(A) Easements.
(1) The property owner shall be required to furnish all easements and rights-of-way required to serve the development. Where reasonable, utilities shall be located within street rights-of- way. However, the property owner may offer easements outside of street rights-of-way. All utility facilities existing and proposed throughout the property shall be shown on the plat.
(2) Easements shall be provided for both municipal and private utilities and shall be recorded on the final plat or replat. Municipal easements for water and sanitary sewer shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width. Storm sewer easements shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width. All municipal easements may be wider as determined by the City Engineer depending on the depth and the size of the utility. Private utility easements shall be sized by the utility company. Proper coordination shall be established between the property owner and the applicable utility companies for the establishment of utility easements on adjoining properties. Private utilities shall not be constructed in public utility easements.
(3) When topographical or other conditions are such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities within a public right-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements at least 10 feet in width shall be provided for satisfactory access. Easements shall be indicated on the plat.
(B) Damage. The contractor and owner shall be responsible for all damage to existing public improvements caused during construction of new public improvements.
(C) Underground utilities. All utilities, including electrical distribution and communication, shall be installed underground along thoroughfares, in compliance with utility service regulations, unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer. Electrical utility service to properties from distribution lines shall be placed underground from the right-of-way or easement to the point of service. Developers shall install all utilities underground on each property.
(D) General requirements.
(1) All services for utilities shall be made available for each lot in a manner so as to eliminate the necessity for disturbing the pavement, curb, gutter, and drainage structures when connections are made.
(2) The developer shall provide separate service lines for water and sanitary sewers, where required, to each lot or point of metering.
(3) All water service lines shall be single services. Double services are prohibited except by special permission of the City Water Department.
(a) Single services shall be located at the center of each lot street frontage. The service shall be a minimum of 1-inch type K copper, or poly (SDR-9 PR200 psi) (larger services may be required based on the facility served), with double banded brass saddles with corporation on saddle, compression couplings (only), angle stop, and no couplings under pavement. All fittings shall be brass.
(b) The meter shall be located in the easement parallel to the street right-of- way within 1 foot of the property line. The meter shall be set so the top of the meter is no more than 8 inches below final grade level, and is off-centered in the box toward the street side. The box shall be acceptable to the city.
(4) Sanitary sewer service lines shall have a minimum diameter of 4 inches, shall meet the same requirements for sanitary sewers described above, shall be constructed from the main to the lot property line using wyes and necessary bends, and shall have a minimum cover at the property line of 4 feet, where possible. All sewer service lines shall be located 10 feet downstream from the center of the street frontage of each lot, or as directed by the city. Minimum velocity in a service line is 2 feet per second.
(5) The developer shall place a suitable marker at the point where the service lines are stubbed out so that these lines can be easily located for connection by the city. Suitable markers shall be a “W” for water and an “S” for sewer stamped in the top of the curb, or the edge of the pavement if no curb is constructed, or by separate markers. Letters shall have a minimum height of 2 inches and a minimum width of 2 inches.
(6) The developer shall make arrangements with all other appropriate utility companies for the extension of their respective utility lines and service to and within the addition and for any costs or refunds of cost.
(7) All utility companies shall notify the city at least 48 hours before digging, boring, drilling, and the like.
(Ord. 487, passed 7-18-2000; Am. Ord. 737, passed 7-20-2016) Penalty, see § 155.999