Access to flood control or storm drainage facilities for emergency, inspection, maintenance and improvement purposes, shall be provided as follows.
(A) Access to flood control or storm drainage ditches, channels, and storage facilities, shall be by means of easements. Such easements shall be not less than 15 feet in width, exclusive of the width of the ditch, channel, or other facility it is to serve, and an easement of this type shall be provided on one side of a flood control or storm drainage ditch, channel, or similar type facility.
(B) Access along flood control or storm drainage ditches and channels shall be by means of easements. Such easement shall be not less than 15 feet in width, exclusive of the width of the ditch, channel, or other facility it is to serve, and an easement of this type shall be provided on both sides of a flood control or storm drainage ditch, channel, or similar facility.
(C) Access along the initial drainage system shall be by means of easements. Such easements shall be not less than 15 feet in width, with a minimum of five feet in width on each side of the centerline.
(D) Access around storage facilities shall be a 25-foot easement in the case of detention (dry) basins, and a 25-foot easement with a 25-foot level beach in the case of retention (wet) basins, measured from the top of the bank, and shall include the storage facility itself.
(E) Easements for the emergency flow ways shall be a minimum of 15 feet in width or larger if required.
(F) Flood control or storm drainage easements containing underground facilities shall have a minimum width of 15 feet.
(G) Those lots crossed by an easement are restricted against the planting within said easement of trees, shrubbery or plantings with woody growth characteristics, and against the construction therein of buildings, accessory buildings, fences, walls or any other obstructions to the free flow of storm water, and are also restricted against changing of the final grade from that described by the approved grading plan.
(Ord. 1-91, passed 1-7-1991)