Providing for the Control of Land Subdivision and the Approval od Plat and Replat of Land

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7 2. Corner lots shall in no case be less than sixty - five (65) feet in width at the building line nor contain less than seven thousand (7,000) square feet in area. 3. Residential lots not served by public sewer and water shall be not less than eighty (80) feet in width at the building line nor less than ninety - six hundred (9,600) square feet in area. Where there is no public sewer but public water is pro- vided, residential lots shall be not less than sixty (60) feet in width and shall contain not less than seventy -two hundred (7,200) square feet in area. 4. The depth to width ratio of the useable area, i.e., the area which is not unuseable for normal building, service, recreational, or similar activities by reason of the existence of geologic, topographic, drainage, or other similar conditions, of a lot in a residential district shall be a maximum of two and one -half (2.5) to one (1.0) except where a variance becomes necessary for the purpose of using up odd shaped parcels. 5. Side lines of all lots shall be at right angles or radials to street lines. 6. Every lot shall abut on a public street. 7. Double frontage lots shall be avoided except where essential to provide separation of residential development from traffic arteries or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orienta- tion. A planting screen easement of at least ten (10) feet in width, across which there shall be no access, shall be provided along the line of lots abutting such traffic arteries or other disadvantageous use. 8. Where larger than normal lots are proposed, they shall be of such shape and dimensions that future streets may be platted along lot lines. 9. Lots shall be numbered consecutively throughout the entire subdivision. G. Public Sites and Open Spaces 1. Where a proposed park, playground, school or other public use shown in the Long Range Plan for Recrea-