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25.03. City of Centervillc Ordinance #8 Effective 12/16/82 ACCESS. Every lot shall be provided with access adequate for the use of public safety vehicles and other public and private purposes and shall be served by a public or private street system, improved in accordance with this ordinance and connected to the general street system. 25.04. DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS. Double frontage lots shall not be permitted, except: 25.04-1. Where lots back upon a thoroughfare, in which case vehicular and pedestrian access between the lots and the thoroughfare and shall be prohibited and; 25.04-2. Where topographic or other conditions render subdividing otherwise unreasonable. Such double frontage lots shall have an additional depth of at least twenty (20) feet in order to allow space for a protective screen-planting along the back lot line and also in such instances vehicular and pedestrian access between the lots and the thoroughfare shall be prohibited. 25.05. NON-SEWERED LOTS. In areas which are not served by public sanitary sewer systems, no lot shall be developed for residential purposes unless it meets the requirements set for lots outside the Urban Service Area which is a minimum of ten (10) acres. The preliminary plat shall show a feasible plan for future re-subdivision by which lots may be re-subdivided to meet the size and dimension standards of lots in areas served by public sanitary sewer system. Any preliminary plat not showing such future re-subdivision plan shall not be re-subdivided. 25.06. BUTT LOTS. Butt lots shall be platted at least five (5) feet wider than the average interior lots in the block. 25.07. DRAINAGE. Lots abutting upon a water course, drainage way, channel, or stream shall have an additional depth or width, as required, to assure house sites are not subject to flooding. 26. STREET. No plat shall be approved unless all streets shown thereon shall be of sufficient width and shall be so located as to accommodate the probable volume of traffic thereon, afford adequate light and air, facilitate fire protection, provide access of fire fighting equipment to buildings, and provide a coordinate system of streets conforming tot he City street plan. In addition, the street design must meet the following requirements: 26.01. In the case of subdivisions for commercial, industrial and public purposes, no street giving access upon a major street shall be located closer than five hundred (500) feet, along the same side of such major street, to any other driveway, public or private street in the same or another subdivision. 26.02. Local street shall be so planned as to discourage through traffic. Page 10 of34