2-11.19 UTILITIES

A. Construction. All utility connections and lines shall be installed underground. Utility service available in other parts of the Town including electricity, telephone, and natural gas shall be developed in provided easements and shall extend to the property line of every lot within the subdivision. Before any installations are covered, material and service must be inspected and approved by the Town’s Building Inspector. During the construction period, temporary power poles and lines shall be allowed within the boundaries of the construction project; however, such poles and lines must be taken down within thirty (30) days after the final certificate of occupancy is granted. B. Easements. All utilities shall be placed within public road right-of-ways or specific right-of-ways or easements free of legal encumbrances. Multiple use on given easements is encouraged. The final recorded plat shall note all easements. C. Water. As a condition for single home or subdivision approval, the builder or subdivider shall install or cause to be installed the following improvements: 1. A water main in front of each parcel in size, location and with appropriate valves etc., as approved by the Town after review and recommendation of the Planning Commission; 2. Fire hydrants at intervals of not greater than 500 feet with each parcel not more than 250 feet from the nearest hydrant. In the event it is necessary to extend a water main so that the same fronts each parcel or to access fire hydrants within 250 feet of each parcel, then the cost of the water mains and hydrants shall be borne by the landowner who effectuates the subdivision of his/her property. 3. All trenches and disturbed areas under streets or proposed streets must be filled and compacted to the standards employed by the Utah Department of Transportation. 4. As a condition of subdivision approval under this subsection, the Sub-divider shall be obliged to dedicate or furnish to Castle Valley Special Service District a number of water rights sufficient in flow and transferability to off-set the increased demand on the Town’s water supply arising from the subdivision. a. If the area to be subdivided is currently served by an irrigation system, then the Sub-divider shall be obliged to transfer or dedicate to the Town a water right sufficient only to meet the in-house domestic needs, if the Sub-divider verifies, in writing, that the irrigation water, or portion thereof, will continue to be applied to the property outside the dwelling and may not be transferred therefrom. b. In the event the subdivided land, or any portion thereof, is not served by an existing irrigation system, then the Sub-divider shall be obliged to furnish or dedicate to the Town a water supply to furnish water for in-house domestic use, and also for outside use for lawns gardens, etc. c. Unless specific approval is given by the Town after review and recommendation of the Planning Commission, the Town’s culinary water system shall not be employed to irrigate or otherwise maintain lawn, gardens or vegetation on an amount of land in excess of one-quarter acre for each subdivided lot without regard to the size of such lot. d. The requirement to furnish water may be satisfied by the transfer to the Town of well rights, spring rights or stock in an approved irrigation company, directly useable, or transferable into an existing or new well or otherwise capable of increasing the Town’s ability to furnish water to an expanded number of homes and residents. e. In those instances where irrigation water will continue to serve the area outside a dwelling, the Town will accept a partial transfer of the water rights attributable to that land in order that the Town receive only that which is required to address the in-house domestic use. f. Upon finding that transfer of water right is not feasible, the Town by approve a cash payment in an amount consistent with the value of the required water right. This provision shall not apply where any water is proposed to be transferred from the ground to be used elsewhere: but is designed to recognize limitations on splitting irrigation stock below a certain fraction, and also the possibility of the inclusion of land not historically irrigated. g. It shall be the responsibility of the Sub-divider to supply and maintain a meter and valve for each lot with only one connection off the main irrigation line per lot. The Sub-divider shall be billed for the season’s meter reading. No structure shall be within 15 feet of any main culinary or irrigation lines.