Extracted standards
32 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- FloodplainFloodplainLand expected to flood at a stated frequency, where building carries extra conditions. consideration required
If any portion of the proposed subdivision is determined by the agent to be in the one-hundred-year floodplain, the subdivider shall provide the necessary information
Other
- Advertising water/sewage disclosure
A subdivider, when advertising a subdivided tract of land for sale, shall be specific as to whether or not officially approved water and sewage facilities are available
- Concrete monument diameter4 in
Concrete monuments four inches in diameter or square
- Council action time60 days
The Town Council shall act on proposed final plats within 60 days
- Erosion control threshold10,000 sqftsq ftSquare feet. An acre is 43,560 sq ft; a typical suburban lot is 7,000–10,000.
activities disturbing 10,000 or more square feet of land
- Final plat required
No lot shall be sold until a final plat for the subdivision shall have been approved and recorded
- Final plat time limit6 months
The subdivider shall have not more than six months after receiving official notification concerning the preliminary plat to file with the Administrator a final subdivision plat
- Fire hydrants required
The installation of adequate fire hydrants in a subdivision at locations and quantities approved by the County Fire Marshall is required
- Half streets prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Half streets along the boundary of land proposed for subdivision shall not be permitted
- Iron pipe monument diameter0.75 in
iron pipe not less than 3/4 inch in diameter and 24 inches long
- Land reservation for public purposes
The Town may require subdividers of residential subdivisions to set aside land for parks, playgrounds, schools, libraries, municipal buildings
- Lot abut on street required
Each lot shall abut on a street dedicated by the subdivision plat
- Lot shape restriction
Lots shall not contain peculiarly shaped elongations solely to provide necessary square footage
- Lot side lines angle90 deg
Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radial to the street line
- Maximum block length1,200 ft
The maximum length of blocks shall be 1,200 feet
- Minimum alley right-of-way20 ft
Rights-of-way for alleys will be no less than 20 feet
- Minimum base material depth6 in
Base material shall be compacted to a minimum depth of six inches
- Minimum base material width30 ft
installed to a minimum width of 30 feet for streets and 12 feet for alleys
- Minimum block length500 ft
minimum length of blocks upon which lots have frontage shall be 500 feet
- Minimum cul-de-sac turnaround diameter100 ft
turnaround of not less than 100 feet in diameter
- Minimum pavement width30 ft
pavement width of 30 feet
- Minimum right-of-way width50 ft
all streets shall have, as a minimum, a right-of-way width of 50 feet
- Minimum utility easement width20 ft
Easements of not less than 20 feet in width shall be provided for water, sewer, power lines, and other utilities
- Performance bond required
The subdivider's performance bond shall not be released until construction has been inspected and approved
- Preliminary plat required
the subdivider shall submit a preliminary plat to the Administrator
- Public water/sewer extension required
Where public water and/or sewer is available, the service shall be extended to all lots within a subdivision by the developer
- Remnant land disposition
Land subject to flooding, land deemed to be topographically unsuitable for residential occupancy and all remnants of lots below minimum size must be added to adjacent lots, or become the property of a homeowners' association
- Reserve strips prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
There shall be no reserve strips controlling access to public streets
- Septic tank approval required
The governing body shall not approve any subdivision where sanitary sewers are not provided unless it shall receive in writing from the Health Department
- Street identification signs required
Street identification signs of an approved design shall be installed at all intersections
- Street intersection angle90 deg
streets should intersect at right angles
- Street name duplication prohibitedProhibitedNot allowed in the district at all, short of rezoning or a variance.
Duplication of existing street names is prohibited for new streets
From the ordinance
All streets shall have, as a minimum, a right-of-way width of 50 feet and a pavement width of 30 feet.