Fort Walton Beach — 153 - Subdivision Development Layout Design — reading text

copies of the preli- minary plat to the City Plannine: Office at least two weeks before a scheduled meeting of the FlarLl1ing Board. Before granting ap!:>roval or rejecting the proposed subdivision plat, the Planning Board will be advised by the City Enzineer and Director of Plan.': ling as to com- pliance or lack of compliance lfl th the Naster Plan, this o rdincmce, l . J: '" a.nd other i terns 1-Thich effect good plannfng or Engineering pra. ctice may the public interest. 2- 2 FINAJ~ PLr\ T APFR OVAL BY CITY COUNGIL After approv-al by the Ci t:! Planning Board, the plat Till 1,- be for- warded, together with the Planning Board' s recommendations to the City Manager for presentation to the Council for final action. Section 3 DEFINITIONS ARTERIAL STREETS - Major throughfares used for fast and heavy traffic. BLOCK - A parcel of land entirely surrounded by public streets, water course, railway, right of way, parks, eta., or a combination thereof~ CITY - Signifies the city Fort Walton Beach, Florida. CITY Signifies the City Engineer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. ENGINEER.. CITY Signifies the City JVlanager of Fort Walton Beach, Fla. HANAGER.. l1ARGINAL ACCESS STREETS - Signifies minor streets l.. Jhich are adjacent to and parallel arterial streets and which provide access to abutting pronerties' and properties and protection from through traffic. MASTER PIA N ... Signifies any map or plan adopted by the Council. ITNOR STREETS ... Signifies streets used primarily to provide access to abutting properties. NF.IGHBOHHOOD - The neighborhood is approximately one square mile in which residents may all share common services, social activities and facilities required in the vicinity of the dwelling. It is a unit which will permit organization of physical S11rr01mding to eliminate inconven- iences and hazards and for planning purposes the extent of the neighbor- hood is determined by the service area of an elementary school. '. PLANNING B.D ... Signii'i es the Planning Board of Fort ' Halton Bee ch, Fla. BOA.. P~ NNING DIRECTOR - Signifies the Planning Director of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. STREET - Signifies a way for vehicular traffic to travel from one point to another and is designated as a street, highway, thorouchfare, parkway, road, avemJe, bOl.Jlevard, lane, place, drive, or otherwise. Su'EDIVSICN- Signifies the division of a parcel of land into tlvO or more lots or p,grcels for the purpose of transfer of ownership 6": t" 1rtJild- ing cevelopment, or, if a nsv-; street is involved, any division of a p2rcel of land; provided ct a division th!' of land for agricultural into lots or parcels of five acres or more and not involving purposes a nelT\stre t shall not be deemed a subdivision. The term includes reslJbdivisiol1 end shall rel~ te, to the process of sllbdividing or to the land subdivided.  14; ZONING OF. DINANCE - Signifies the zoning ordinance of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Section 4 DESIGN STANDARI6 All subdivisions shall confirm to the overall master plan for the most advntageous development neighborhood. The of the entire location of all streets shall conform to the general conununity plan, and provide easy access to and from proposed and existing streets in adjoining or surrounding areas. 4- 1 ~ lINOR STREETS Ninor Streets shall be laid out so that their use by thr01Jgh trdffic is discourged. 4- 2 SlJBDIVISIONS ADJOINING ARTERIAL STREETS 1/Imere a slJbdivision contains abuts arterial streets the or City Planning Board may require marginal access streets or reverse frontage to separate local and through traffic and for protection of' residential properties. 4- 3 BLOCK LENGTHS The length of a block shall be not more than 1400 ft. or not less than 400 ft. Where blocks are 7~YJ ft. or longer the planning board may reql1ire a 20 ft. nedestrian easement thro' ugh th(~ Long block.. blocks should be oriented for drainage and to'lJ - ard focal points such as the shopping center and school. 4- 4 BLOCK ! AJIDTH Blocks shall be at least ' TiITide eno'L1gh to allow' 2 tiers of lot. except when reverse frontage is used) and should be a miniIt1J111 vndth of 240 ft. 4- 5 LOT~;, B( lILDING SITE AREA AND YARD HESTHICTIONS Ninimmll building site area and yard restrictions shall be governed by the req1iirements and restrict. ions as