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(3) Blocks for commercial and industrial areas may vary from the elements of design contained in this section if the nature of the use requires other treatment. In those cases, off- street parking for employees and customers shall be provided along with safe and convenient limited access to the street system. Space for off-street loading shall also be provided with similar access. Extension ofroads, railroad access right-of-way, and utilities shall be provided as necessary. (B) Lots. (1) Area. The minimum lot area, width, and depth shall not be less than that established by the zoning code in effect at the time of adoption of the final plat. (2) Corner lots. Comer lots for residential use shall have additional width to pennit appropliate building setback from both streets as required in the zoning code. (3) Side lot lines. Side lines of lots shall be approximately at light angles to street lines or radial to curved street lines. (4) Frontage. Every lot must have a minimum frontage on a public street accepted for maintenance purposes by the City (or to be accepted upon completion of construction by the applicant), other than an alley, as required in the zoning code. No subdivision shall be permitted which will result in a lot with less than the minimum frontage on a public street as required by the zoning code except where a vaiiance is granted as provided by this chapter. In no case shall a variance to this frontage requirement be granted which would pem1it access to a lot by means of an easement or p1ivate road except as provided in § 153. I G 1. (5) Setback lines. Setback or building lines shall be shown on all lots intended for residential use and shall not be less than the setback required by the zoning code. (6) Water courses. Lots abutting a water course, drainage way, channel, or stream shall have additional depth and width, as required under the provisions of the zoning code for the shoreland and wetland system districts. (7) Features. In the subdividing of any land, due regard shall be shown for all natural features, such as tree growth, water courses, histolic spots, or similar conditions which, if preserved, will add attractiveness and stability to the proposed development. (8) Lot remnants. All remnants oflots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a larger tract must be added to adjacent lots or planned as outlots, rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels. (9) Frontage on 2 streets. Double frontage, or lots with frontage on 2 parallel streets, shall not be pe1mitted except where lots back on aiielial streets or highways, or where topographic or other conditions render subdividing otherwise unreasonable. Double frontage lots shall have an additional depth of at least 20 feet in order to allow space for screen planting along the back lot line. (10) Turn-around access. Where proposed residential lots abut a collector or artelial street, they should be platted in a manner as to encourage tum-around access and egress on each lot. (11) Minimum lot line. No lot shall have a total width at the front or rear lot line ofless than 30 feet. 25