§ 15-141. Utilities

(a) Water and sewer systems.

(1) Each lot in all subdivisions within the corporate limits of the town shall be provided, at subdivider's expense, with an extension of the municipal water and sanitary sewer systems. Each lot in the extraterritorial area of the town shall be provided with an extension of the municipal water and sanitary sewer systems at the subdivider's expense if the lot is within five hundred (500) feet of the system.

(2) Where a subdivision lot in the extraterritorial area lies more than five hundred (500) feet distant from the municipal water system and/or sanitary sewer system, the subdivider may, at his expense, extend the aforementioned systems to the subdivision, if approved by the town council. Water and sewer lines, connections and equipment in subdivisions connected to municipal water and/or sewer systems shall be in accordance with town standards found in the Code of Kure Beach.

(b) Storm water drainage system. The subdivider shall provide a surface water drainage system constructed to the standards of the North Carolina department of transportation, as reflected in Handbook for the Design of Highway Surface Drainage Structures, 1973, subject to review by the consulting engineer, and:

(1) No surface water shall be channeled or directed into a sanitary sewer.

(2) Where feasible, the subdivider shall connect to an existing storm drainage system.

(3) Where an existing storm drainage system cannot feasibly be extended to the subdivision, a surface drainage system shall be designated to protect the proposed development from water damage.

(4) Surface drainage courses shall have side slopes of at least three (3) feet of horizontal distance for each one (1) foot of vertical distance, and courses shall be of sufficient size to accommodate the drainage area without flooding, and designed to comply with the standards and specifications for erosion control of the North Carolina erosion and sedimentation control law and any locally adopted erosion and sedimentation control ordinance.

(5) The minimum grade along the bottom of a surface drainage course shall be a vertical fall of at least one (1) foot in each two hundred (200) feet of horizontal distance.

(c) Underground wiring. Where soil, water table, and other physiographical conditions permit, every effort will be made to provide underground electrical service in accordance with Carolina Power and Light Company policies.

(Ord. of 9-15-81, § 406)