(a) Utility easements. Utility easements shall be provided on subdivision plats sufficient in width and location as defined by the city or approved franchised utility provider. Where utility easements are required, the following full statement of restriction shall be placed on the plat face of the subdivision plat.
Utility easements:
Any public utility, including the City of Fort Worth, shall have the right to move and keep moved all or part of any building, fences, trees, shrubs, other growths or improvements which in any way endanger or interfere with the construction, maintenance or efficiency of its respective system on any of the easements shown on the plat; and any public utility, including the City of Fort Worth, shall have the right at all times of ingress and egress upon said easements for the purpose of construction, reconstruction, inspection, patrolling, maintaining and adding to or removing all or part of its respective systems without the necessity at any time of procuring the permission of anyone.
(b) Emergency access and fire lane easements. Emergency access and fire lane easements shall be provided in locations required by the “Fort Worth Fire Lane Ord. 6722.” The roadway surface shall be constructed to city design standards and emergency access and fire lane easements must meet all requirements of Ord 6722. No such easement shall be encroached upon by any obstruction or parking.
(c) Intersections of streets and alleys with emergency access easement. At the intersection of an emergency access easement driveway or turnout section with a dedicated street or alley, a ten-foot by ten-foot triangular public open space easement (P.O.S.E.) shall be provided on each side at the driveway or turnout at the time the driveway and/or alley is constructed. In all such cases, the following full statement of restriction shall be placed on the face of the plat:
PUBLIC OPEN SPACE RESTRICTION:
No structure, object or plant of any type may obstruct vision from a height of 24-inches to a height of 11-feet above the top of the curb, including, but not limited to buildings, fences, walks, signs, trees, shrubs, cars, trucks, etc., in the public open space easement as shown on this plat.
(Ord. 17851, § 1 (App. C, Ch. 6, Art. IV), passed 10-30-2007; Ord. 20382-09-2012, § 7, passed 9-11-2012)