02-27-2014, 06:55 AM
Most lots vary little within a subdivision here, but the lots vary more by subdivision.
The main reason for the long "spaghetti" lots is that these were large agricultural plots & the quickest, easiest & cheapest way to subdivide is to create lots with less roads, so lots with less road frontage = more lots per road ... hence long narrow lots ...
Some subdivisions have corner &/or main access road lots that are more square, and some that can will buy adjacent lots for a more square lot
For an idea, HPP has 1 acre lots that are close to 100' wide, and subdivisions with larger lot sizes have slightly wider lots, but much longer, like Orchidland and HA..
ADD for a typical HPP lot frontage street (they are very close to 1 mile per 'segment) there are around 100 one acre lots per road segment, if the lots were more square, with 200' frontage, there would be just over 50 one acre lots per road segment & the road segments would need to be doubled...
Hopes this helps!
The main reason for the long "spaghetti" lots is that these were large agricultural plots & the quickest, easiest & cheapest way to subdivide is to create lots with less roads, so lots with less road frontage = more lots per road ... hence long narrow lots ...
Some subdivisions have corner &/or main access road lots that are more square, and some that can will buy adjacent lots for a more square lot
For an idea, HPP has 1 acre lots that are close to 100' wide, and subdivisions with larger lot sizes have slightly wider lots, but much longer, like Orchidland and HA..
ADD for a typical HPP lot frontage street (they are very close to 1 mile per 'segment) there are around 100 one acre lots per road segment, if the lots were more square, with 200' frontage, there would be just over 50 one acre lots per road segment & the road segments would need to be doubled...
Hopes this helps!