Chapter 17.60
UTILITIES
Sections:
17.60.010 Applicability.
The development standards for utilities shall apply to all development permits issued by the City of Gladstone except for substantial improvement or lesser remodel or reconstruction of an existing single or two-family dwelling.
Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197 and 227
History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.
17.60.020 Standards.
Utility services and facilities shall be appropriate to the scale and type of development and consideration shall include, but not be limited to the following standards:
(1) Site Disturbance. The location, design, installation and maintenance of all utility lines and facilities shall be carried out with minimum feasible disturbances of soil and site.
(2) Electricity. Gas. Communications. All development which has a need for electricity, gas and communications services shall install them pursuant to the requirements of the district or company servicing the development. Except where otherwise prohibited by the utility district or company, all such facilities shall be underground.
(3) Underground Facilities. The developer shall make necessary arrangements with utility companies or other persons or corporations affected for the installation of underground lines and facilities. Electrical lines and other wires, including but not limited to communication, street lighting and cable television, shall be placed underground.
(4) Sanitary Sewers. All development which has a need for sanitary sewers shall install the facilities pursuant to the requirements set forth by the public works department. Installation of such facilities shall be coordinated with the extension of necessary water services and storm drainage facilities. Requirements for development shall include the following:
(a) Sanitary sewers shall be installed to city standards to serve or be available to all development. Design shall take into account the capacity and grade to allow for desirable extension beyond the development. If required, sewer facilities will, without further sewer construction, be sized to directly serve property outside the development;
(b) If the area outside the development to be directly served by the sewer line has reached a state of development to justify sewer installation at the time, the Planning Commission may recommend to the City Council construction as an assessment project with such arrangement with the developer as is desirable to assure financing his share of the construction. If it is determined by the city that a larger sized line than normally required to serve the property is desirable to provide for future extension, the city will reimburse the developer the difference in cost of pipe between that required to serve the development and that stipulated by the city;
(c) In areas that will not be served by a public sewer, the minimum lot and parcel sizes shall permit compliance with the requirements of the department of environmental quality and shall take into consideration problems of sewage disposal, particularly problems of soil structure and water table as related to sewage disposal by septic tank.
(5) Water Services. All development which has a need for water service shall install water facilities and grant necessary easements pursuant to the requirements of the utility district serving the development. In addition, requirements for development shall include the following:
(a) Water lines to serve residential developments shall be a minimum six inch (6”) nominal diameter and water lines to service commercial and industrial developments shall be a minimum eight inch nominal diameter with valves and fire hydrants serving each building site in the development and connecting the development to city mains shall be installed. Prior to starting building construction, the design shall take into account provisions for extension beyond the development and to adequately grid the city system. Hydrant spacing to be based on accessible area served according to A.I.A. recommendations and as approved by the Fire Chief;
(b) If the city determines that a water line size greater man the required minimum in diameter is required to provide for future extension of the water system, the city will reimburse the developer the difference in cost of pipe and valves between that of the minimum diameter and the size stipulated by the city.
(6) Coordination with Street Surfacing. All underground utilities, sanitary sewers and storm drains installed in streets by the developer or by any utility company shall be constructed prior to the surfacing of the streets. Stubs for service connections for underground utilities and sanitary sewers shall be placed to a length minimizing the necessity for disturbing the street improvements when service connections are made.
(7) As-Built Submittals. A map showing all public improvements, as built, shall be filed with the city engineer upon completion of the improvements.
(8) Conditions for Refund to Developer.
(a) If required water mains or sewer facilities will without further construction other than individual laterals, directly serve properties outside the development, the city may enter into an agreement with the developer to require owners of the other benefiting properties to refund to the developer, a pro rata portion of the cost of the extension prior to allowing the benefiting property to connect thereto;
(b) Any such agreement shall contain a provision that the developer agrees to completely indemnify and hold harmless the city for any claim or injury or action arising from the city’s administration of such agreement;
(c) The right to require such a refund shall not continue for more than 10 years after the date of installation of the extension;
(d) The amount to be refunded and the individual proration of the same shall be determined by the city and such determination shall be final.
Statutory Reference: ORS Ch. 197 and 227
History: Ord. 1131 §2, 1990.