(1)   "Access drive" means a paved surface, other than a public street or way, which provides vehicular access from a street or way to a lot.

      (2)   "Active play area" means an area designated and constructed for outdoor recreational amenities, as a part of usable open space and equipped with playground apparatus.

      (3)   "Block" means a tract of land, a lot or groups of lots, bounded by streets, public parks, railroad rights-of-way, watercourses, municipal boundary lines, unsubdivided land or by any combination of the above.

      (4)   "Building" means any combination of materials forming any structure which is designed, intended or arranged for the housing, sheltering, enclosure, or structural support of persons, animals, or property of any kind.

      (5)   "Building setback line" means the line within a property defining the required minimum distance between any enclosed structure and the adjacent right-of-way.

      (6)   "Cartway" means the improved surface of a street right-of-way which is available for vehicular traffic, including parking lanes but excluding shoulders or drainage swales.

      (7)   "Clear sight distance" means a line of unobstructed vision from a given point above the center line of a street to a point on the same center line.

      (8)   "Clear sight triangle" means an area of unobstructed vision at a street intersection defined by lines of sight between points at a given distance from the intersection of the street center lines.

      (9)   "Commission or Planning Commission" means the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Steubenville.

      (10)   "Common or usable open space" means a parcel or parcels of land or an area of water, or a combination of land and water within a subdivision site and designed and intended for the use or enjoyment of residents of the particular subdivision, not including streets, off-street parking areas and areas set aside for public facilities. Common or usable open space shall be substantially free of structures but may contain such improvements as are in the plat as finally approved and as are appropriate for the recreation of residents.

      (11)   "Council or City Council" means the governing body of the City of Steubenville.

      (12)   "Cul-de-sac" means a street intersecting another street at one end and terminating at the other in a vehicular turnaround.

      (13)   "Cut" means any artificial or mechanical act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is removed during excavation and includes the conditions resulting therefrom; the difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; the material removed during excavation.

      (14)   "Developer" means any landowner, agent of such landowner or tenant with the permission of such landowner, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision or development of land.

      (15)   "Development" means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate, including but not limited to buildings or other structures, streets and other paving, utilities, cutting or filling, grading, excavating and the subdivision of land.

      (16)   "Drainage" means the flow of water or sewage and the methods of directing such flow.

      (17)   "Driveway" means a private means of vehicular access from a public or private street to a single lot.

      (18)   "Easement" means a right granted for the use of private land for certain public or semi-public purposes, such as utilities, drainage, access or other purposes, and also the land to which such right pertains.

      (19)   "Engineer, City" means a professional engineer employed by the City or any consultant designated by City Council to perform the duties of City Engineer.

      (20)   "Engineering Geologist" means a full member in good standing of the Association of Engineering Geologists or the American Institute of Professional Geologists.

      (21)   "Engineer, Professional" means a person duly licensed as a professional engineer by the State of Ohio.

      (22)   "Excavation" means any artificial or mechanical act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and includes the condition resulting therefrom.

      (23)   "Fill" means any artificial or mechanical act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface and includes the conditions resulting therefrom; the difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade; the material used to make a fill.

      (24)   "Governing body" means the City Council of the City of Steubenville.

      (25)   "Gross residential density" means the number of dwelling units per acre or fraction thereof computed by dividing the site area, exclusive of public rights-of-way and common open space, into the total number of proposed dwelling units.

         A.   "High density" means a residential subdivision in which the gross residential density is equal to or greater one (1) dwelling unit per 7,499 square feet.

         B.   "Medium density" means a residential subdivision in which the gross residential density is between 7,500 and 9,999 square feet per dwelling unit.

         C.   "Low density" means a residential subdivision in which the gross residential density is equal to or less than one (1) dwelling unit per 10,000 square feet.

      (26)   "Health Department" means the agency designated by the governing body to administer health regulations.

      (27)   "Improvements" means those physical additions and changes to the land and any structures that may be necessary to produce usable and desirable lots.

      (28)   "Landowner" means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of land including the holder of an option or contract to purchase (whether or not such option or contract is subject to any conditions), a lessee having a remaining term of not less than forty (40) years, or other person having a proprietary interest in land, shall be deemed to be a landowner for the purposes of these Subdivision Regulations.

      (29)   "Lot" means a plot, parcel, tract or other area of land which is, or in the future may be offered for sale, conveyance, transfer, use or improvement, regardless of the method or methods in which title or other right to use is conveyed. (Ord. 1992-19. Passed 4-21-92.)

