(A) The subdivider must provide adequate and appropriate easements for the construction and maintenance of utilities within the subdivision. The subdivider must obtain any easements necessary to extend utilities to the subdivision.
(B) Utilities must be placed underground, wherever practical. Underground utilities, if placed in a street right-of-way, must be located between the roadway and the right-of-way line to simplify location and repair of lines. Underground facilities must be installed after the street has been brought to grade and before it is surfaced.
(C) Where practical, when overhead utility lines are used they must be located at the rear property line.
(D) Utility facilities must be designed by utility firms in cooperation with the subdivider. These facilities are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations of the appropriate regulatory authorities.
(E) Utility easements located between adjoining lots must be centered on lot lines. If easements are placed in the street, they must be located between the roadway and the right-of-way line.
(F) Utility easements must be 20 feet wide unless otherwise specified by a utility company or governing body.
(G) When a utility is to be located in an existing, dedicated right-of-way, a notice of utility occupancy must be obtained from the governing body, or local or state highway department.
(H) In addition to showing the location of utility easements on the plat with dashed lines, the following statement must appear on the final plat:“The undersigned hereby grants unto each and every person, firm, or corporation, whether public or private, providing or offering to provide telephone, telegraph, electric power, gas, cable television, water or sewer service to the public, the right to the joint use of an easement for the construction, maintenance, repair and removal of their lines and other facilities, in, over, under and across each area designated on this plat as “Utility Easement” to have and to hold forever.” (Res. 607, passed 7-1-2019)