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Lawndale City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XII

UTILITIES

Sec. 12-221.- Utility ownership and easement rights.

In any case in which a developer installs or causes the installation of water, sewer, electrical power, telephone, or cable television facilities and intends that such facilities shall be owned, operated, or maintained by a public utility or any entity other than the developer, the developer shall transfer to such utility or entity the necessary ownership or easement rights to enable the utility or entity to operate and maintain such facilities.

Sec. 12-222. - Water and sewer systems.

Every principal use and every lot within a subdivision shall have a suitable system of water supply and sanitary sewage disposal as defined below which complies with all applicable health regulations.

(a)

Public systems: Whenever it is legally possible to obtain necessary easements and practicable in terms of topography to serve a lot with a public water or sewer line by running a connecting line not more than the distance shown below:

Dwelling Units Distance
2—10 200' Maximum
11—20 300' Maximum
21—50 600' Maximum
51—100 1,000' Maximum
101+ 1,500' Maximum

 

No use requiring water or sewage disposal service may be made of such lot unless connection is made to such line at the developer's expense.

(b)

Community systems: When connections to a public water or sewer system are not feasible under subsection 12-222(a), two (2) or more lots may be served by a community system. These systems shall be designed to accommodate the eventual connection to a public system, and evidence shall be presented of permit approval from the appropriate state or local agency.

(Amd. of 4-1-08, § 38)

Sec. 12-223. - Lighting requirements.

All roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, and other common areas and facilities in unsubdivided developments shall be sufficiently illuminated to ensure the security of property and the safety of persons using such roads, driveways, sidewalks, parking lots, and other facilities.

Sec. 12-224. - Excessive illumination.

Lighting within any lot that unnecessarily illuminates any other lot and substantially interferes with the use or enjoyment of such other lot is prohibited.

Sec. 12-225. - Underground utilities.

All electric power lines, telephone, gas distribution, and cable television lines in subdivisions or unsubdivided developments constructed after the effective date of this chapter shall be placed underground in accordance with the specifications and policies of the utility provider.

Sec. 12-226. - Utilities to be consistent with internal and external developments.

Whenever it can reasonably be anticipated that utility facilities (ex. water and sewer lines) constructed in one development will be extended to serve other adjacent or nearby developments, such utility facilities shall be located and constructed so that extensions can be made conveniently and without undue burden or expense and without unnecessary duplication of service.

Sec. 12-227. - As-built drawings required.

Whenever a developer installs or causes to be installed any utility line in any public right-of-way, the developer shall, as soon as practicable after installation is complete, and before acceptance of any water or sewer line, furnish the county with a copy of a drawing that shows the exact location of such utility lines. Compliance with this requirement shall be a condition of the permit authorizing such development.

Sec. 12-228. - Fire hydrants.

(a)

Every development (subdivided or unsubdivided) that is served by a public water system shall include a system of fire hydrants accessible to local fire departments and located so that no proposed building area lies more than one thousand (1,000) feet from a fire hydrant.

(b)

Water lines that serve hydrants shall be at least six-inch lines, and, unless no other practicable alternative is available, no such lines shall be dead-end lines.

Sec. 12-229. - Sites for and screening of dumpsters.

Every development desiring the use of solid waste receptacles or "dumpsters" for the temporary collection and storage of solid waste shall provide sites for such dumpsters that are screened if and to the extent that, in the absence of such screening, they would be clearly visible to:

(1)

Persons located within any dwelling unit on residential property other than that where the dumpster is located.

(2)

Occupants, customers, or other invites located within any building or nonresidential property other than that where the dumpster is located, unless such other property is zoned industrial.

(3)

Persons traveling on any public street, sidewalk, or other public way.