A proposed subdivision of land may be processed under the provisions of this chapter if it is determined that the following conditions exist:

    A.    No new streets: that there will be no opening of new public ways.

    B.    Adequate utilities and drainage: that necessary and adequate utilities and drainage facilities exist.

    C.    Adequate ingress and egress: that adequate ingress and egress to the remainder of the parcel and surrounding properties will be provided.

    D.    Not detrimental: that the subdivision will not be detrimental to or endanger public health, safety or general welfare.

    E.    Access. All parcels in the subdivision and adjacent land will have adequate ingress and egress without the construction of any new streets or substantial improvement to existing streets.

    1.    All lots will have legal access to a platted private street or to a public street which has been accepted for maintenance by, or has been continuously maintained for a period of ten years immediately preceding the filing of the subdivision, by a pubic agency regularly having responsibility for such maintenance. Such public street also has a hard surface suitable for vehicular traffic which is at least sixteen feet in width, is in good repair, and has a geometry which is suitable for the traffic which it will carry after the proposed subdivision.

    2.    Frontage on limited access streets on which driveways cannot open shall not constitute legal access.

    3.    If by reason of topography, natural or man-made features, or other conditions relating to the property requested for subdivision, better access can be provided through construction of a new street, the petition shall be considered as a major subdivision.

    4.    All lots will have driveway locations which will provide for adequate sight distance and will be properly spaced according to city standards.

    5.    Land adjacent to the property involved in the subdivision also will have adequate access according to the criteria contained in this section.

    F.    Suitability. All lots in the subdivision will provide suitable building sites for the purposes for which the land is to be used.

    G.    In the AG, agriculture district, no more than two lots may be subdivided from a single parent tract over any period of time. (Ord. 99-24 § 3 (part), 1999; Ord. 94-5 § 3 (part), 1994; prior code § 28-11)