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• • § 1001.097 BLOCKS. (1) Length. The maximum length of blocks shall be 1,500 feet and the minimum length 400 feet. Blocks over 900 feet long may require pedestrianways at least 10 feet wide at their approximate center. The use of additional pedestrianways to schools, parks, and other destinations may be required. (2) Arrangement. A block shall be so designed as to provide 2 tiers of lots unless it adjoins a major collector or an arterial street or where topographic or other conditions render the block arrangement unreasonable. (3) Block depth. The width of the block shall normally be sufficient to allow 2 tiers of lots of appropriate depth, except where topography or other conditions render the block depth unreasonable. (Ord. 04 -03, passed 2 -24 -2003) § 1001.098 LOTS. (1) Area. The minimum lot area, width and depth shall not be less than that established by the Lino Lakes Zoning Chapter in effect at the time of adoption of the final plat. Minimum lot area for urban lots shall consist of buildable land exclusive of utility transmission easements or water course easements that encumber lot development. (2) Corner lots. Corner lots for residential use shall have additional width to permit appropriate building setback from both streets and a side yard buffer yard where the side yard abuts a collector or arterial street as required in the Lino Lakes Zoning Chapter. (3) Side lot lines. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at right angles to street lines or radial to curved street lines. (4) Width. Every lot must have the minimum width measured at the minimum front yard setback and at the setback from the OHWL of an abutting lake or stream and extending to the location of the principal building. (5) Lot frontage. All lots shall have frontage on an improved public street that provides the required lot width at the minimum front yard setback, except multi - family or Planned Unit Developments that provide access via private roads or drives. Flag lots are prohibited. (6) Urban single and 2-family lot access. All new single and 2- family urban lots shall be designed to receive access from a local street. Direct lot access from an arterial or major collector street for these urban lots shall be prohibited. 11 (7) Access points in new commercial, industrial and multiple family lots. New commercial, industrial, and multiple- family lots fronting on an arterial or major collector street shall be designed to minimize the DRAFT JANUARY 5, 2009