(A) No person shall build, construct, erect, lay out, operate or maintain any public improvement to the city until first there has been filed an easement with the city over the property and premises where the public improvement shall be laid out, built or erected.
The easement shall be approved by the City Attorney and accepted by the Council of the city.
(B) If any person builds, constructs, erects or lays in or outside the city any water mains or lines or sewer lines or laterals which are connected to the water system or the sewer system of the city or storm sewers, culverts, bridges or drainage ditches inside the city without having filed with the city an easement as required, it shall be presumed that there was granted unto the city an easement of not less than the width of the public improvement, plus five feet on each side thereof.
(Prior Code, § 15-206) (Am. Ord. 1974, passed 8-6-19)