      (30)   "Lot area" means the total area contained within the property lines of a lot, excluding space within any public right-of-way, but including the area of any easement.

      (31)    "Lot modification" means the change of lot lines between two (2) existing lots of record for the sole purpose of increasing lot size, or correcting errors in a deed or description where no additional building sites are created.

         (Ord. 2011-71. Passed 10-11-11.)

      (32)   "Open space" means the unoccupied space open to the sky on the same lot with a building, not including any parking lots.

      (33)   "Person" means an individual, partnership, public or private association or corporation, firm, trust, estate, governmental entity, public utility or any other legal entity whatsoever which is recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.

      (34)   "Plan, Sketch" means an informal plan, not necessarily to exact scale, indicating salient existing features of a tract and its surroundings and the general layout of a proposed subdivision.

      (35)   "Plat" means a map or plan of a subdivision, whether preliminary or final.

      (36)   "Plat, Final" means a complete and exact plat (including all required supplemental data) prepared for official recording as required by statute, to define property rights and proposed streets and other improvements, prepared by a Professional Surveyor.

      (37)   "Plat, Preliminary" means a tentative plat (including all required supplemental data), in a lesser detail than the Final Plat, showing the approximate proposed street and lot layout as a basis for consideration prior to preparation of a Final Plat, prepared by a Professional Surveyor.

      (38)   "Plat of Record" means the Final Plat recorded in the Office of the Jefferson County Recorder of Deeds.

      (39)   "Right-of-way" means the total width of any land reserved or dedicated as a street, alley, or for other public or semi-public purposes, including, but not limited to, the area reserved for cartway, shoulders, sidewalks, drainage and easements.

      (40)   "Screening" means a well maintained solid fence, masonry wall, evergreen hedge or other sight obscuring vegetation, at least six (6) feet in height and of a density and height necessary to conceal from the view of property owners in adjoining residences or residential districts the structures and uses on the premises on which the screening is located.

      (41)   "Site" means any tract, lot or parcel of land or any contiguous tracts, lots or parcels of land proposed to be subdivided or developed, whether immediate or future.

      (42)   "Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan" means the plan required to be provided as a prerequisite to the receipt of an earth disturbance permit pursuant to the provisions of the City Building Code.

      (43)   "Staff" means the City Planner or his designee.

      (44)   "Storm Water Management Plan" means the required plan providing for the control of runoff to allow precipitation falling on a given site to be absorbed or retained on site to the extent that after development, the peak rate of discharge leaving the site is not significantly different than if the site had remained undeveloped.

      (45)   "Street" means a strip of land, including the entire right-of-way, intended for use as a means of vehicular and pedestrian circulation (for additional definitions see below).

         A.   "Alley" means a permanent public service way which affords only a secondary means of access to abutting property and not intended for general traffic circulation.

         B.   "Arterial street, primary" means a street which is designed and intended primarily to carry through traffic and secondarily to provide access to and from such major attractors as central business districts, shopping centers, schools and hospitals, parks, major industrial areas, and similar traffic generators within the governmental unit.

         C.   "Arterial street, secondary" means a street which is designed and intended to carry traffic in a manner similar to primary arterials, except that these streets serve minor attractors and carry traffic from collector streets to primary arterial streets.

         D.   "Collector street" means a street which is designed and intended to carry traffic from local streets to arterial streets or to major facilities or developments.

         E.   "Freeway" or "expressway" means a street which is designed and intended to carry large volumes of high speed traffic, and which is used primarily to connect communities.

         F.   "Local street" means a street designed and intended to provide access to abutting properties.

         G.   "Marginal access street" means a street which is parallel and adjacent to arterial or limited access streets and which are intended to provide access to abutting properties.

         H.   "Partial or half street" means a street which is parallel to a property line having a lesser right- of-way width than required for improvement and dedication of the street.

         I.   "Private or non-public street" means a street which is not public, including but not limited to streets maintained by private agreements, by private owners or for which no public maintenance responsibility has been established; and including all private driveway access easements or rights-of-way for access.

         J.   "Public street" means a street which has been ordained or maintained or dedicated and accepted by the City, the County, the State or the Federal Government, and open to public use.

      (46)   "Structure" means any combination of materials to include anything constructed or erected on ground or attached to the ground.

