(A)
Type,
Size, and Location.
If not otherwise specified within
this GDC, the type, size, and location of easements shall be determined
by the City’s Technical Standards Manual and the Director of
Engineering. The location of utility easements shall be in accordance
with Division 3 of this Article 5.
(B)
Maintenance.
Any easements established shall be maintained by the property
owner unless otherwise stated on the plat or in the specified language
on a separate instrument.
(C)
Designated
on Plat.
For new development and redevelopment, all necessary
on-site easements shall be established on the Preliminary Plat, Final
Plat or Replat, and not by separate instrument except as permitted
by the City’s Technical Standards Manual. Easements that were
previously established and recorded as separate instruments shall
be shown on the Plat with correct filing information before Plan Commission’s
consideration of the plat. Easements shall be labeled on the plat
and labeled for the specific purpose for which they are being provided.
Examples include a City Utility Easement (CUE) (not simply a “utility”
easement which would allow franchise utilities in City easements),
or a drainage easement, or an access easement.
(D)
Lot
Area in Relation to Easements.
The area of a lot shall
be computed inclusive of all required public and utility easements.
(E)
Easements
for Utility Providers.
The applicant is responsible for
contacting all utility providers prior to submission of a plat application
or Site Engineering Drawings, whichever occurs first, and for securing
all necessary easements for same prior to Final Plat approval and
recordation. The applicant shall provide the Director of Engineering
with written certification that all necessary utility providers have
been notified, and such secured easements shall be shown on the Final
Plat with the recording information for each.
(F)
Off-Site
Easements.
All necessary off-site easements required
for installation of required off-site public improvements to serve
the development shall be acquired by the applicant prior to approval
and recordation of the Final Plat. Off-site easements shall be conveyed
and recorded at the applicable county by an instrument approved by
the City, and shall be shown on the Final Plat along with the recording
information for each.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7055, sec. 29, adopted 5/7/19)
(A)
Zoning
District Requirements, If Applicable.
Lots shall conform
to the minimum requirements of the established zoning district, if
located within the City’s corporate limits.
(B)
Lot
Frontage and Access.
All lots shall have at least one
boundary with frontage on a public or improved private street or on
a City-approved private access easement. In addition, lot frontage
shall be sufficient to ensure driveway access to each lot.
(C)
Lot
Shape.
(1)
In
general, triangular, severely elongated (in excess of a three-to-one
depth-to-width ratio) or tapered, or flag lots shall be avoided whenever
possible.
(2)
Irregularly
shaped lots shall have sufficient width at the building line to meet
frontage requirements for the appropriate zoning district (if applicable),
and shall provide a reasonable building pad without encroachment into
front, side, or rear yard setbacks or into any type of easement.
(3)
The
City reserves the right to deny approval for any lot which, in its
sole opinion, will not be suitable or desirable for the purpose intended
or which is so oddly shaped as to create a hindrance to the logical
lot layout of surrounding properties.
(D)
Double
Frontage Lots.
Double frontage lots shall be avoided,
except where they may be essential to provide separation of residential
development from arterial streets, or to overcome a specific disadvantage
or hardship imposed by topography or other factors.
(E)
Lot
& Block Numbering.
All lots are to be numbered consecutively
within each block. Each lot and block shall be identified numerically
(that is not an alpha designation).
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15)
All survey monumentation shall conform to the minimum monumentation
standards contained herein and the standard monumentation details
contained in the City’s Technical Standards Manual, unless the
City Surveyor approves alternative monumentation. Consult the City’s
Technical Standards Manual for materials and specifications.
(Ordinance 6773 adopted 5/19/15; Ordinance 7055, sec. 30, adopted 5/7/19)
