(A) Utility easements shall be provided within the proposed subdivision as may be necessary to assure the proper design, installation and maintenance of either underground or aerial utilities. Easement widths shall be determined by the type of utility; however, an easement shall not normally be required adjacent to a dedicated right-of-way.
(B) The minimum width for easements shall be:
(1) Utility easements (along property lines) shall be eight feet on each side of the property line;
(2) Drainage easements shall be the width of the drainage structure plus five feet on each side, rounding the total distance down to the nearest foot, or the width of the 50-year floodplain, whichever is greater.
(3) Fire lane access easement shall be 24 feet.
(C) When the City Engineer finds that easements in areas adjoining proposed subdivisions are necessary to provide adequate passage of stormwater or to serve such subdivisions with utilities, the subdivider shall have the primary responsibility for obtaining such easements.
(D) When a proposed subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainageway, channel or stream or a proposed stormwater easement, the developer shall make the improvements required in §§ 154.120 et seq. and dedicate the required right-of-way or easements.
(E) Wherever land which is covered by a floodway designation under Chapter 151, Floodplain Management, a stormwater easement shall be placed on the plat covering the floodway area and such easement shall allow for access, maintenance or alteration of the floodway area by the city. A statement shall be placed on the plat as follows: “Structures, including fences and fill material are prohibited in the floodway.”
(F) Mutual access easements:
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this requirement is to provide public access to adjacent properties by reducing the number of driveway cuts and potential traffic accidents on adjacent streets.
(2) Applicability. This section shall be applicable to properties abutting and that may derive access from a collector street or arterial street as shown on the Master Thoroughfare Plan.
(3) Requirement. The city shall require the dedication of a mutual access easement to provide cross access to adjacent properties or shared use of a driveway to facilitate traffic flow between lots.
(4) Easement dimensions. Easement width shall be 24 feet and the length shall be the full width of adjoining properties fronting the roadway. The Director of Public Works may approve an alternative layout as necessary given the shape of the particular tract. The location of all mutual access easements shall be approved by the city.
('68 Code, App. B, § 3.05) (Ord. 8-1989-34, passed 8-8-89; Am. Ord. 12-2017-76, passed 12-12-17)