Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

 

18.460 Subdivisions and Lot Splits

18.460.235 Dedication of Utility Easements

  1. A.
    All final plats for properties zoned R-E, RP-OE, RP-OS, R-1, RP-1, R-1A, RP-1A, RP-1N, R-2, RP-2 and PRN and being subdivided for residential purposes shall include a dedication of utility easements as outlined below:
    1. 1.
      Utility easements shall be provided along the rear of all lots, with a minimum width of 15 feet. If adjoining lots, tracts or parcels abut each other along their rear lines or if a rear line abuts a side line, the easement may be located partially on each lot, tract or parcel.
    2. 2.
      Exceptions to the location and width requirements for rear utility easements may be granted by the City Engineer in cases where drainage ways or existing vegetation, or both, would be negatively impacted by locating easements in those areas.
  2. B.
    Where required to provide connections to other easements, utility easements shall be provided along the side lines of lots, tracts or parcels, with a minimum width of 14 feet. If lots, tracts or parcels abut each other along their side lines, the easement may be located partially on each lot, tract or parcel.
  3. C.
    In the cases where the subdivider chooses to locate utility easements along front lines abutting the street right-of-way in addition to those required in Subsections 1 and 2 above, those utility easements shall meet the following requirements: if no sidewalk will be constructed along the street frontage, the width shall be at least 10 feet. If a sidewalk will be constructed along the street frontage, the width shall be at least 15 feet.
  4. D.
    The Director of Planning and Development Services may waive the utility easement location and/or width requirements listed in this Subsection for any plat that is a replat of all or part of an existing subdivision plat when it is determined that the waiver will not detrimentally impact the provision of utility services for properties within or near that plat.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2843 §5, 2010; ZRR-2748 §3, 2008)

Effective on: 1/1/1901