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4 <br /> • 1008.16 - EASEMENTS <br /> All easements shall be dedicated by appropriate language on the <br /> plat as required by Law and in accordance with the following: <br /> 1. Drainage and Utility. Easements at least ten (10) feet wide, <br /> centered on rear and other lot lines and (10' ) ten feet wide <br /> along front lot lines, shall be provided. All easements along <br /> the plat boundary shall be (10' ) ten feet wide or a minimum of <br /> (5' ) five feet wide if abutting on existing drainage and utility <br /> easement on the adjacent property, 10' along the Right-of-Way. <br /> Easements shall have continuity of alignment from block to block. <br /> No fences, driveways, paved surfaces, other structures, or <br /> plantings other than grass can be placed in a utility easement <br /> where it will interfere with the maintenance of said utilities <br /> unless approved by the City. If removal of a fence, other <br /> structure, or planting is necessitated for maintenance of <br /> utilities, the cost of removal and replacement is the <br /> responsibility of the affected property owner. <br /> 2 . Drainage. Easements shall be provided along each side of <br /> the centerline of any water course or drainage channel, whether <br /> or not shown in the Comprehensive Development Plan, to a width <br /> • sufficient to provide proper maintenance and for storm water <br /> runoff for designed storm event determined by the City but shall <br /> not be less than twenty (20) feet in width. <br /> 3 . Utility. Easements shall be provided along lot lines or <br /> across property to accommodate the extension and maintenance of <br /> utility lines . Easement width is typically (10) feet, however, <br /> may vary depending upon the type of utility the easement is to <br /> serve. <br /> 4 . Protection of Natural water Bodies and Wetlands . Where any <br /> plat, replat or subdivision of land adjoins a natural lake, pond <br /> or stream, including streams which flow only intermittently, the <br /> City, in its discretion, may require that a strip of land running <br /> along all sides thereof which are contiguous to such lake, pond <br /> or stream, shall be either (i) dedicated to the City for public <br /> use, or (ii) subject to a perpetual easement in favor of the City <br /> over and in said land and the bed and water body of such lake, <br /> pond, or stream for the purpose of protecting the hydraulic <br /> efficiency and the natural character and beauty of such lake, <br /> pond, or stream. The Planning Commission shall determine which <br /> of these options is more appropriate and shall recommend to the <br /> City Council one of said options . In either case, there shall <br /> • also then be granted to the City the right of ingress to and <br /> egress from the said strip of land with men, equipment and <br />