Flag lot definition

Flag lot means a lot, the major portion of which has access to a road or street by means of a narrow strip of land called the "staff." The staff shall have a minimum width and frontage of not less than twenty-five (25) feet. The staff portion of a flag lot shall not be used in computing lot size for zoning and building purposes.
Flag lot means a lot with a configuration that resembles a fully outstretched flag at the top of a flag pole and where the "pole" portion of the lot contains the required lot frontage and lot access route and which is designed to meet the requirements of section 34 of this by-law.
Flag lot means a lot not fronting on or abutting a public road and where access to the public road is by a narrow, private right-of-way.

Examples of Flag lot in a sentence

  • Flag lot driveways shall be separated by at least twice the minimum frontage requirement of that zoning district.

  • Flag lot development, if allowed by the zone, is limited to one duplex or single family dwelling per lot.

  • Flag lot must comply with fire code requirements including access width, driving surface, parking and fire hydrant placement.

  • Flag lot development shall not be permitted on collector or arterial streets.

  • The staff of the Flag lot cannot extend from intersections, street corners, cul-de-sacs, or dead end streets.


More Definitions of Flag lot

Flag lot means a lot not fronting on or abutting a public roadway and where access to the public roadway is limited to a narrow private right-of-way.
Flag lot means a tract containing a narrow strip or panhandle of land providing access from the public road to the rest of the tract.
Flag lot means a lot predominantly situated behind another lot and having access to a street by means of a narrow portion of the flag lot extending out to the street. Flag lots have a general configuration in the shape of an “L”.
Flag lot means a lot that has been approved by the City with access provided to the bulk of the lot by means of a narrow corridor.
Flag lot means a lot that is mostly separated from the street, located behind another lot, and connected to the street by an extension of land that reaches to the street.
Flag lot means a lot that has a narrow frontage on a public street with access provided via a narrow accessway or “pole” to the main part of the lot used for building, which is located behind another lot that has street frontage. There are two distinct parts to the flag lot: the development area or “flag” which comprises the actual building site, and the access strip or “pole” which provides access from the street to the flag.
Flag lot means a lot located behind another lot, plus a strip out to the street for an access drive. A flag lot results from the subdivision or partitioning of a lot or parcel which is more than twice as large as the minimum allowed in the underlying zone, but has insufficient frontage to allow two dwellings to front along a public street.