The City Planning Commission shall regulate the imposition of easements on property in the City as follows:
(a) No person shall convey or be the grantee of easements on lands within the City without the approval of the City Planning Commission. The Commission shall inquire into and be satisfied that such easement will not substantially change the use of land except as permitted by this Zoning Code. The Commission shall further require proof that hazards to the public safety will not be increased, particularly, but without prejudice to the generality hereof, in regard to pedestrian and vehicular traffic in adjoining roadways. To obtain the objectives of this Zoning Code, the Planning Commission may request the imposition of conditions in approving easements.
(b) This Zoning Code does not apply to easements for overhead power transmission lines or gas lines or easements obtainable by condemnation proceedings.
(c) If the Commission determines that full consideration of the application for an easement will be facilitated by notices to owners adjoining and abutting both the dominant and subservient estates affected by the easement, then it shall require notice in such form as it determines to such adjoining and abutting owners, to be served by the Building Commissioner.
(Ord. 96-61. Passed 4-21-97.)