The owner shall observe the following general
requirements and principles of land subdivision.
[Amended 4-6-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
A. The length, width and shape of lots shall be determined
with due regard to:
(1) Provision of adequate building sites suitable to the
special needs of the type of use contemplated.
(3) Needs for convenient access, circulation, control
and safety of street traffic.
(4) Limitations and opportunities of topography.
B. Land subject to flooding and land within the one-hundred-year
floodplain as described by the Federal Emergency Management Agency
National Flood Insurance Program Maps shall not be platted for residential
occupancy nor for such other uses as may increase danger to life or
property or aggravate the flood hazard unless it can be demonstrated
to the satisfaction of the Planning Board and Town Engineer that such
construction could be accomplished safely and that said construction
would not impede the natural flow and condition of the floodwater.
C. The subdividing of the land shall be such as to provide
that each lot abuts a public street which provides satisfactory access
via public streets to an existing public street or highway. In no
cases shall a subdivided lot have less than 40 feet of frontage on
said public street. In addition, keyhole- or flag-type lots shall
be large enough to contain the minimum lot acreage required by the
Zoning Ordinance, without including the area within the driveway access
strip.
D. Double-frontage and reverse-frontage lots should be avoided except where essential to provide separation of residential development from arterial streets or other disadvantageous uses (see §
179-25D) or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation.
E. Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles
or radial to street right-of-way lines, unless otherwise required
by the Planning Board.
F. In case a tract is subdivided into larger parcels
than normal building lots, such parcels shall be arranged so as to
allow the opening of future streets and logical further subdivision,
when appropriate.