      (47)   "Subdivider" means the person, corporation, partnership, joint ventures, associations or other group which makes or causes to be made a subdivision of land. The term "subdivider" shall include developer and landowner.

      (48)   "Subdivision" means (a) The division of any parcel of land shown as a unit or as contiguous units on the last preceding tax roll, into two (2) or more parcels, sites or lots, any one of which is less than five (5) acres for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership, provided, however, that the division or partition of land into parcels of more than five (5) acres not involving any new streets or easements of access, and the sale or exchange of parcels between adjoining lot owners, where such sale or exchange does not create additional building sites, shall be exempted; or (b) The improvement of (1) or more parcels of land for residential, commercial, or industrial structures or groups of structures involving the division or allocation of land for the opening, widening or extension of any street or streets, except private streets serving industrial structures; the division or allocation of land as open spaces for common use by owners, occupants or lease holders or as easements for the extension and maintenance of public sewer, water, storm drainage or other public facilities.

      (49)   "Subdivision, Major" means any subdivision which contains six (6) or more lots for which Preliminary and Final Plats are required.

      (50)   "Subdivision, Minor" means any subdivision which contains no more than five (5) lots, not including any new streets or easements of access and not requiring the extension of public water or sanitary sewer lines.

      (51)   "Surveyor, Professional" means a person duly licensed as a professional land surveyor by the State of Ohio.

      (52)   "Tract" means a parcel of land or a lot.

      (1)   An accurate plat of the lots or parcels involved affixed with the seal and signature of the Professional Surveyor who shall have prepared such; and

      (2)    A copy of the proposed deed.

      (1)   All lots must abut an existing public street;

      (2)   All lots must be capable of connecting to existing public water and sanitary sewer lines, or be capable of being adequately served by alternative sewage disposal systems where connection to public sanitary sewer lines is not feasible; and

      (3)   The proposed subdivision complies with all applicable provisions of City Codes and Regulations.

      (1)   All lots must abut an approved public street;

      (2)   Approved easements and rights-of-way shall not be changed;

      (3)   Approved plans for the design and construction of streets, sanitary sewer or public water facilities and other improvements shall not be changed;

      (4)   The proposed modification complies with all applicable provisions of City Codes and Regulations.

      (1)   The suitability of the site for development;

      (2)   The accessibility of the site;

      (3)   The availability of public facilities (parks, public water, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers, etc.) and public services (police, fire, refuse disposal, schools, etc.);

      (4)   The effect of the project on any contemplated municipal or inter-municipal projects or improvements, as well as the City's Comprehensive Plan;

      (5)   Requirements of the Zoning Code;

      (6)   Methods to control soil erosion and sedimentation and manage storm water runoff; and

      (7)   Precautionary measures to preserve or protect historic and natural features.

      (1)   Proposed name of the subdivision;

      (2)   Name and address of the owners of the property;

      (3)   Northpoint, scale and date;

      (4)   Tract boundaries including distances;

      (5)   The approximate location of watercourses, springs, ponds, sinkholes, tree masses, rock outcrops, existing buildings, existing public water lines, existing sanitary sewer lines, storm water inlets, utility easements, fire hydrants, railroads, and existing streets;

      (6)   Topography of the site as may be available. Such topography may be obtained from U.S.G.S. Topographic Mapping, 7.5 Minute Series; and

      (7)   Proposed layout of streets, lots, buildings, public water and sanitary sewer lines, utility lines, soil erosion and storm water management control measures and other features.

      (1)   Title block, including the name and address of the landowner and the name of the subdivision, if applicable;

      (2)   Northpoint for the subdivision;

      (3)   Graphic scale as well as written scale;

      (4)   Deed book and page number of the tract or tracts being subdivided, and the location of the subdivision by section, township and range;

      (5)   Municipal corporation and township lines;

      (6)   Tract boundaries showing accurate bearings and distances;

      (7)   All existing streets, easements and rights-of-way on or adjacent to the tract, including name, right-of-way width, cartway width, and easement dimensions including the purpose for which the easement has been established;

      (8)   All existing buildings, public water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewers, natural gas lines, electric and telephone lines, fire hydrants, and other significant man-made features on or adjacent to the tract;

      (9)   Floodplain boundaries determined pursuant to the City Zoning Code or other applicable regulations;

      (10)   Proposed lot lines with dimensions to the nearest hundredth foot and bearings to the nearest degree, minute and second, including a numbering system to identify each lot, and accurate area of the lots proposed;

