6.01.01 - Utilities Required to be Installed Underground
6.01.04 - Removal of Exotic Plants Required
6.01.01 - Utilities Required to be Installed Underground
All permanent facilities, infrastructure, or improvements constructed by public utilities, including those installed by franchised utilities, must be installed, i.e., located and constructed, underground, as set forth below. The utilities included are those providing for, or related to: electrical power (including wiring to streetlights), telephone, potable & irrigation/re-use water, sewer, cable television, and gas. This section shall apply to all public utilities either proposing, or relocating existing, permanent facilities, infrastructure, or improvements within subdivisions or developments, including all cables, conduits, or wires forming part of an electrical distribution system, which includes all service lines to individual properties and main distribution feeder electrical lines delivering power to local distribution systems, but does not include or apply to wires, conduits or associated apparatus and supporting structures whose exclusive function is for the transmission of electrical energy between generating stations, substations, and the transmission lines of any other electric utility provider's systems.
A.
Appurtenances such as transformer boxes, pedestal mounted terminal boxes, meter cabinets, service terminals, telephone splice closures, pedestal type telephone terminals or other similar "on the ground" facilities normally used with and as a part of the underground distribution system may be placed above ground but shall be located so as not to constitute a traffic hazard.
B.
Public utility easements shall be coordinated with other appropriate public utility providers with verification of the creation or dedication of such easements provided to the County manager or designee before final subdivision plat and improvement plans approval.
C.
The installation of underground utilities or relocating existing facilities as prescribed by this section must also be in conformance with the respective utility's rules and regulations.
D.
Utility casings. Subdivisions or developments providing water services shall install no less than four-inch conduits to each alternate lot on the opposite side of the street from the main distribution line for each street prior to the completion of roadway construction or as required by applicable utility. Additionally, all casings for irrigation facilities, street lighting and other utility services such as electric, telephone, cable television, and the like shall be placed under all proposed streets prior to the completion of the stabilized subgrade.
(Ord. No. 04-72, § 3.V)
If applicable, easements shall be provided along lot lines or along the alignment of the improvements requiring easements in accordance with all design requirements so as to provide for proper access to, and construction and maintenance of, the improvements. All such easements shall be properly identified on the preliminary subdivision plat and dedicated on the final subdivision plat.
A.
Utility easements.
1.
Utility easements no less than 10 feet wide, unless otherwise approved by the County Manager or designee pursuant to Chapter 10, shall be provided to accommodate all required utilities to, across, or along lots and, where possible, shall be centered on lot lines with convenient access for maintenance. Utility easements and drainage easements shall not be combined without prior approval of the County Manager or designee; drainage easements shall take precedence and be so noted on the final subdivision plat.
2.
All utility easements for water and sewer facilities that will be conveyed to the Collier County Water-Sewer District shall be separately identified and dedicated on the final subdivision plat as "County Utility easement" (C.U.E.) and shall be a minimum of 15 feet wide unless otherwise approved by the utility division. Except when crossing other easements, such easements shall not be inconsistent with other existing utility easements, or later subjected to uses inconsistent with the use of the easement area for utility purposes unless otherwise approved by the County Manager or designee pursuant to the conditions in Chapter 10.
B.
Drainage easements.
1.
Drainage easements shall be provided to accommodate open access at a width no less than a total of 10 feet. The actual size of the easement in excess of the 10 foot minimum shall be determined based on the hydraulic design of the flowway and the use of bank stabilization approved by the County Manager or designee or minimum side slopes at a four to one (4:1) ratio, without stabilization.
2.
Where underground drainage structures are installed, the easement width shall be sized to accommodate construction, maintenance, and replacement of said structures. In no case shall said easement be less than 15 feet in width, unless otherwise approved by the County Manager or designee pursuant to Chapter 10.
3.
When a subdivision or development includes or requires access across canals, watercourses, water bodies, streams, drainageways, channels, naturally occurring wetlands (that are to be preserved), or the like, a drainage easement and adjoining maintenance/access easement shall be provided which conforms substantially to the lines of such watercourses unless otherwise approved by the County Manager or designee pursuant to Chapter 10. Maintenance and access easements for the subdivision's or development's approved water management system shall be created and sized in compliance with the rules and regulations of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), as amended. For canals or waterways, maintenance/access easements shall be provided in accordance with requirements of the entity with responsibility for maintenance/access. Drainage easements shall be created to provide for the flow of surface waters from contributory areas.
C.
Protected/preserve area and easements.
For provisions related to protected/preserve area and easements, see section 10.02.04 B.1. of this Code.
(Ord. No. 05-27, § 3.LL)
The construction plans for the subdivision or development shall show the location and results of test borings of the subsurface condition of the tract to be developed. If the soil investigations reveal that the area contains hardpan, other nonpervious soils, peat, muck, or other unstable materials, the County Manager or designee shall require that adequate precautionary measures be included in the design and construction of the improvements to ensure that proper drainage and development of the area can be accomplished, in a manner which will prevent premature deterioration of the improvements.
6.01.04 - Removal of Exotic Plants Required
All prohibited exotic plants, as defined in section 3.05.00, shall be removed during each phase of construction from development areas, open space areas, and preserve areas pursuant to section 3.05.00. Following site development, a maintenance program shall be implemented to prevent reinvasion of the site by prohibited exotic species. This plan shall describe control techniques and inspection intervals, and shall be filed with, and approved by, the County Manager or designee prior to approval of the improvement plans and final subdivision plat. Flexibility, in the form of area tradeoffs or mitigation, may be allowed in the determination of areas within developments to be preserved.