Utilities shall be placed underground unless the Planning Commission approves a modification to permit overhead utilities based on unique site conditions, in which event the Planning Commission may impose conditions on the modification.
The following easement requirements shall apply to all new subdivisions:
A. Utility Easements:
1. Where alleys are shown on a final map, utility easements four feet (4') wide on each side of each alley shall be dedicated for aerial overhang. Where alleys are not shown on the final map, utility easements six feet (6') wide on each side of rear lot lines shall be delineated on the final map and offered for dedication. In addition, guy and anchor easements one foot (1') wide on each side of a side lot line and thirty five feet (35') in length measured from the rear lot line, in locations selected by the City, or as required by the serving utility, shall be shown on the final map and dedicated.
2. Utility easements five feet (5') wide adjacent to each side of side lot lines, and where service to street lighting is required, one foot (1'), on each side of such lot lines, or as required by the serving utilities, shall be shown on the final map and dedicated.
B. Underground Utilities: Where all utilities are underground:
1. Rear Lot Lines: Where alleys are shown on the final map, corresponding easements required by the serving utilities shall be shown on the final map and dedicated. Where alleys are not shown on the final map, utility easements five feet (5') wide along each side of rear lot lines shall be shown on the final map and dedicated.
2. Side Lot Lines: Easements for utilities and lot drainage on all side lot lines shall be shown on the final map and dedicated. All utility service lines, including service lines for gas, electricity, telephone, communications, and street lighting shall be channeled in easements five feet (5') wide on each side of the lot line separating pairs of lots to the extent required by the serving utilities.
3. Street Rights-Of-Way: Easements for utilities and lot drainage on lot lines abutting street rights-of-ways shall be shown on the final map and dedicated. All such easements shall be a minimum of seven and one-half feet (71/2') wide.
C. Lots Facing Curvilinear Streets: For lots with fronts facing curvilinear streets and alleys, easements for overhead utilities shall consist of either:
1. A series of straight lines with points of deflection not less than one hundred twenty feet (120') apart, such points of deflection always occurring at the junction of side and rear lot lines on the side of the exterior angle; or
2. A curvilinear easement, provided the minimum radius of the centerline shall be not less than eight hundred feet (800').
D. Public Drainage Easement: Where a stream or major surface drainage course abuts or crosses the subdivision, the subdivider shall show on the final map and dedicate a public drainage easement sufficient to permit widening, deepening, relocating or protecting the drainage course. The subdivider's engineer shall provide the City with sufficient information about the drainage to evaluate the adequacy of the easement.
E. Easement Land Not Considered And Considered In Minimum Lot Area Calculation: Land within a public street or drainage easement, or land within a utility easement for major power transmission lines or pipelines, shall not be included in the calculation of the minimum required lot area. However, land included in utility easements to be used for distribution or service purposes within the subdivision, and land included in the five foot (5') wide and seven and one-half foot (71/2') wide drainage easements along lot lines and street rights-of-way, shall be included in the calculation of the minimum required lot area.
F. Lots Backing Onto Arterial Streets: Lots arranged to back of arterial streets, railroads, canals or Commercial or Industrial Districts, as provided in this chapter, shall have a minimum depth of one hundred ten feet (110'), the rear one foot (1') of which shall be recorded as a nonaccess private easement.
G. Water And Sewer Utility Lines: Municipal water and sewer utility lines shall be installed within the City street rights- of-way, unless otherwise approved by the Planning Commission and/or the City Council based on special circumstances. (Ord. 834, 11-27-2018)