§ 40-93. Blocks.  


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  • (a)

    Length. Blocks shall not be less than 600 feet nor more than 1,300 feet in length, except as the planning commission considers necessary to secure efficient use of land or desirable features of street pattern. In blocks over 1,000 feet in length, the planning commission may require one or more public crosswalks of not less than ten feet in width with at least a four-foot paved walk to extend entirely across the block and at locations deemed necessary.

    (b)

    Width. Blocks shall be wide enough to allow two rows of lots except where fronting on streets is prevented by topographical conditions or size of property; in which case the planning commission may approve a single row of lots of minimum depth.

(Ord. of 6-30-1969, § 4.20)