Sec. 86-433
Extracted standards
3 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Floodplain
- Prohibition on subdivision of floodplains and wetlands
Wetlands, as defined in the state wetlands zoning act, or any land subject to periodic flooding or dam break inundation zones shall not be subdivided in such a way as to provide sites for residential occupancy nor for any other use which might involve danger to health, life or property, or aggravate the flood hazard.
Other
- Improvements required for poor drainage or excessive slope
A plat for the subdivision of land with poor drainage, excessive slope or other adverse physical or soil conditions will be considered for approval only if the subdivider shall agree in writing to make whatever improvements are necessary, in the judgment of the agent, to render the land safe and otherwise acceptable for development.
- Prohibition on subdivision of unsuitable land
No subdivision shall be approved if adequate investigations by trained personnel determine that, due to soil, water table, topographic, light, air or other natural conditions, the site of the proposed subdivision is unsuitable for platting and development in the manner proposed.
From the ordinance
No subdivision shall be approved if adequate investigations by trained personnel determine that, due to soil, water table, topographic, light, air or other natural conditions, the site of the proposed subdivision is unsuitable for platting and development in the manner proposed. Wetlands, as defined in the state wetlands zoning act, or any land subject to periodic flooding or dam break inundation zones shall not be subdivided in such a way as to provide sites for residential occupancy nor for any other use which might involve danger to health, life or property, or aggravate the flood hazard.