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Sec. 82-256. - Double-frontage lots, access to lots, and front/back lot divisions. <br /> (a) Double-frontage lots. Double-frontage and reversed-frontage lots shall be avoided except <br /> where necessary to provide separation of residential development from traffic arterials or to <br /> overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. <br /> (b) Access from any arterial roadway. Lots shall not, in general, derive access exclusively from an <br /> arterial roadway. Where driveway access from any arterial roadway may be necessary for <br /> several adjoining lots,the council may require that such lots be served by a combined access <br /> drive in order to limit possible traffic hazard on such roadway. Where possible, driveways <br /> shall be designed and arranged so as to avoid requiring vehicles to back into traffic on any <br /> arterial roadway. <br /> (c) Front/back lot subdivisions. Flag lots and easement back lots shall not be created. Front/back <br /> lot divisions shall be allowed only in conjunction with the creation of an outlot to provide <br /> access from the back lot to the public or private road. Such outlot shall not be allowed as <br /> creditable lot area for either the back or front lots. Front/back lot subdivisions shall adhere to <br /> the following standards: <br /> (1) Applicability. <br /> a. Front/back lot divisions may be used when existing property dimensions are <br /> narrow and deep, such that lot width does not allow for a side-by-side lot split, but <br /> acreage is adequate to provide a front lot and a back lot without requiring an area <br /> variance when the area of the outlot access corridor is excluded. <br /> b. Front/back lot divisions may be used for individual lot splits but may not be used <br /> when subdividing a large parcel into numerous lots if creation of a back lot is <br /> merely a convenience to the developer rather than supported by unique site <br /> factors. <br /> c. A front/back lot division shall not be allowed when any existing residence on a <br /> neighboring property abutting the proposed access outlot is located nearer its <br /> affected side lot line than a distance equivalent to the zoning district required <br /> front yard depth. <br /> (2) Dimensional standards. Dimensional standards for back lots shall be as follows: <br /> a. Lot area shall be 150 percent of the zoning district requirement. Wetlands may be <br /> allowed as area credit for meeting the 150 percent back lot area requirement, as <br /> long as the back lot contains sufficient contiguous dry buildable land to satisfy the <br /> minimum acreage requirement of the underlying zoning district. <br /> b. Lot width measured parallel to the front or street lot line at the street yard setback <br /> line of a lakeshore back lot, or at the rear of the front yard setback line of a non- <br /> lakeshore back lot, shall meet the zoning district width requirement. The street <br /> yard or front yard for any back lot will be a yard starting where the narrow access <br />