§ 25-99. Lot design criteria.

(a)

Insofar as practical, side lot lines shall be perpendicular or radial to street lines. Each lot shall abut upon a public street or road.

(b)

The size, shape and orientation of every lot shall be as the commission deems appropriate for the type of development and use contemplated. No subdivision may be developed with lots less than five thousand (5,000) square feet, unless the subdivision falls within a planned unit development (PUD).

(c)

Every residential lot served by a public sewage system shall not be less than fifty (50) feet wide at the building line or less than five thousand (5,000) square feet in area.

(d)

For residential lots not served by a public or community sanitary sewage system, lot sizes shall be determined as follows: A subdivider shall conduct a percolation set test on each proposed lot of a subdivision and indicate the location and result of each test on the preliminary plat; the dimensions and area of each lot may be established at the levels necessary to fulfill the requirements of the health department and the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.

(e)

Building lines for R-1 residential lots shall be at least twenty-five (25) feet from each street property line. Corner lots shall be at least seventy-five (75) feet wide at the building line to allow for side building lines.

(f)

Lots, other than corner lots, fronting on two (2) streets, shall not be platted except under exceptional circumstances, in which case building line shall be established on both frontages.

(g)

A planting screen reservation of at least ten (10) feet and across which there shall be no right of vehicular access shall be provided along the line of lots abutting an arterial street or other disadvantageous use in all new residential subdivisions.

(h)

Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for business, commercial, or industrial purpose shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking and loading facilities required for the type of use and development contemplated for.

(i)

Every lot shall front on or abut a public street; provided, however, that private streets may be allowed, upon approval of the planning commission, when property zoned B-2 is subdivided. In such cases, lots need not front on or abut a public street.

(j)

Size, shape and arrangements of commercial and industrial lots, where platted, shall be subject to the approval of the commission.

(k)

Building lines for commercial and industrial lots shall be at least forty (40) feet from each street property line, or as required by the planning commission.

(Subdivision Regulations, § VIII(L))