§ 110-263. Conditions of approval by planning and zoning board.

Any plat for a new addition or subdivision to the city, subject to this division or any amendment to this division, and any authority created under this division shall not be approved by the planning and zoning board unless:

(1)

Such plat shall dedicate utility easements, at least 12 feet in width, contiguous to each lot in such addition or subdivision.

(2)

Such plat shall provide that all new utility facilities shall, to the extent practicable and feasible, be placed underground, it being specifically provided that this division shall not apply to utility facilities above ground existing within any addition or subdivision platted or on which a plat has been approved or which existed prior to the effective date of the ordinance from which this division derives, nor shall it apply to the maintenance, repair or replacement of such existing utility facilities above ground.

(Code 1988, § 19-177)