Aberdeen Township City Zoning Code
§ 25-5.15
Public Utilities.
a.
All public services shall be connected to an approved public utilities system where one exists.
b.
The developer shall arrange with the servicing utility for the underground installation of the utilities' distribution supply lines and service connections in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Standard Terms and Conditions incorporated as part of its tariff as the same are then on file with the State of New Jersey Board of Public Utility Commissioners and the developer shall provide the Township with four (4) copies of a final plan showing the installed location of the utilities. The developer shall submit to the Board, prior to the granting of final approval, a written instrument from each serving utility which shall evidence full compliance or intended full compliance with the provisions of this paragraph; provided, however, that:
1.
Lots which abut existing streets or rights-of-way where overhead electric or telephone distribution supply lines and service connections have heretofore been installed may be supplied with electric and telephone service from these overhead lines, if no new poles are required, but any new service connections from the utilities' overhead lines shall be installed underground; and
2.
In cases where extensions of service are needed to existing buildings or new buildings in established subdivisions, industrial parks, or shopping; centers, the present method of service may be continued.
c.
In the case of existing overhead utilities, should a road widening or an extension of service or other such condition occur as a result of the development and necessitate the replacement or relocation of such utilities, such replacement or relocation shall be underground.
d.
Wherever the utility is not installed in the public right-of-way, an appropriate utility easement not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width shall be provided in consultation with the companies or Township departments concerned and, to the fullest extent possible, be centered on, or adjacent to, rear or side lot lines. Such easement dedication shall be expressed on the plat or plan as follows "Utility right-of-way easement granted for the purposes provided for and expressed in the Land Development Ordinance of the Township."