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July 20, 2020 page 29 street or lot plan. Dimensions of corner lots shall be large enough to allow for erection of buildings, 1223 observing the minimum yard setback from both streets. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid 1224 out for business, commercial or industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking 1225 and loading facilities required for the type of use and development contemplated, as established in chapter 1226 78. Notwithstanding the required width of each lot, each lot shall maintain a minimum frontage of 18 feet 1227 on a public or private street, or access outlot. 1228 Sec. 82-254. - Lot area, minimum. 1229 1230 A. In areas not served by sanitary sewer, each lot must contain a minimum of two acres of 1231 contiguous Dry Buildable Land exclusive of public rights-of-way, vehicular easements, or areas 1232 at or below the floodplain elevation for a specific property. 1233 B. In areas served by sanitary sewer, each lot must contain contiguous Dry Buildable Land equal to 1234 the minimum areas as prescribed in chapter 78 or half-acre, whichever is less (exclusive of public rights-1235 of-way, vehicular easements, or areas at or below the floodplain elevation for a specific property), and 1236 have legal access to the building site without encroachment of a wetland or floodplain area. 1237 C. Outlots. Outlots are not intended for development except for the purpose in which they are 1238 created, which may include streets, stormwater management, monument signs, etc. Outlots intended for 1239 future development shall not be subject to development fees until they are platted as buildable lots. 1240 1241 Sec. 82-255. - Lakeshore lots. 1242 The granting of easements which purport to grant access to the lake to any person for any uses, 1243 including but not limited to docking, mooring, swimming and launching of boats, is prohibited and shall 1244 be deemed a violation of this chapter and subject to all of the penalties and proceedings as set forth in this 1245 chapter. 1246 Exception. An owner of a riparian lot within the Seasonal Recreational (RS) zoning 1247 district may grant an easement over their riparian, RS zoned property to benefit a non-riparian, RS 1248 zoned property for lake access purposes. 1249 1250 Sec. 82-256. - Double-frontage lots, access to lots, and front/back lot divisions. 1251 (a) Double-frontage lots. Double-frontage and reversed-frontage lots shall be avoided except where 1252 necessary to provide separation of residential development from traffic arterials or to overcome 1253 specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. 1254 (b) Access from any arterial roadway. Lots shall not, in general, derive access exclusively from an arterial 1255 roadway. Where driveway access from any arterial roadway may be necessary for several adjoining 1256 lots, the council may require that such lots be served by a combined access drive in order to limit 1257 possible traffic hazard on such roadway. Where possible, driveways shall be designed and arranged so 1258 as to avoid requiring vehicles to back into traffic on any arterial roadway. 1259 (c) Front/back lot subdivisions. Flag lots shall not be created. For the purposes of this chapter, a flag lot 1260 shall be defined as a lot so shaped such that the main building site is set back from the street on which 1261 it fronts and includes an access strip connecting the main building site with the fronting street. 1262 Front/back lot divisions shall be allowed only in conjunction with the creation of a separate outlot to 1263 provide access from the back lot to the public or private road. Such outlot shall not be allowed as 1264 creditable lot area for either the back or front lots. Front/back lot subdivisions shall adhere to the 1265 following standards: 1266