(a)
The subdivision shall conform to the comprehensive plan and any separately
adopted part thereof.
(b)
The subdivision layout shall make reasonable provisions for development
of adjacent land.
(c)
Duplication of subdivision names shall be prohibited.
(d)
The legal description of the location of the subdivision shall be
sufficient for the requirements of title examination.
(e)
If the owner and/or developer is a company or corporation, the name
of a responsible individual such as president or vice-president must
be given.
(f)
For the preliminary plat, the name of the person or firm preparing
the plat must be shown. For final plat, the name of registered engineer
or surveyor certifying the plat must be shown.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-156)
(a)
General.
The street pattern of a neighborhood should
provide adequate circulation within the subdivision and yet discourage
excessive through traffic on minor or local streets. The arrangement,
character, extent, width, grade, and locations of all streets shall
conform to the comprehensive plan and shall be considered in their
relation to existing and planned streets, to topographical conditions,
to public safety and convenience, and in their appropriate relation
to the proposed uses of the land to be served by such streets. If
any portion of a collector or major street as shown in the major street
plan adopted as a part of the comprehensive plan traverses any part
of the land being subdivided, that portion of the major or collector
street as planned at the proposed right-of-way width shall be incorporated
into the subdivision plan and shall be dedicated to the appropriate
government. The street layout shall be devised for the most advantageous
development of the entire neighborhood development and shall conform
to connecting streets on land adjacent to the proposed subdivision.
Provision shall be made within the subdivision for street access to
adjacent undeveloped acreage in such a way as to assure adequate circulation
for future development. Dead-end streets and those which do not conform
to adjacent established streets are to be avoided whenever possible.
Where a proposed subdivision abuts upon or contains an existing or
proposed major street (as indicated in the comprehensive plan or separately
adopted part thereof), reverse frontage lots may be required. When
reverse frontage lots are required, access shall be denied to the
major street, and screen planting or a screening device, as defined
herein, shall be required along the rear property line abutting such
existing or proposed major street. Paved alleys shall be provided
in commercial and industrial developments, except where other definite
and assured provision is made for service access, such as off-street
loading, unloading, and parking consistent with and adequate for the
uses proposed. The street system layout shall be designed, insofar
as is practicable, to preserve natural features such as trees, brooks,
hilltops, scenic views and other such features. The street system
layout shall provide for the acceptable disposal of stormwater and
provision shall be made by the developer to handle stormwater to comply
with provisions elsewhere in this article.
(b)
Right-of-way requirements.
All industrial and commercial
streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width of seventy (70) feet.
All residential streets shall have a minimum right-of-way width of
sixty (60) feet. Fifty-foot width exceptions may be granted with respect
to streets with an ultimate length of less than seven hundred (700)
feet, provided that the proposed subdivision is inside the city; and
only single-family residential lots abut such street. Where proposed
streets are extensions of existing or planned streets designated in
the comprehensive plan, or revisions thereto, having a right-of-way
width greater than sixty (60) feet, the proposed streets shall be
the same width as the existing or planned streets. Alleys, where provided,
shall be not less than twenty (20) feet wide. Intersecting alleys
shall have corner cutoffs of at least twenty (20) feet on a side.
Alleys with only one (1) point of access shall have a turnaround with
a minimum radius of twenty (20) feet at their closed ends.
(c)
Curves.
Secondary or major streets shall have a minimum
centerline radius of one thousand (1,000) feet or more for reverse
curves. Minimum tangent between points of curvature shall be fifty
(50) feet.
(d)
Offsets.
Street offsets must be offset a minimum distance
of one hundred twenty-five (125) feet on centerline. Offset distance
shall be indicated on the final plat.
(e)
Intersections.
Intersections shall conform to the following:
(1)
All streets and alleys are to intersect at a ninety-degree angle
with variations of ten (10) degrees subject to approval upon evidence
of good cause.
(2)
Acute angle intersections approved by the planning commission are
to have thirty-foot radii at acute corners.
(3)
Streets or alleys intersecting with or extending to meet an existing
street or alley will be tied to the existing street or alley on centerline,
with dimensions and bearings to show relationship.
(f)
Cul-de-sac streets.
Cul-de-sacs shall conform to the
following:
(1)
Turnarounds are to have a minimum right-of-way radius of fifty (50)
feet for a single family use and sixty (60) feet for apartment, commercial
or other uses.
