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flag lot

A parcel of land shaped like a flag,with a narrow strip providing access to a public street or waterway and the bulk of the property containing no frontage. When planned, it is a way to maximize property density without having to install additional streets. Some jurisdictions require subdivision platting and approval for any project that includes building additional streets.Flag lots are a way around the platting laws.

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Other bylaw changes approved were a provision for priority development sites and a change in regulations for flag lots.
Flag lots are lots with at least five acres, but only 50 feet of frontage - not normally enough to build a house on.
In 2015, the city approved a partition to divide a property in half, creating a flag lot. The flag pole vehicular access was to be located on the west side of the property connecting to the public road located to the north.
Driveways that serve a single flag lot must be a minimum of 15 feet wide, while shared driveways must be 25 feet wide.
"Flag lots," says Humphreys, and the mix of one- and two-story plans.
Early assistance is sought for the development of two flag lots at 7700 S.E.
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* By using a number of pipestem or flag lots, the builder was able to create numerous cul-de-sacs (which his research showed young families preferred) on curvilinear streets.
There are many such linkages between assumptions used in ECLA and potential constraints on future land use regulations - including regulations related to development of hillsides and upper Amazon watersheds in the Eugene's south hills, construction of high-rise apartments adjacent to single-family neighborhoods in the University of Oregon area, division of large lots in established suburban neighborhoods to create "flag lots" and mini-subdivisions, and locating large multiplexes in the backyards of older neighborhoods.
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