[Amended 7-12-2016 by Ord. No. 16-15]
Where a subdivision borders on or contains a railroad right-of-way
or expressway, the Director or the Planning Commission may require
a right-of-way not to exceed 30 feet in width, approximately parallel
to and on each side of the right-of-way, at a distance suitable for
the appropriate use of the intervening land, as for park purposes
in residential districts or for commercial or industrial purposes
in appropriate districts.
No land shall be reserved, held or controlled
for the purpose of prohibiting access to streets, unless owned, held
or controlled exclusively by the city.
A.
Unless approved otherwise by the Director of Public
Works, all new and relocated public utilities shall be located in
existing or proposed public rights-of-way. Easements across lots or
easements centered on rear or side lot lines shall be provided when
necessary for the installation of sewers, gas and water and electric
facilities and for surface and subsurface water drainage purposes
whenever necessary to provide such services in the subdivision or
in the areas beyond its boundaries. They shall be at least 10 feet
in width, except that when an easement is for surface drainage only
it need be of no greater width than, in the judgment of the Director
of Public Works, the drainage area requires.
[Amended 8-9-2011 by Ord. No. 11-16]
B.
Whenever a subdivision is traversed by a way or place
whose origin is the result of the forces of nature, having a bed,
sides or banks through which water flows continuously or intermittently
in a particular direction, and whenever a subdivision is traversed
by any other way, place or device installed to aid natural drainage
and which does not substantially change the course or direction of
the flow of water, there shall be provided an easement conforming
substantially to the boundaries of such way, place or device, together
with the right to use such additional land abutting thereon as is
necessary to maintain such way, place or device for the unobstructed
flow of water therein.
Pedestrian walks, not less than 10 feet wide,
shall be required where deemed essential to provide circulation or
access to schools, playgrounds, shopping centers, transportation and
other community facilities.
No area subject to inundation shall be subdivided
for residential use.
