All public services shall be connected to an approved public utilities system where one exists. The developer shall arrange with the servicing utility for the underground installation of the 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 on file with the New Jersey State Board of Public Utility Commissioners; provided, however, that lots which abut existing streets 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, but any new service connections from the utilities' overhead lines shall be installed underground. In cases where extension of service is needed to existing or new buildings in established subdivisions or developments, the present method of service may be continued. In the case of existing overhead utilities, however, should a road widening or an extension of service or such other condition occur as a result of the development and necessitate the replacement or relocation of such utilities, the developer shall cause the replacement or relocation to be underground.

(Prior code § 13-31.1)

A.

Upon submission of preliminary plats or plans for approval, the developer shall present a statement of interest, setting forth all public utility companies to serve the tract and a letter from each company stating that service will be available to the development. Any deviation from the statement of interest shall null and void any approvals granted by the township.

B.

Prior to the pre-construction meeting preceding the commencement of construction, the developer shall furnish the administrative officer a copy of the agreements with the applicable public utility companies certifying the jurisdiction of the public utility company for the particular portion of the township; indicating agreement with the proposed utility installation design; and stating who will construct the facility so that service will be available prior to occupancy. The form of such agreements shall be reviewed and approved by the township attorney prior to the commencement of construction.

C.

The developer shall provide the township with four copies of a final as-built plan showing the installed location of the facilities.

(Prior code § 13-31.2)

Easements along property lines or elsewhere for utility installation may be required. Such easements shall be at least twenty (20) feet wide and located in consultation with the companies or township departments concerned and, to the fullest extent possible, shall be centered on or adjacent to lot lines. Such easement dedication shall be expressed on the plat, plan and deed as follows: "Utility right-of-way easement granted for the purposes provided for and expressed in the Land Development Ordinance of East Greenwich Township".

(Prior code § 13-31.3)

All construction shall be in accordance with the construction standards promulgated by the township engineer.

(Prior code § 13-31.4)

A.

Connection to Existing System—Construction of New System. Where a public wastewater treatment plant and collection system is accessible, or where such facilities are to be constructed as a condition of approval of any application for development, the developer shall construct such wastewater treatment facilities or sanitary sewer lines and building connections in accordance with the design criteria and permit requirements of the municipal utilities authority for East Greenwich Township and those of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and in such a manner as to make adequate sewage treatment available to each lot and building within the development.

B.

Individual Systems. Where the soil characteristics of the subject land are of such quality as to permit the use of individual subsurface sewage disposal systems as a temporary means of sewage disposal, the same may be approved in the absence of accessibility to a public wastewater treatment plant or the construction of such treatment facilities by the developer.

(Prior code § 13-31.5)