(a) Generally. To the fullest extent possible, easements shall be centered on or adjacent to rear or side lot lines. Easements shall be fully indicated on the final subdivision plat.
(b) Pedestrian Easements.
(1) The Planning Commission may require, when it deems it necessary to facilitate pedestrian access to community facilities or other nearby streets, perpetual unobstructed easements at least ten feet in width. The Commission may require a paved walk for pedestrian safety within such an easement.
(2) Where a subdivision borders on a watercourse in an area designated in the comprehensive plan for public recreational use, the Commission may require easements to be reserved for public access to the water.
(c) Utility and Drainage Easements. Where topography or other conditions are such as to make impracticable the inclusion of utilities or drainage facilities within street rights-of-way, perpetual unobstructed easements at least twenty feet in width for such utilities shall be provided across property outside the street lines and with satisfactory access to the street.
(d) Storm Water Easements. Where a subdivision is traversed by a watercourse, drainage way, channel or stream, there shall be provided a storm water easement or drainage right-of-way conforming substantially with the lines of such watercourse, and with such further width as may be deemed necessary by the Commission to permit the construction of improvements designed to restrict the flooding of such watercourse onto adjoining properties. Parellel streets or parkways may be required.
(e) Widening or Realignment of Existing Roads. Where a subdivision borders an existing street and the comprehensive plan indicates plans for realignment or widening of the street that would require reservation of some land of the subdivision, the Commission may require that such areas be shown and marked on the plat "Reserved for Street Realignment (or Widening) Purposes." Land reserved for street widening may not be counted in satisfying the minimum front yard of minimum lot area requirements of the Zoning Ordinance.
(1970 Code Sec. 28.1-27)