[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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Necessary action shall be taken by the applicant to obtain water for the purpose of providing water to the subdivision suitable for human consumption, normal residential, business and industrial uses, and fire protection.
B. 
Where the public water supply main is reasonably accessible, the subdivision shall be provided with a complete water distribution system adequate to serve the needs of the area being platted or developed, including a connection for each lot and appropriately spaced fire hydrants.
C. 
Individual water systems (wells) shall not be allowed on lots of less than three (3) acres in area.
D. 
The subdivider shall install adequate water facilities (including water hydrants) subject to the specifications of the City and the appropriate water company.
E. 
Water main extensions shall be approved by the appropriate water company.
F. 
The location of all fire hydrants, all water supply improvements and the boundary lines of the proposed districts, indicating all improvements proposed to be served, shall be shown on the preliminary plat, and the cost of installing same shall be included in the construction financial guarantee provided by the developer.
[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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Fire hydrants shall be required for all subdivisions.
B. 
Fire hydrant locations shall be approved by the applicable fire protection district.
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All underground utilities for fire hydrants, together with the fire hydrants themselves and all other supply improvements in the street right-of-way, shall be installed before any final paving of a street shown on the subdivision plat.
[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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Standards Adopted.
1. 
The Missouri Private Well Construction Standards — Rules And Organizational Structure for Section 256.600, RSMo., is hereby adopted in its entirety. A copy of said document shall be on file in the office of the City Clerk.
B. 
Other Standards.
1. 
All private wells are to be constructed in accordance with Missouri Private Well Construction Standards and Missouri Public Drinking Water Regulations.
2. 
All properties contained within the City operating on a private well at the time this Article is adopted will be grandfathered. The property owners will be permitted to complete maintenance and repair work on their well. Provided that the use of the property and boundary limits do not change, a replacement well will be permitted. All new wells are to be constructed in accordance with Missouri Private Well Construction Standards.
3. 
Every abandoned or contaminated well shall be sealed in accordance with the recommendations of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources groundwater geologist. For the purposes of this Section, the term "contaminated" shall mean any condition which is hazardous to the aquifer and thereby endangers neighboring property or people.
4. 
Irrigation wells are permitted for the purpose of irrigating crops, lawns and recreational facilities such as golf course. Such wells are to be constructed to noncommunity water supply specifications, 10 CSR 60-3.010 of the Missouri Public Drinking Water Regulations.
[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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The applicant or its successors shall install sanitary sewer facilities in a manner prescribed by the City construction standards and specifications.
B. 
All parcels of land improved for human occupancy in the City of Lake Saint Louis, after the date of adoption of this Code, shall be required to connect to the area public sewer system.
C. 
On-site sanitary sewer package plants are prohibited within the corporate limits.
[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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All utility facilities, including, but not limited to, gas, electric cables and telephone cables shall be located underground throughout the subdivision.
B. 
All utility facilities existing and proposed throughout the subdivision shall be shown on the preliminary plat.
C. 
Underground service connections to each platted lot shall be installed at the developer's expense.
D. 
The requirement for service connections to each lot may be waived in the case of adjoining lots to be retained in single ownership and intended to be developed for the same principal use.
[Ord. No. 4190, 2-1-2021]
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Easements at least fifteen (15) feet in width shall be provided for utilities (private and municipal). Proper coordination shall be established between the subdivider and the applicable utility companies for the establishment of utility easements.
B. 
Where topographical or other conditions are such as to make impractical the inclusion of utilities along rear lot lines, perpetual unobstructed easements shall be provided alongside lot lines with satisfactory access to the road or rear lot lines, in accordance with the following:
1. 
Lots wider than fifty (50) feet shall provide easements seven and five-tenths (7.5) feet or wider creating a utility easement corridor fifteen (15) feet or wider along all side yards.
2. 
Lots fifty (50) feet or less in width shall provide easements on one (1) side yard in a manner that creates a minimum fifteen-foot utility corridor at every other side yard.
3. 
Corner lots shall provide utility easement corridors fifteen (15) feet or wider along both sides of the lot.