The standards and requirements outlined herein shall be considered
minimum standards and requirements for promoting public health, safety,
morals, and general welfare.
All street signs shall be provided by the applicant at the applicant's
expense and shall be constructed according to the Commissioners'
designs.
Pipestem or flag lots may be permitted in residential districts,
subject to the following requirements:
A. The minimum lot area shall not include the area of the pipestem.
B. The pipestem area of the lot shall be at least 25 feet wide.
C. Pipestem lots shall not be stacked more than two deep, the lot with
frontage on the road and a lot behind the lot with frontage.
D. Adjacent lots where one lot is bordered by the pipestem servicing
the other lot shall share a single driveway entrance. Access and maintenance
easements for the shared access (and any shared portion of the driveway)
shall be recorded and referenced on the final plat.
E. Orientation and setbacks.
(1) For the lot not on the public road, the front setback shall be applied
as if the rear boundary line of the lot fronting the road is the front
boundary line of the pipestem lot. If a house constructed on the pipestem
lot faces the pipestem driveway, such that the side of the dwelling
on the lot with no road frontage faces the rear of the dwelling with
road frontage calculated, the front setback shall apply to both the
boundary line where the pipestem driveway runs and the boundary line
between the rear lot and the lot with road frontage.
(2) For subdivisions with more than one pipestem lot, the lot layout
shall pair pipestem lots whenever possible so that four lots share
driveway access.
F. New subdivisions and/or development activities whose development
or dwelling units are located outside of the critical area shall not
include a flag or pipestem connection through the critical area to
create riparian access.
See Chapter
340, Article
IV, the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area Overlay District.