17.12.170 Policy pertaining to flag-shaped or panhandle lots.
Flag-shaped or panhandle lots shall be permitted in any subdivision where required by the configuration of land boundaries or terrain dictates such lot shape, but under no circumstances shall such lot shape be utilized as a standard or repetitious pattern in a subdivision.
Flag-shaped or panhandle-shaped lots may be created in any residential zone if all of the following requirements are met:
A. The lot has at least twenty feet of frontage on a dedicated public street, which frontage serves as access only to the subject lot or parcel;
B. The handle portion of the lot is at least twenty feet in width, and not more than one hundred fifty feet in length;
C. The lot meets the lot area and lot width requirements of the applicable zone.
D. Setbacks for structures on a flag lot shall be those as applied to any other standard lot in the underlying zone.
1. Setback exception: Single-story dwellings constructed on flag lots may be constructed to within five feet of the side lot line adjacent to the pole side of the lot. (Ord. 18-06 (part), 2018: Ord. 10-79 (part), 1979: prior code § 27-4-7)