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5-14 MARTINSVILLE CODE total width. The administrator may waive the requirement for right-of-way dedication for lots situated along streets of certain minor subdivisions, which do not result in additional potential impact on the street(s). 5-15. Corner lots. Corner lots shall have extra width sufficient for maintenance of required building lines on both streets. 5-16. Side lines. Sidelines of lots shall be approximately at right angles, or radial to the street line. 5-17. Remnants. All remnants oflots below minimum size left over after subdividing of a tract must be added to adjacent lots, or otherwise disposed of rather than allowed to remain as unusable parcels. 5-18. Separate ownership. Where the land covered by a subdivision includes two (2) or more parcels in separate ownership, and lot arrangement is such that a property ownership line divides one or more lots, the land in each lot so divided shall be transferred by deed to single ownership simultaneously with the recording of the final plat. Said deed is to be deposited with the administrator and held with the final plat until the subdivider is ready to record same, and they both shall then be recorded together. 5-19. Blocks. A. Generally, the maximum length of blocks shall be twelve hundred (1,200) feet and the minimum length of blocks upon which lots have frontage shall be five hundred (500) feet. B. Blocks shall be wide enough to allow two (2) tiers oflots of minimum depth, except where fronting on major streets, unless prevented by topographical conditions or size of the property, in which case the administrator may approve a single tier of lots of minimum depth. C. Where a subdivision adjoins a major road, the administrator may require that the greater dimension of the block shall front or back upon such major thoroughfare to avoid unnecessary ingress or egress. D. Blocks or lots intended for business or industrial use shall be designed specifically for such purposes with adequate space set aside for off-street parking and delivery facilities. 5-20. Streets: Alignment and layout. The administrator and planning commission have a responsibility to see that the arrange- ment of streets in new subdivisions shall make provision for the continuation or close continuity of newly dedicated streets to existing streets, and that streets providing parallel travel to existing heavily traveled roads be provided in subdivisions adjacent to these existing Supp. No. 61 1738