(3)
Temporary turnarounds conforming to the minimum radii requirements
are to be used where curb and gutter are not installed at the end
of a street more than four hundred (400) feet long which will be extended
in the future. (The following note shall be provided on the final
plat when a temporary turnaround is used: "Crosshatched area is a
temporary easement for turnaround until street is extended (direction)
in a recorded plat.")
(g)
Provisional reserves.
A provisional one-foot reserve
may be used along the side or end of streets and along the side of
partial or half-streets that abut undeveloped acreage tracts; when
used, the following note shall be shown on the face of the final plat:
A one-foot strip is reserved as a buffer separation along and
between the side or end of all streets in this subdivision plat where
such streets abut adjacent tracts. At such time as the adjacent property
is subdivided in a recorded plat, the one-foot reserves at such locations
that abut land in adjoining tracts that has been dedicated to the
public for street right-of-way purposes and is shown for such purpose
on a recorded plat shall thereupon become vested in the public for
street right-of-way purposes.
(h)
Street names.
The names of proposed streets shall conform
to the names of existing streets of which they may be or become extensions,
or shall not duplicate or conflict with the recognized name of any
other street located in the area subject to these regulations. The
subdivider shall, at his own expense, procure and install street name
signs of a design and construction and in a location acceptable to
and approved by the city engineer and the city police department.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-157)
(a)
Drainage.
Where conditions require, there shall be provided
a stormwater drainage easement adequate for the purpose, as determined
by the city engineer in accordance with the comprehensive plan or
separately adopted part thereof. Where such easement is adjacent to
lots, tracts, or reserves, the easement shall be noted on the face
of the final plat as follows:
This easement shall be kept clear of fences, buildings, planting,
and other obstructions to the operation and maintenance of the drainage
facility, and abutting property shall not be permitted to drain into
this easement except by approved means.
(b)
Utilities.
Easements shall conform to the following:
(1)
When not located in alleys having a width of not less than twenty
(20) feet, the location and width of other necessary utility easements
shall be determined by the public and private utility companies and
shall connect with easements established in adjoining properties.
Each easement shall be shown on the plat and appropriately dedicated
and in no event shall be less than fifteen (15) feet in width.
(2)
There also shall be shown on the plat and dedicated for utilities
unobstructed aerial easements and guy wire easements as shall be required
by the planning commission.
(3)
Easements as set forth in any applicable city, county, or regional
plan for the location of future sewage or utility facilities shall
be provided as indicated upon the plat.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-158)
(a)
Maximum block length for a single-family residential development
shall be eight hundred (800) feet, measured along the center of the
block, when the lots are the minimum required area of seven thousand
(7,000) square feet. If the lots are larger than seven thousand (7,000)
square feet minimum, the block length shall be reasonable but shall
not exceed sixteen hundred (1,600) feet.
(b)
Maximum block length along a major thoroughfare, railroad, body of
water, or similar barrier shall be sixteen hundred (1,600) feet, except
under special conditions and upon approval by the planning commission.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-159)
(a)
General.
The lot design should provide for lots of adequate
width, depth, and shape to provide open area, to eliminate overcrowding,
and to be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for
the type of development and use contemplated. Lots should have the
side lot lines at right angles to the streets on which the lot faces
or radial to curved street lines.
(b)
Rear and side driveway access.
Rear and side driveway
access to major thoroughfares or freeways shall be prohibited.
(c)
Double frontage lots.
Double frontage lots are, prohibited
except when they back on major thoroughfares or freeways.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-160)
(a)
Single-family and duplexes.
The following minimum requirements
shall apply to single-family and duplex lots:
(1)
The minimum width at building setback lines shall be seventy (70)
feet. (At a distance not greater than twenty-five (25) feet from the
front lot line.)
(2)
The minimum width at front lot line shall be forty (40) feet.
(3)
The minimum area of lots shall be seven thousand (7,000) square feet.
(4)
Corner lots siding on minor streets shall have a minimum width at
the building setback line of not less than seventy (70) feet.
(5)
Corner lots siding on a major thoroughfare or freeway shall have
a minimum width at the building setback line of not less than seventy-five
(75) feet.
(6)
Minimum length of lots shall be one hundred (100) feet, except that
lots facing or backing on a major thoroughfare or freeway shall be
not less than one hundred twenty (120) feet deep.
(7)
If a residential subdivision outside the city limits proposed to
contain only single-family or duplex dwelling units is not to be served
by a public sanitary sewer system and septic tanks are to be used,
lot sizes shall be adequate to accommodate the size of drainfield
as necessary because of soil type to effectively absorb the effluent
without creating a health hazard or a nuisance as governed by county
requirements. In no event shall the minimum lot size be less than
seven thousand (7,000) square feet.
