16.40.050 Lot design and improvements – Required procedure.
A. The size and shape of lots shall be such as to provide usable building sites appropriate for the locality in which the subdivision is located. The following items, among others, may be taken into consideration by the commission in determining the appropriateness of the subdivision for the locality in which the subdivision is located:
1. Adequacy of access for additional traffic volume;
2. Adequacy of access from a safety standpoint (e.g., road grades, line of sight considerations);
3. Potential drainage problems;
4. Neighborhood character (e.g., existing development characteristics, including the size and shape of existing lots, the extent of existing development, and the topography in the neighborhood).
B. Lots shall also meet, at a minimum, all of the following criteria:
1. Minimum lot sizes and widths shall conform to the requirements of the borough zoning ordinance unless a variance from the zoning requirements is granted by the commission;
2. Double frontage lots shall not access onto designated collector or arterial streets and will generally only be allowed where topography allows no reasonable alternative;
3. Flag lots are allowed, as follows:
a. A single stem flag lot shall have a stem width of no less than 30 feet. Any single stem flag lot with a stem width of less than 40 feet shall have a note on the final plat that specifically prohibits future subdivision of the lot;
b. A single stem flag lot with a minimum stem width of 40 feet may be further subdivided into two flag lots with adjacent stems of no less than 20 feet each; and
c. No more than two flag lots with adjacent stems are permitted. More than one pair of such lots are allowed in a subdivision provided they are configured in a manner that does not result in more than two adjacent stems. Any final plat that creates two flag lots with adjacent stems shall have a note that specifically prohibits future subdivision of the subject lots, regardless of stem width.
4. The driveway access standards of Chapter 15.35 KIBC;
5. The fire apparatus access road requirements of the adopted fire code per Chapter 15.30 KIBC;
6. The utility installation requirements of KIBC Title 13, Utilities;
7. No individual electric service line may cross private property other than the lot with the utility connection services unless such a crossing is located within a recorded easement;
8. Lots platted with a common wall or zero lot line intent shall be designated as such on the final plat; and
9. All lots should have frontage on a dedicated public right-of-way or navigable waterway. Generally, access easements may be allowed only when the property proposed for subdivision is accessed by an easement or has no dedicated public access. Lots greater than 10 acres and described as an aliquot part may be provided access through an easement which has been approved as to form and adequacy by the community development director (for abbreviated plats) or by the commission (for preliminary plats).
C. Subdivisions are also required to meet the improvement standards contained in Chapters 16.70 and 16.80 KIBC. [Ord. FY2020-02 §6, 2019; Ord. 90-15 §2, 1990].