Independence

Minimum plot size for an individual mobile home shall be 4,500 square feet. Front yards minimum 15 feet. Side yards minimum 15 feet each, total 30 feet. At least 30 feet clear space between mobile homes.

There shall be no private streets platted in any subdivision.

Street grades shall be kept below 10% where practicable, and in no case shall exceed 12%. Minimum grade for all streets shall be 0.5%.

The length of residential blocks shall generally not exceed 1,600 feet nor be less than 300 feet.

minimum width at the building line of 80 feet. All lots shall have an average depth of at least 100 feet.

Except as provided herein, residential lots for single-family detached dwellings shall have a minimum width at the building line of 80 feet. All lots shall have an average depth of at least 100 feet, and single-tier lots shall have an average depth of at least 125 feet.

Lots for townhouses shall have a minimum width of 20 feet.

five spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor space

Depth and width of parcels reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street service and parking facilities (five spaces per 1,000 square feet of floor space) required.

residential lots served by both public water and public sewer systems shall be 80 feet or more in width and 10,000 square feet or more in area.

Lot size (public water and public sewer): residential lots served by both public water and public sewer systems shall be 80 feet or more in width and 10,000 square feet or more in area.

residential lots served by only one of public water or public sewer systems shall be 100 feet or more in width and 15,000 square feet or more in area.

Lot size (public water or public sewer): residential lots served by only one of public water or public sewer systems shall be 100 feet or more in width and 15,000 square feet or more in area.

residential lots served by neither public water nor public sewer systems shall be 150 feet or more in width and 30,000 square feet or more in area.

Lot size (neither public water nor public sewer): residential lots served by neither public water nor public sewer systems shall be 150 feet or more in width and 30,000 square feet or more in area.

Easements ... shall be at least 12 feet wide.

These provisions shall apply to all lands within the jurisdiction of the town, and identified as being in the 100-year floodplain by the Federal Insurance Administration.

The Approximated Floodplain District shall be those areas identified as an A or A99 Zone on the maps accompanying the flood insurance study. ... Until a floodway is designated, no new construction, substantial improvements or other development, including fill, shall be permitted within Zones A1-30 and AE on the community's FIRM, unless it is demonstrated that the cumulative effect ... will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood more than one foot at any point.

The Floodway District shall be those areas identified as a Floodway on the maps accompanying the flood insurance study. ... Encroachments, including fill, new construction, substantial improvements and other new development, are prohibited within the floodway unless certification by a registered professional engineer is provided demonstrating that encroachments shall not result in any increase in flood levels during the occurrence of the base flood discharge.

The Shallow Flooding District shall be those areas identified as an AO or AH Zone on the maps accompanying the flood insurance study. ... Residential structures shall have the lowest floor, including basement, elevated to at least one foot above the depth number specified in feet on the community's FIRM (at least two feet if no depth number is specified).