(a) Electric, gas, cable television, and telephone service shall be provided within each subdivision. Telephone, electric, and street lighting wires, conduits, and cables shall be constructed underground, except in cases where the City determines that topographic, bedrock, or underground water conditions would result in excessive cost to the subdivider.
(b) Overhead utility lines, where permitted, shall be located at the rear of all lots. The width of the easement per lot shall be not less than ten feet and the total easement shall be not less than twenty feet.
(c) Whenever a sanitary sewer, water main or storm sewer, and electric and/or telephone lines are each placed underground in the same utility easement, the following provisions shall be applicable:
(1) The total easement width shall not be less than twenty feet.
(2) The sanitary sewer, water main or storm sewer shall be installed on one side of the easement.
(3) Electric, gas, cable television, and telephone lines shall not be installed within five feet of the sanitary sewer, water main or storm sewer.
(Ord. 97-022. Passed 1-12-98.)