(b)
Townhouses.
The following minimum requirements shall
apply to townhouses:
(1)
Only one (1) townhouse may be constructed per lot.
(2)
Each such lot must be served by an approved sanitary sewer.
(3)
The minimum width on each lot shall be twenty-four (24) feet, except
that the end unit or unit which occupies a corner lot shall provide
an additional ten (10) feet for side yard.
(4)
The minimum size of lots shall be two thousand (2,000) square feet.
(5)
The minimum number of lots in a townhouse project shall be three
(3).
(6)
A townhouse project shall have not less than five hundred (500) square
feet of open space per dwelling unit for recreational and/or yard
use in addition to lots and parking areas.
(c)
Multifamily and apartments.
The following minimum requirements
shall apply to multifamily units and apartments:
(1)
No lot to be used for multifamily or apartment purposes shall contain
an area of less than six thousand (6,000) square feet plus an additional
one thousand five hundred (1,500) square feet for each dwelling unit
in excess of two (2) dwelling units within structures to be constructed
or occupied upon such a lot. Each plat shall contain a restriction
in accordance with the above as approved by the city attorney.
(2)
Each lot containing a multifamily complex or apartment must be served
by an approved sanitary sewer.
(d)
Cluster developments.
The following minimum requirements
shall apply to cluster developments:
(1)
Cluster developments must be served by an approved sanitary sewer.
(2)
The minimum width of cluster developments at the front lot line shall
be twenty-five (25) feet.
(3)
Lots may be of various sizes and widths but in no event may the minimum
area of an individual lot be less than three thousand (3,000) square
feet.
(4)
The minimum number of lots in a cluster development shall be twenty
(20).
(5)
In each cluster development there shall be designated for public
open space purposes an area or areas, the configuration and location
of which are subject to city approval, having a cumulative total of
square feet equal to the sum of the square feet by which any individual
lots in the subdivision contain less than seven thousand (7,000) square
feet.
(6)
No residential lot may be designated other than for single-family
residential purposes.
(7)
The average density of population per acre shall not be greater for the entire subdivision than that for single-family and duplexes under subsection (a) above, using one (1) family per seven thousand (7,000) square feet as standard criteria.
(8)
Within all cluster developments platted within a forest or adjacent
to a lake, stream, bayou, or beach, the area that shall be dedicated
for public open space purposes shall be an area within the forest
or adjacent to the lake, stream, bayou, bay or beach.
(e)
Condominiums.
The following minimum requirements shall
apply to condominiums:
(1)
All residential condominium projects or condominium projects containing
residential uses as well as a combination of any other use or uses
must be served by a sanitary sewer system.
(2)
Only one (1) condominium regime may be established per lot as recorded
by the "master deed," "master lease," or "declaration" as found in
the appropriate records of the county.
(3)
The minimum size of the master lot from which all the residential
units and other subunits are to be conveyed shall be the sum of the
totals of the minimum square feet of each type residential unit specified
in this section multiplied by the respective number of units for that
category. For each use other than residential wherein there is no
minimum lot area provided by this article, the planning commission
shall add a minimum number of square feet to be consistent with the
zoning ordinance, fire ordinance, or any parking regulations established
by the city and shall insure that there is proper buffering if necessary
between contrasting uses in the condominium.
(4)
No condominium lot shall be platted in a floodplain.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-161)
(a)
Dependent mobile home.
Licensee.
Mobile home.
Mobile home park.
Mobile home space.
Park.
Permittee.
Definitions.
The terms in this section shall have the
following meanings ascribed to them:
A mobile home without inside toilet and bath.
Any person licensed or permitted to operate and maintain
a mobile home park under the provisions of this article.
Any vehicle or similar portable structure having been constructed
with wheels (whether or not such wheels have been removed) and having
no foundation other than wheels, jacks or skirtings and so designed
or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
Any plot of ground upon which two (2) or more mobile homes,
occupied for dwelling or sleeping purposes, are located, regardless
of whether or not a charge is made for such accommodation.
A plot of ground within a mobile home park designed for the
accommodation of one (1) mobile home.
A mobile home park.
Any person to whom a temporary permit is issued to maintain
or operate a mobile home park under the provisions of this article.
(b)
Description.
