Chapter 17.40
DEDICATIONS AND EASEMENTS

Sections:

17.40.010    Easements.

17.40.020    Walkways.

17.40.030    Watercourses.

17.40.010 Easements.

The subdivider shall grant easements as required by the City for public utilities, sanitary sewer, and drainage purposes wherever necessary. The City Engineer shall determine the width of such easements. Easements for overhead wire lines shall be provided in contiguous locations to permit anchorage and line continuity. Dedication of easements shall be to the City for the purpose of installing utilities, planting strips and for other public purposes as may be ordered or directed by the City Council. (Ord. 178 § 5.21, 1959)

17.40.020 Walkways.

The subdivider may be required to dedicate and improve walkways across long blocks, or to provide access to school, park, or other public areas. (Ord. 178 § 5.41, 1959)

17.40.030 Watercourses.

The subdivider shall, subject to riparian rights, dedicate a right-of-way for storm drainage purposes conforming substantially with the lines of any natural watercourse or channel, stream or creek that traverses the subdivision or at the option of the subdivider provide by dedication further and sufficient easements or construction, or both, to dispose of such surface and stormwaters. (Ord. 178 § 5.51, 1959)