Future access to floodplains, flood control facilities, runoff drainage ditches and channels, runoff storage facilities, storm sewers and other drainage ways and structures, as required by the City Engineer, shall be secured by means of easements. Easement dimensions noted below may be modified as necessary by the City Engineer upon receipt of adequate documentation showing site- specific restrictions that necessitate modifications.
(a) The easements shall be recorded in the name of the City and, in single-family residential developments, the homeowners association.
(b) Such easements shall be not less than 25 feet in width in addition to the width of the ditch, channel, or other facility it is to serve. Access easements of this type shall be provided on one side of the flood control or storm drainage ditch, channel, or similar type facility.
(c) Access along the initial drainage system shall be by means of easements. Such easements shall be not less than 25 feet in width, with a minimum 10-foot width on either side of the drainage system.
(d) Access adjacent to storage facilities shall consist of a 25-foot easement in the case of detention (dry) basins, and a 25 -foot easement with a 25-foot level bench in the case of retention (wet) basins, measured from the top of the bank, and shall include the storage facility itself.
(e) Easements for the emergency flow ways shall be a minimum of 25 feet in width, or larger if required by the City Engineer.
(f) Flood control or storm drainage easements containing underground facilities shall have a minimum width of 25 feet, with a minimum 10 -foot width on either side of the facility.
(g) The legal description of the easements shall restrict the planting of trees, shrubbery or plantings with woody growth characteristics, and shall also restrict the construction of buildings, accessory buildings, fences, walls or any other obstructions to the free flow of storm water and the movement of inspectors and maintenance equipment. Any variations to the final grade from that described by the grading plan shall be as approved by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 28-14. Passed 12-15-2014.)