No mobile home park shall be located within the corporate limits of the city unless the owner shall file an application for a permit in writing, in conformity with subsection (c) below. A fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) shall accompany such application, payable to the city, which shall be considered an application fee and inspection fee, and shall not be returned whether permit is granted or not. Upon approval of such application, an annual permit shall be issued thereafter, on payment of a license fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) minimum and one dollar ($1.00) additional for each space of the park, which permit shall be good for one (1) year from date, and may be renewed annually in advance thereafter upon a showing of compliance with all applicable ordinances.
(c)
License application.
Application for initial mobile
home park license shall be filed with the planning commission. The
application shall be in writing signed by the applicant, and shall
include the following:
(1)
The name and address of the applicant.
(2)
The location and legal description of the mobile home park and the
names and addresses of the owners of all property abutting the proposed
park or within two hundred (200) feet thereof, along with a description
of the existing uses of both the proposed park site and the abutting
property.
(3)
A complete plan of the park in conformity with the requirements of this article, including subsection (5) below, and including, but not by way of limitation, the dimensions and location of the park and all spaces, thoroughfares, parking areas, utilities, and easements within the park.
(4)
Plans and specifications of all buildings, improvements and facilities
constructed or to be constructed within the mobile home park.
(5)
Facts tending to establish the demand and need for the proposed park.
(6)
Such further information as may be requested by the planning commission
to enable it to determine if the proposed park will comply with this
article and any other ordinances, rules or regulations of the city.
The application and all accompanying plans and specifications shall
be filed in triplicate.
(d)
Issuance of license.
The planning commission shall investigate
the applicant and inspect the application and the proposed plans and
specifications. If the applicant is of good moral character, and the
proposed mobile home park will, when constructed or altered in accordance
with such plan and specifications, be in compliance with all provisions
of this article and all other applicable ordinances and statutes,
the planning commission shall tentatively approve the application,
and forward it to the city council for final approval. Following approval
by the city council and upon completion of the park according to the
plans, the city shall issue the license.
(e)
Renewal [of] license.
Upon application in writing by
a licensee for renewal of a permit and upon payment of the annual
fee, the city shall issue a certificate renewing such permit for another
year.
(f)
Transfer of license.
Upon application in writing for
transfer of a permit and payment of the transfer fee, the city shall
issue a transfer if the transferee is of good moral character,
(g)
Revocation; reissue.
The city manager or his designee
may revoke any license to maintain and operate a mobile home park
when the licensee has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction
of violating any provision of this article. After such conviction,
the license may be reissued if the circumstances leading to conviction
have been remedied and the park is being or will be maintained and
operated in full compliance with law.
(h)
Posting.
The license certificate shall be conspicuously
posted in the office of or on the premises of a mobile home park at
all times.
(i)
Park location.
No mobile home park shall be located
within the corporate limits of the city except as herein provided
for. No such park shall be established at any location within the
city unless such location first be approved by the city council.
(j)
Park plan.
A mobile home park shall conform to the following
requirements:
(1)
The park shall be located on a well-drained site, properly graded
to insure rapid drainage and free from stagnant pools of water.
(2)
Each park shall provide home spaces, and each such space shall be
clearly defined or delineated. Each space shall have an area of not
less than three thousand six hundred (3,600) square feet gross.
(3)
Mobile homes shall be located on each space so that there shall be
at least a twenty-foot clearance between mobile homes; provided, however,
that with respect to mobile homes parked end-to-end, the end-to-end
clearance may not be less than twenty (20) feet. No mobile home shall
be located closer than ten (10) feet to any building within the park
or to any property line of the park which does not abut upon a public
street or highway. No mobile home shall be located closer to any property
line of the park abutting upon a public street or highway than twenty-five
(25) feet or such other distance as may be established by ordinance
or regulation as a front yard or setback requirement with respect
to conventional buildings in the district in which the mobile home
park is located.
(4)
All driveways and walkways within the park shall be hard-surfaced
and lighted at night.
(5)
Each mobile home space shall be provided with two (2) off-street
parking spaces and no on-street parking shall be permitted.
(6)
The minimum size of any mobile home park shall be one (1) acre.
(7)
Each mobile home space shall be served by utilities: electrical,
water, sanitary sewage, natural gas, and sanitary garbage disposal.
(8)
Each mobile home space shall have access to eighteen-foot-wide hard-surfaced
road.
(k)
Removal of wheels, etc.
It shall be unlawful for any
person owning or operating a mobile home located in any mobile home
park to remove or cause to be removed the wheels or any similar transporting
device from the mobile home or to otherwise permanently fix it to
the ground so as to prevent the ready removal of such mobile home
without first obtaining a permit to do so from the city. Any alterations
to any mobile home as above set forth shall be construed as removing
same from the requirements of this article and changing it into a
dwelling, and it shall thereupon be subject to the requirements of
any building code of the city as well as any ordinances governing
sanitary and plumbing covenants of the city, and such mobile home
shall be regarded as a permanent structure required to meet all of
the building code requirements or other ordinances as provided for
dwelling houses in the city.