      (11)   Site data to include proposed use or uses, number of lots, total acreage of lots being subdivided, number of acres in the total tract, number and type of dwelling units and/or structures including the gross residential density and the present zoning classification, if applicable;

      (12)   Location map at a scale not smaller than two thousand (2,000) feet to the inch, including a northpoint, showing the proposed subdivision and adjoining areas sufficient to denote the proposed location;

      (13)   Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot markers;

      (14)   Building setback lines on all lots and parcels, and other sites at not less than the minimum fixed by the Zoning Code; and

      (15)   Proposed public buildings, parking areas, access drives, location of screening, active play areas and parcels of land that are to be reserved for public use and common open space, if any; and

      (16)   Any pedestrian ways or sidewalks that may be required or provided.

      (1)   Certification by means of a seal and signature of the Professional Surveyor who shall have prepared the plat and certify to the effect that the survey and plat are accurate and correct;

      (2)   Certificate for approval by the Staff;

      (3)   A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deed and signed by the owner or owners of the property, to the effect that the subdivision as shown on the Final Plat is the act and deed of the owner, and that he/she (the landowner) is the owner of the property of the survey and plat;

      (4)   Certificate indicating approval for water supply and sewage disposal to be utilized, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 1119 of these Regulations.

      (5)   Certificate for acknowledgment of easements.

      (1)   Title block, including the name and address of the landowner and the name of the proposed subdivision;

      (2)   Northpoint for the subdivision;

      (3)   Graphic scale as well as written scale;

      (4)   Deed book and page number of the tract or tracts being subdivided, and the location of the subdivision by section, township and range;

      (5)   Municipal corporation and township lines;

      (6)   Tract boundaries showing approximate bearings and distances;

      (7)   The names, addresses, deed book and page numbers of owners of all adjacent lands;

      (8)   All existing streets, easements and rights-of-way on or adjacent to the tract, including name, right-of-way width, cartway width, and easement dimensions including the purpose for which the easement has been established;

      (9)   All existing buildings, public water lines, sanitary sewer lines, storm sewers, natural gas lines, electric and telephone lines, fire hydrants, and other significant man-made features on or adjacent to the tract;

      (10)   Location of existing watercourses and the general location of wetlands, tree masses, and other significant natural features on or adjacent to the tract;

      (11)   Floodplain boundaries determined pursuant to the City Zoning Code or other applicable regulations;

      (12)   Approximate location, width, approximate grade and purpose of all proposed streets, access drives, rights-of-way, easements, parking areas, and loading and unloading areas;

      (13)   Proposed lot lines with approximate dimensions to the nearest foot and bearings to the nearest degree, including a numbering system to identify each lot, and approximate area of each lot proposed;

      (14)   Proposed public buildings, location of screening, active play areas and parcels of land that are to be reserved for public use and common open space, if any;

      (15)   An indication of the general location of proposed water lines, sanitary sewer lines, and storm water collection and retention facilities. The preliminary size of each line must be shown as well as the locations of and distances to any existing line to be connected to, with the size of such existing line to be indicated;

      (16)   Site data to include proposed use or uses, number of lots, total acreage of the lots being subdivided, number of acres in the total tract, number and type dwelling units and/or structures including the gross residential density and the present zoning classification, if applicable;

      (17)   Existing and proposed topographic contours at vertical intervals of two (2) feet for lands with a slope of less than fifteen (15) percent, and five (5) feet for lands with a slope of fifteen (15) percent or greater. Contour elevations shall be tied to the latest U.S. Geological Survey datum.

      (18)   Location map at a scale not smaller than two thousand (2,000) feet to the inch, including a northpoint, showing the proposed subdivision and adjoining areas sufficient to denote the proposed location; and

      (19)   Approximate location of any pedestrian ways or sidewalks that may be required or provided.

      (1)   Such certificates of approval from other agencies as may have been required by the Planning Commission;

      (2)   Four (4) copies of preliminary profiles and typical cross-sections of all existing and proposed streets indicating street grades, width of right-of-way, width of cartway, and location and width of sidewalks, if required, including curbs and shoulders;

      (3)   Four (4) copies of preliminary plans and profiles of all existing and proposed sanitary and storm sewer systems, water distribution systems and any other pertinent underground utilities. Such plans and profiles shall include grades, pipe sizes, and the location of manholes, valves and fire hydrants; and

      (4)   Four (4) copies of preliminary designs of all bridges, culverts, storm water management facilities, and soil erosion and sedimentation control facilities or other improvements as may be required, including calculations.

