§ 38-26. Public use and service areas.

(a)

Public uses. Special consideration shall be given to schools and parks in subdivisions larger than 25 acres or more, or 100 lots or more.

(b)

Easements for utilities.

(1)

Except where alleys are provided for the purpose, the board will require easements not exceeding 7.5 feet in width for poles, wires, conduits, or where feasible for storm and sanitary sewers, gas, water, or other utility lines on each side of the common rear lot lines and/or along side lot lines unless the utility company certifies this is impractical or unless it is not feasible in the opinion of the board.

(2)

Sewers shall not run along the front line of any property.

(3)

Septic systems shall be located and drain only to the rear of all property.

(c)

Storm drainage. Whenever any stream or improved surface drainage course is located in an area that is being subdivided, the subdivider shall dedicate an adequate right-of-way along each side of the stream for the purpose of widening, deepening, sloping, improving, or protecting the stream, or for drainage maintenance. For all drainage courses having a bottom width of five feet or more, the subdivider shall dedicate a right-of-way having a width of four feet for every one foot of bottom width. (For example, a 20-foot right-of-way shall be dedicated for all drainage courses having a bottom width of five feet; a 40-foot right-of-way shall be dedicated for all courses having a bottom width of ten feet, etc.)

(d)

Dedication to public use. There shall be no reserve strips except those which are conveyed to the government having jurisdiction.

(Code 2004, § 17.6; Ord. of 2-13-1986)