(l)
Garbage receptacles.
Metal or plastic cans with tightfitting
covers shall be provided in quantities adequate to permit disposal
of all garbage and rubbish. Garbage cans shall be located on the mobile
home space. The cans shall be kept in sanitary condition at all times.
Garbage and rubbish shall be collected and disposed of as frequently
as may be necessary to insure that the garbage cans shall not overflow.
(m)
Fire protection.
Every mobile home park shall be equipped
at all times with fire-extinguishing equipment in good working order,
of such type, size and number and so located within the park as to
satisfy applicable reasonable regulations of the fire department.
No open fires shall be permitted.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-162)
(a)
Definitions.
Prefabricated housing, as used in this
section, shall be defined as a structure which is fabricated in a
factory and then moved, in one (1) or more parts, to a permanent location
or lot and must meet the following requirements:
(1)
The unit must be permanently affixed to a foundation and assume the
characteristics of residential property. If manufactured as a mobile
unit, the wheels and axles must be removed.
(2)
The purchase of the land and home must represent a single real estate
transaction under state law and must be evidenced by a recorded mortgage
or deed of trust. The cancellation of the certificate of origin or
an equivalent action will be required.
(3)
The required title insurance policy must identify the unit as part
of the real property, insure against any loss sustained should the
manufactured home be determined not to be part of the real property,
and insure the mortgage is prior and superior.
(4)
The unit and land must be taxed as real property.
(b)
Minimum requirements.
Prefabricated housing should contain
the following minimum requirements:
(1)
Each unit must be a minimum width of fourteen (14) feet and contain
a minimum of eight hundred (800) square feet of living area.
(2)
Only units built after June 15, 1976, will be acceptable as prefabricated
housing.
(3)
All units must be permanently affixed to a foundation system so that
the system cannot be removed from the site and used at any other location.
The foundation shall meet or exceed performance standards of the city
building code and the manufacturer's installation specifications for
permanently affixing the unit as distinct from mobile home installations.
The permanent foundation system shall be constructed and the home
affixed to meet the performance requirements of the One and Two Family
Dwelling Code, 1986 edition, Building Officials and Code Administrators
International, Inc., Southern Building Code Congress International,
Inc., and the International Conference of Building Officials.
(4)
The foundation must be designed and certified by a registered professional
engineer.
(5)
The foundation must be designed for the soil characteristics and
wind loads prevalent at the individual site.
(6)
The foundation must be of poured concrete or brick and consist of
a retainer wall around the perimeter of the unit which completely
encloses the area beneath that unit, with exceptions of man-ways.
These man-ways will have a door which can be kept closed when not
in use.
(7)
The unit must provide for, on property, asphalt or concrete paving
that will accommodate the parking of two (2) vehicles side by side.
(8)
Lots, blocks and building lines are to be the same as single-family
detached.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-163)
For subdivisions for single-family and two-family dwellings,
building setback lines adjacent to streets shall be shown and labeled
on all plats, both preliminary and final. For such dwellings and all
residential lots the building setback line shall not be less than
twenty-five (25) feet from a front lot line and fifteen (15) feet
from a side lot line that is also a street right-of-way line on a
corner lot. Building setback lines from side lot lines in single-family
and two-family dwelling subdivisions, and all residential lots (except
as specifically provided elsewhere and except for corner lots as set
forth above) shall be not less than seven and one-half (7-1/2) feet
from a side lot line, and in the case of subdivisions shall be so
noted on the plat. Building setback lines shall be not less than ten
(10) feet from the rear property line. Building setback lines for
commercial buildings shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet
from the front property line and fifteen (15) feet from any side or
rear lot lines. Building setback lines for apartment or multifamily
developments shall be not less than fifteen (15) feet from any side
or rear lot lines. Such shall be noted on all plats as a condition
to the use of any portion of the property for multifamily or apartment
purposes. Building setback lines for lots in cluster developments
shall not be less than fifteen (15) feet from any street. If the proposed
subdivision is a townhouse development where community sidewalks are
to connect adjoining structures on separate lots, no side yard is
required. The minimum front setback line for a townhouse lot shall
be fifteen (15) feet.
(1991 Code, sec. 14-164; Ordinance 23-008 adopted 7/11/2023)
