Easements across lots or centered on rear or side lot lines shall be provided for utilities and street lighting, electronic sounds and signals, drainage or other public use, and shall be a minimum of ten feet wide, and as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering or authorized designee. Easements shall be laid out so that a proper continuity shall be provided from lot to lot and from block to block. In addition, due provisions for extension of easements to adjacent areas shall be made. Approval of the utility easement layout by the public utility companies shall be required on the Plat. Where a development is traversed by a water course, drainage way, channel or stream, there shall be provided a storm water easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially to the lines of such water course, and such further width required for construction and maintenance, as will be adequate for the purpose and approved by the Director of Public Works and Engineering or authorized designee. Easements containing pedestrian ways, bikepaths, or right-of-ways for this purpose shall have a minimum width of 20 feet. Where a subdivision or development is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way, channel, stream or wetlands, there shall be provided a lowlands conservation easement of such size required.
(Ord. 18-008, passed 2-7-18)