Where required, all lots shall provide easements for sewer, water, drainage, gas, telephone, or cable TV necessary to serve the subdivision. Such easements shall be located in either street rights-of-way, alleys, side or rear yards. The following standards shall apply to easements:

A.

The utility easements shall be a minimum of twelve (12) feet wide. Easements which fall on shared side or rear lot lines shall be divided equally, requiring six (6) feet from each lot.

B.

Where attached housing types or patio lots are involved and yards are enclosed or very narrow, easements shall be placed in open space areas where maintenance will not disturb the enclosures.

C.

Drainage easements shall be placed on lots to convey surface water to storm sewers located on the street or in open spaces.

D.

The minimum lot size may include twelve (12) foot easements, except as provided in Subsection B, or where open space is protected on the lot by an easement, or where public access easements are provided, the areas in the conservation easement shall be in addition to the minimum lot size in Table 40.04.110 or Table 40.04.112.

E.

Surface drainage patterns shall be protected by easements or open space.

F.

If streets are intended to be dedicated to DelDOT, all DelDOT standards must be met.

G.

The Department of Public Works shall determine the size of required sewer easements. No other utility, tree, shrub, fence, structure or other man-made improvements (excluding paving) may be planted, erected, or constructed within a sewer easement, without the written approval of the Department of Public Works.

(Ord. No. 97-172, § 3(ch. 13, § 20.242), 12-31-1997; Ord. No. 10-113, § 1(Exh. A), 1-18-2011; Ord. No. 18-020, § 15, 7-10-2018)