§ 10-155. Development standards for subdivisions.

All subdivisions established in the city must comply with the development standards contained in this article. However, where provisions of the zoning ordinance apply and are stricter, those provisions take precedence. Development standards for subdivisions are as follows:

(1)

Lot lines. As far as practical, side lot lines must be perpendicular or radial to street lines.

(2)

Jurisdictional limits and lot lines. Subdivision lots must not be divided by city or county boundary lines.

(3)

Lot frontage arrangements. Land must be subdivided in a manner that provides each lot in the subdivision with direct abutting access to an existing public street or to an approved private street contained within the proposed subdivision. The minimum amount of lot frontage required in each zoning district is shown in the city's zoning ordinance.

(4)

Adequate building sites. Each subdivision lot must contain an adequate building site not subject to flooding and outside the limits of existing easements or building setback lines required by this article or any existing ordinance as is appropriate.

(5)

Double or reverse frontage lots. Double and reverse frontage lots, unless required by the unified zoning board, are prohibited except where essential to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of slope, orientation, or property size. A reserve strip planted with a vegetative screen across which there is no right of access may be required along the line of lots abutting a traffic artery or other such incompatible use.

(6)

Commercial and industrial lots. Size, shape, and arrangement of commercial and industrial lots, where platted and classified as a subdivision, are subject to the approval of the unified zoning board.

(7)

Lot remnants. Lot remnants are prohibited. Such remnant areas must be added to adjacent lots, rather than remain as unusable parcels.

(8)

Monuments. Solid steel rods at least one-half inch in diameter or square and two feet long must be set at all street corners, at all points where street lines intersect the exterior boundaries of the subdivision, at angle points in streets, at points of curve in streets, and at points of change of direction in the exterior boundaries of the subdivision. The top of the monument must have an indented cross to identify the finished grade. All other lot corners must be marked with solid steel rods no less than one-half inch in diameter, and at least two feet long, driven so as to be flush with the finished grade.

(9)

State waters. If a subdivision is bounded by or contains drainage or natural surface water features, the subdivider shall provide for review and approval by the community development director an environmental assessment from a licensed and qualified environmental engineer to determine whether the waters are State waters and the bounds thereof, and whether buffers are required. The method used to determine that buffers are necessary based on information defined by the EPD publication, "The Field Guide for Determining the Presence of State Waters that Require a Buffer" (including the presence of base flow) should be provided in the assessment. The environmental assessment should include photographs of the site and water feature and a plat or survey identifying the location of the water feature on or adjacent to the property.

(Ord. of 8-11-2016, § 3.2)