(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)