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1 6.12.1 10 Required easements. <br />All lots will have utility easements shown on the face of the plat or in the plat restrictions. Said <br />easements shall be of a width adequate to allow for future utility installations. <br />1. Drainage and Storm Water Easements. Easement for drainage channels and ways shall <br />be of sufficient width to assure that the same may be maintained and improved. <br />Easements for storm water shall be provided and shall be 10 feet in width and properly <br />located to permit future installations. No storm water discharge to irrigation entity <br />facilities shall be authorized without a permit from the irrigation entity or ditch owner. <br />2. Utility lnstallations. Utility lines, including, but not limited to electricity, water, natural <br />gas, sewer, telephone and television cable, serving and located within the subdivision, <br />rt'alt be placed underground. Where topography, soil, or other conditions make <br />underground installations impracticable, and the board, upon recommendation from the <br />county engineer, so finds upon written evidence presented by the supplier of such <br />utilities, may waive this requirement for underground utilities. Utility installations shall <br />be in conformance with requirements of KCC Title 12 (Utilities within the right of way). <br />3. Public Utilities. Where alleys are not provided, easements for public utilities shall be <br />provided along lot lines where necessary including any necessary access easements. <br />There shall be a minimum of ten (10) feet in width. Where possible, the width of rear <br />and side lot line easements shall be equally shared by abutting lots and easements shall <br />be continuous and aligned from block to block within the subdivision and with adjoining <br />subdivisions. <br />4. lrrigation Easements. Any plat which includes a lot or lots consisting, in whole or in part, <br />of irrigated land, or un-irrigated land classified by an irrigation district as irrigable to <br />which there is a water right, shall provide adequate irrigation easements to each such <br />lot. Any plat proposed for land through which irrigation water flows to downstream <br />users shall provide easements for existing ditches, channels, conveyances and structures <br />through which such water flows and such shall be shown on the plats, maps and <br />pelyestercrigi nalsglans' <br />All easements and rights of way required pursuant to this subsection shall be of sufficient width for <br />maintenance, and the plat shall contain on its face a note of access to downstream water users for <br />the purpose of maintenance. Easernents shall be labeled as "existing," herein dedicated," or "created <br />via separate document." ln the event that the first or third options are used the recording number <br />shall be shown on the map. All easements shall also include width and purpose of easement on the <br />face of the map. Preliminary applications for the division of land shall conform to KCC Title <br />l2stormwater regulations and stormwater easements shall be shown prior to final approval of the <br />document. <br />Any new easement necessary for lrrigation and delivery of water shall be reviewed by the lrrigation <br />Oistri4 or entity serving the site to make recommendations as to the final location and placement of <br />new easements. lt is recognized that the preference is to place new easements outside any existing <br />right of way and the County road. Additional easement width may be required to actommodate the <br />Aetivery or tail water, Existing irrigation conveyances within the County road right of way shall <br />continue to exist under the Right to Farm Ordinance within this code.