17.53.105 Lots.
A. Size and shape. Lot size, width, shape, and orientation shall be appropriate for the location of the subdivision and for the type of use contemplated. All lots in a subdivision shall be buildable.
1. Lot size shall conform to the zoning requirement of the area. Depth and width of properties reserved or laid out for commercial and industrial purposes shall be adequate to provide for the off-street parking and service facilities required by the type of use contemplated. The depth of lot shall not ordinarily exceed two times the average width.
B. Access. Each lot shall abut upon a street other than an alley for a width of at least 25 feet or shall abut an access easement which in turn abuts a street for at least 15 feet if approved and created under the provisions of MMC 17.53.100(C). Direct access onto a major collector or arterial street designated on the McMinnville Comprehensive Plan Map shall be avoided for all lots subdivided for single-family, common wall, or duplex residential use, unless no other access point is practical.
C. Through lots. Through lots shall be avoided except where they are essential to provide separation of residential development from major traffic arteries or adjacent nonresidential activities, or to overcome specific disadvantages of topography and orientation. A planting screen easement at least 10 feet wide, and across which there shall be no right of access, may be required along the line of lots abutting such a traffic artery or other incompatible use.
D. Lot side lines. The side lines of lots, as far as practicable, shall run at right angles to the street upon which the lots face.
E. Flag lots. The creation of flag lots shall be discouraged and allowed only when it is the only reasonable method of providing access to the rear of a lot which is large enough to warrant partitioning or subdividing.