shall not be required to conform to any stipulated pattern, but insofar as practical, side lot lines should be at right angles to straight street lines or radial to curved street lines.

(d)

Residential Blocks:

(1)

Width: Blocks shall be two (2) tiers of lots wide, except where topography, highways, railroads, streams, utility lines or other physical features will not permit.

(2)

Length: Blocks shall be at least three hundred (300) feet long, but no longer than fourteen hundred (1,400) feet.

(3)

Easements: Where required for drainage and utilities, easements shall be at least fifteen (15) feet wide. If there is an adjoining easement, the total combined width of both easements shall be at least fifteen (15) feet.

Easements of adequate width in accordance with engineering or open space standards shall be provided for open drainage channels or scenic stream beds, where required.

(Ord. No. 91-9, Art. 1, § 3.03, 4-11-91; Ord. No. 2005-58, Art. 1, 10-13-05; Ord. No. 2005-66, Art. 1, 11-10-05)