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(A) Lot width, depth and area shall comply with the minimum requirements of the zoning ordinance and shall be appropriate for the location and character of development proposed and for the type and extent of street and utility improvements being installed. Where steep topography, unusual soil conditions or drainage problems exist or prevail, the Board may require special lot width, depth and area requirements which exceed the minimum requirements of the particular zoning district.

(B) Where steep topography, unusual soil conditions, drainage problems, abrupt changes in land use or heavy traffic on adjacent streets prevail, the Board may make special lot width, depth and area requirements which exceed the minimum requirements of the particular zoning district.

(C) The depth to width ratio of single family residential lots shall not be greater than three to one.

(D) Minimum front building lines shall conform to the minimum requirements of the zoning ordinance.

(E) Side lot lines shall be substantially at right angles or radial to street lines, except where other treatment may be justified in the opinion of the Department.

(F) Every residential lot shall abut upon a public street or private access way furnishing satisfactory access thereto.

(G) Residential lots extending through the block and having frontage on two parallel streets which are both local streets or one of which is a local street and the other is a collector street shall not be permitted, except when there are commercial or industrial zoning districts on the opposite side of the street and except as permitted in this chapter. Backing of lots to major streets and freeways shall be prohibited except where justified by the Board. (Prior Code, § 15-3-5)