      (1)   Title block, including the name and address of the landowner and the name of the proposed subdivision;

      (2)   Northpoint for the subdivision;

      (3)   Graphic scale as well as written scale;

      (4)   Deed book and page number of the tract or tracts being subdivided, and the location of the subdivision by section, township and range;

      (5)   Municipal corporation and township lines;

      (6)   Tract boundaries showing accurate bearings and distances;

      (7)   The names, addresses, deed book and page numbers of owners of all adjacent lands;

      (8)   Accurate location, width, grade and purpose of all proposed streets, access drives, rights-of-way, easements, parking areas and loading and unloading areas;

      (9)   Complete curve data including radius, delta angle, tangent, degree of curvature and length of curve of all proposed streets;

      (10)   Proposed lot lines with dimensions to the nearest hundredth foot and bearings to the nearest degree, minute and second, including a numbering system to identify each lot, and accurate area of the lots proposed;

      (11)   An indication of the exact location of proposed water lines, sanitary sewer lines, and storm water collection and retention facilities. The final size of each line must be shown as well as the locations of and distances to any existing line to be connected to, with the size of such existing line to be indicated;

      (12)   Site data to include proposed use or uses, number of lots, total acreage of lots being subdivided, number of acres in the total tract, number and type of dwelling units and/or structures including the gross residential density and the present zoning classification, if applicable;

      (13)   Location map at a scale not smaller than two thousand (2,000) feet to the inch, including a northpoint, showing the proposed subdivision and adjoining areas sufficient to denote the proposed location;

      (14)   Location and material of all permanent monuments and lot markers;

      (15)   Building setback lines on all lots and parcels, and other sites at not less than the minimum fixed by the Zoning Code;

      (16)   Proposed public buildings, location of screening, active play areas and parcels of land that are to be reserved for public use and common open space, if any; and

      (17)   Any pedestrian ways or sidewalks that may be required or provided.

      (1)   Such certificates of approval from other agencies as may have been required by the Planning Commission;

      (2)   Four (4) copies of final detailed profiles and typical cross-sections of all existing and proposed streets indicating street grades, width of right-of-way, width of cartway, and location and width of sidewalks, if required, including curbs and shoulders;

      (3)   Four (4) copies of final detailed plans and profiles of all existing and proposed sanitary and storm sewer systems, water distribution systems and other pertinent underground utilities. Such plans and profiles shall include grades, pipe sizes, and the location of manholes, valves and fire hydrants;

      (4)   Four (4) copies of all final detailed designs of all bridges, culverts, storm water management facilities, and soil erosion and sedimentation control facilities or other improvements as may be required, including calculations; and

      (5)   Four (4) copies of all proposed deed restrictions or lease provisions related to the approval of the proposed subdivision plat.

      (1)   Certification by means of a seal and signature of the Professional Surveyor who shall have prepared the plat and certify to the effect that the survey and plat are accurate and correct;

      (2)   Certificate for approval by the Planning Commission;

      (3)   A statement, duly acknowledged before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deed and signed by the owner or owners of the property, to the effect that the subdivision as shown on the Final Plat is the act and deed of the owner, and that he/she (the landowner) is the owner of the property of the survey and plat, and that he/she desires the same to be recorded as such; and

      (4)   Certificate indicating approval for water supply and sewage disposal to be utilized, consistent with the requirements of Chapter 1119 of these Regulations.

      (5)   Certificate for acknowledgment of easements.

      (1)   Minimum street right-of-way and cartway widths shall be as follows:

      (2)   The sufficiency of all proposed street right-of-way and cartway widths shall be determined by the City Engineer based upon estimated trip generation data for the subdivision. For staged or phased subdivision, or where the submitted Subdivision Plat covers only a part of the Subdivider's entire landholding, trip generation data for future stages or phases of development shall be considered with regard to street and intersection design.

      (1)   Street intersections involving the junction of more than two (2) streets shall not be permitted. Minimum street intersection design specifications shall be as follows:

      (2)   Streets intersecting from opposite sides with a common street shall be designed either directly opposite one another; or if necessary, separated by an offset between centerlines measured along the centerline of the cross street as follows:

         B.   Underdrains: Underdrains may be required along each side of the street to provide for subsurface drainage in areas of level terrain or when the street profile grade is four (4) percent or less. The underdrains shall be connected into the storm sewer system.

