(A) Connection expense. If the subdivision proposes to use county water and/or sanitary sewer system, each lot in a subdivision within the corporate limits of the town shall be provided, at the subdivider’s expense, with an extension of the municipal water and/or sewer systems. The subdivider shall provide a letter from the agency of jurisdiction stating that the subdivider has satisfactorily met any financial requirements for the service extension.
(B) Extraterritorial connections. Each subdivision in the extraterritorial area of the town may be connected at the subdivider’s expense to the water and sanitary sewer systems if approved by the Town Commissioners.
(C) Utilities specifications. Water and sanitary sewer lines, connections and equipment shall be in accordance with the county standards and policies. Water and sewer taps and meters, meter curb boxes and conservation stops shall be installed at the subdivider’s expense on each lot within the subdivision.
(D) Storm water retention plan. The subdivider shall provide a surface water drainage system constructed to the standards of the State Department of Transportation, as reflected in the current issue of the Handbook for the Design of Highway Surface Drainage Structures, subject to review by the Town Commissioners. The plan shall ensure that:
(1) No surface water shall be channeled or directed into a sanitary sewer;
(2) Where feasible, the subdivider shall connect to an existing storm drainage system;
(3) Where an existing storm drainage system cannot feasibly be extended to the subdivision, a surface drainage system shall be designed to protect the proposed development from water damage;
(4) Surface drainage courses shall have side slopes of at least three feet of horizontal distance for each one foot of vertical distance, and courses shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the drainage area without flooding, and designed to comply with the standards and specifications for erosion control of the State Sedimentation Pollution Control Act, Chapter 113A, Article 4 and NCAC Title 15A, Chapter 4, and any locally adopted erosion and sedimentation control ordinances;
(5) The minimum grade along the bottom of a surface drainage course should be a vertical fall of at least one foot in each 200 feet of horizontal distance;
(6) Stream banks and channels downstream from any land disturbing activity shall be protected from increased degradation by accelerated erosion caused by increased velocity of runoff from the land disturbing activity in accordance with the State Sedimentation Pollution Control Act, Chapter 113A, Article 4 and NCAC Title 15A, Chapter 4;
(7) Anyone constructing a dam or impoundment within the subdivision must comply with the State Dam Safety Law of 1967 and NCAC Title 15A, Subchapter 2K; and
(8) In all areas of special flood hazards, all subdivision proposals shall have adequate drainage provided to reduce exposure to flood damage.
(E) Electricity. The subdivider shall provide a letter from the appropriate electric utility company stating that the subdivider has satisfactorily met any financial requirements for the new electric substations or power lines.
(Ord. passed 2-10-2009, § 14.36)