34-3-41   STANDARDS FOR EASEMENTS.
   In designing any subdivision, the Subdivider/Developer shall provide easements for drainage and storm sewers, and for all utilities, including sanitary sewers; gas mains; water mains; and underground electric, telephone, and cable television lines.
   (A)   Utility Easements. Unless utilities are to be installed in the public rights-of- way, utility easements, not less than twenty (20) feet wide for sanitary sewers and not less than fifteen (15) feet wide for gas mains, water mains, and underground electric, telephone, and cable television lines, shall be provided along all rear lot lines, and along those side lot lines where necessary.
      (1)   As a common practice, in the case of abutting lots, said easements shall be designed so that they are apportioned evenly on either side of said lot lines.
      (2)   Preliminary Plats shall be submitted to the appropriate utility companies for their input regarding the location of utility easements.
      (3)   Water mains and sewer mains should normally be installed in easements on opposite sides of a street and located as near to the center of said easements as possible.
      (4)   Easements of greater width may be required along or across lots when necessary for the extension of sewer mains or other utilities, or where both water and sewer lines must be located in the same easement.
      (5)   The final location and minimum widths of all easements shall at the discretion of the Village Engineer and/or Administrator.
   (B)   Drainage Easements. Adequate easements for storm water drainage shall be established along any natural drainage channel and in such other locations as may be necessary to provide satisfactory disposal of storm water from streets, alleys, and all other portions of the subdivision.
      (1)   In no case shall said easements be less than fifteen (15) feet in width.
      (2)   Easements for drainage retention and detention facilities shall also be provided as necessary.
      (3)   Plans depicting drainage easements shall indicate the direction of water flow by the use of arrows.
   (C)   Restrictions. No person shall erect any structure or fence or plant any tree or shrub in any easement or within any street or alley right-of-way, except at the owner's risk with respect to all costs for demolition, removal or reconstruction thereof.
      (1)   Utilities, public and private, in order to have access for repair or to have alternate access through the owner's property, shall have the right to destroy any such improvements within an easement, with the responsibility to restore the area only by grading and seeding. It shall be unlawful for any person to deny access to such easements to authorized officials upon display of proper identification.