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10 Q 8.16 - EASEMF'N_,T'~ <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 <br />wide, centered on rear and other lot lines, and (10') ten <br />feet wide along front lot lines, shall be provided. All <br />easements along. the plat boundary shall be (10') ten feet <br />wide, or a minimum of (5'} five feet wide if abutting an <br />existing drainage and .utility easement on the adjacent <br />property, and (10') ten feet wide along Rights-of-way. <br />Easements shall have continuity,of alignment from block to <br />block. No fences, driveways, paved surfaces, other <br />structures, or plantings other than grass can be placed in a <br />utility easement where it will interfere with the <br />maintenance of said utilities, unless approved by the City. <br />If removal of a fence, other structure,. or planting is <br />necessitated for maintenance of utilities, the cost of <br />removal and replacement is the responsibility of the <br />affected property owner. <br />2. Drainage. Easements shall be provided along each side of <br />• the centerline of any water course or drainage channel, <br />whether or not shown in the Comprehensive Development Plan, <br />to a width sufficient to provide proper maintenance and for <br />storm water runoff for designed storm event determined by <br />the City, but shall not be less than twenty (20) feet in <br />width. <br />3. Uti itv. Easements shall be provided along lot lines or <br />across property to accommodate the extension and maintenance <br />of utility lines. Easement width is typically (10} feet, <br />however, may vary depending upon the type of utility the <br />easement is to serve. <br />4. - Protection of Nat~?ral Water Badie~ and Wetlands. Where any - <br />plat, replat or subdivision of land adjoins anatural lake, <br />pond or stream, including streams which flow only <br />intermittently, the City, in its discretion, may require <br />that a strip-of land running along .all sides thereof which <br />are contiguous to such lake, pond or stream, shal be either <br />(i) dedicated to the City for public use, or (ii) subject to <br />a perpetual easement in favor of the City over and in said <br />land and the bed and water body of such lake., pond, or <br />stream for the purpose of protecting the. hydraulic <br />• efficiency and the natural character and beauty of such <br />lake, pond, or stream. The Planning Commission shall <br />