(a)

General requirements. The developer shall plat lots (as provided in article III) meeting the following criteria:

(1)

Each lot shall be of sufficient size and shape to allow the construction of a residential, commercial or industrial structure that can meet the requirements of established building, construction, housing and public health codes.

(2)

Each lot shall have sufficient size and shape to accommodate easements for all public and private utility services and facilities.

(3)

The developer shall provide individual utility connections of all metered utilities for all buildings or units intended for individual ownership; provided, however, that water service to apartment-type condominiums need not be individually metered (see also section 14-208(f)).

(b)

Lot shapes. The developer shall design lots, so far as possible, with side lot lines at right angles or radial to any adjacent street right-of-way line.

(c)

Setbacks. Building setback lines shall be established according to table 14-2.

(1)

Measurement. Measurement of setback lines shall be from the property line of the lot.

(2)

Permitted encroachments. The provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall not apply to driveways, walks, steps for negotiating ground slopes, retaining walls, hedges and natural growth, paved patios and other paved structures used ornamentally or for gardening or for private recreation purposes; provided, however, that no exception is provided by this section for any structure or feature, except a fence or retaining wall, that is higher than three feet above ground level.

(d)

Street access. All lots shall front or be adjacent to at least one public street. Building sites established under section 14-132(f) and mobile home park spaces (see section 14-132(g)(2) may front private streets (see section 14-182). To ensure adequate access to a lot by motor vehicles, the minimum width at the front property line of all lots shall be 24 feet on residential lots and 47 feet on nonresidential lots.

(e)

Agricultural tracts. Where agricultural tracts are created by land division within the ETJ of the city, the developer shall arrange the tracts in such a manner as to permit the opening of future streets and logical resubdivision. For the purposes of this chapter, agricultural tracts are those tracts or parcels used primarily for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture and animal and poultry husbandry, and the necessary accessory uses for packing, treating or storing the produce; provided, however, that the operation of any such accessory uses are secondary to that of the normal agricultural activities.

(Ord. No. 95-04, § 1(401), 2-20-95; Ord. No. 99-17, § 6, 8-16-99)