         B.   Underdrains: Underdrains may be required along each side of the street to provide for subsurface drainage in areas of level terrain or when the street profile grade is four (4) percent or less. The underdrains shall be connected into the storm sewer system.

         B.   Underdrains: Underdrains may be required along each side of the street to provide for subsurface drainage in areas of level terrain or when the street profile grade is four (4) percent or less. The underdrains shall be connected into the storm sewer system.

      (1)   Sidewalks shall be at least five (5) feet wide when located within commercial subdivisions, and at least four (4) feet wide when located in residential subdivisions. All sidewalks shall be located within the street right-of-way . Where a subdivision is an extension of or adjacent to an existing or recorded subdivision with walks, sidewalks shall align with the existing walks.

      (2)   Wherever the proposed subdivision is within five hundred (500) feet of a shopping center, school, recreation area or other such facilities, sidewalks leading to such facilities shall be required and shall be at least five (5) feet wide and located within the street right-of-way.

      (1)   Residential blocks shall have sufficient width to provide two (2) tiers of lots. Exceptions to this may be made in blocks adjacent to railroads, waterways or where reverse frontage lots bordering an arterial street are used.

      (2)   Blocks shall have a minimum length of five hundred (500) feet and have a maximum length of one thousand (1,000) feet. Wherever feasible, blocks along collector and arterial streets shall be not less than one thousand (1,000) feet in length.

      (1)   Intersections of all lines forming angles in the boundary lines of the subdivision tract;

      (2)   At such intermediate points on line as may be required by the City Engineer; and

      (3)   At such points along street or road right-of-way lines as may be required by the City Engineer so as to provide future points of reference.

      (1)   At all lot corners except those monumented;

      (2)   At all points of tangent or points of curvature along interior street rights-of-way;

      (3)   At points of change in direction along lot lines; and

      (4)   At all points where lot lines intersect street curves.

      (1)   All subdivisions shall be connected to the City sanitary sewer system and such system shall serve every lot within the proposed subdivision. No lands outside the City's corporate limits shall be permitted to connect to or extend in any manner any City sanitary sewer line unless such lands are first annexed into the City of Steubenville.

      (2)   The design and construction of sanitary sewer system facilities shall be in accordance with the standards of the City. All plans and specifications which shall accurately portray the entire proposed sewage system, including facilities related to collection and disposal shall contain the seal and signature of the Professional Engineer who shall have prepared such. They shall be submitted to the Planning Commission, and are subject to the approval of the City Engineer and shall further comply with all State and Federal regulations. All lateral connections must be approved by the Health Department.

      (1)   All subdivisions shall be connected to the City water supply system and such system shall serve every lot within the proposed subdivision. No lands outside the City's corporate limits shall be permitted to connect to or extend in any manner any City water supply line unless such lands are first annexed into the City of Steubenville.

      (2)   Minimum water line size shall be eight (8) inch or larger, however extensions of existing six (6) inch lines may be permitted when approved by the City Engineer. All such lines shall be looped systems whenever possible. No terminating water line shall exceed five hundred (500) feet in length.

      (3)   The design and construction of City water supply system facilities shall be in accordance with the standards of the City. All plans and specifications which shall accurately portray the entire proposed water supply system, including facilities related to storage and distribution shall contain the seal and signature of the Professional Engineer who shall have prepared such. They be submitted to the Planning Commission, and are subject to the approval of the City Engineer and shall further comply with all State and Federal regulations. All lateral connections must be approved by the Health Department.

      (1)   Fire hydrants shall be installed as an integral part of the City water supply system in compliance with City standards and meeting the following minimum requirements:

         A.   Hydrant placement and spacing shall be in accordance with City standards. The distance between hydrants shall be as follows, or as otherwise determined by the City Engineer:

         B.   In any event, hydrants shall be placed at all street intersections and at all terminations of water lines. Where an existing hydrant is two hundred fifty (250) feet or less from a subdivision, the existing hydrant shall be deemed satisfactory and spacing may be determined taking the existing hydrant into consideration. All hydrants shall be located within street rights-of-way.

         C.   The proposed locations of fire hydrants shall be shown on the submitted plans and specifications of the water supply system. Any existing hydrants two hundred fifty (250) feet or less from the proposed subdivision shall be shown with an exact distance in feet from the hydrant to the nearest lot line of the subdivision.