(A) Where alleys are not provided, easements for utilities and other required uses such as access, drainage, walkways and/or landscaping shall be provided. Such easements shall have minimum width of 16 feet, and where located along lot lines, one-half of the width shall be taken from each lot.
(B) Where a subdivision is traversed by an existing watercourse, drainage way, channel, or stream, the subdivider shall designate drainage easements on both sides of the watercourse. Such easements shall have a minimum width of 16 feet, and where located along lot lines, one-half of the width shall be taken from each lot. In the case of a regulated drain, the Howard County Drainage Board shall determine the width of the easement.
(C) Easements to permit access for maintenance and repair of surface and subsurface drainage improvements shall be provided on the final copies of the primary plat, secondary plat, and construction plans. Location of easements shall be reviewed by the city and/or its representatives along with the local utility companies.
(D) In the case of lots extending to the boundary of the lands platted and not adjoining another plat, the full width of the required easement shall be provided.
(E) When a proposed drainage system shall direct or carry collected water across private lands outside the subdivision, appropriate off-site drainage rights such as easements must be secured by the subdivider and indicated on the plat.
(F) Detention basins shall be protected and located within detention easements, with suitable access provided to the basins and associated inflow and outflow elements.
(G) Physical encroachments or improvements within platted easements shall only be permitted if they do not restrict, obstruct or prohibit the use of the easement for which it was intended as determined by the Board of Public Works and Safety. Any encroachment or improvement which restricts, obstructs or prohibits use of the easement may be removed at the property owner's expense.
(H) Other easements may be required by the Plan Commission.
(Ord. 6405, passed 4-10-06)