1117.10 PUBLIC LAND USES.

   The subdivision regulations shall aid in the implementation of the Community Facilities Plan as follows:

   (a)    Sites for Community Facilities. Sites for parks, playgrounds, schools and other public uses as shown on the duly adopted Community Facilities Plan, if located in whole or in part in a proposed subdivision, shall be incorporated in the subdivision plan and the land reserved for such purposes. Drainage courses, ponds, lakes or isolated parcels shall not be accepted for public use and maintenance unless conforming with the plan for public lands.

   (b)    Utility Easements. Where utilities are not located in the street, easements of at least twelve feet total width shall be located on the center of rear lot lines or on side lot lines where necessary.

   (c)    Drainage Ways. Where a subdivision is traversed by a drainage way, channel or stream, a storm water easement or drainage right of way conforming substantially with the lines of such watercourse shall be established. Such easements shall be not less than twenty feet wide, exclusive of the required lot area, or of such further width as deemed adequate for the purpose. Rear lot lines should be planned along such drainage ways.

      (Ord. 69-38. Passed 4-20-70.)