A.         Electric utility lines.  In accordance with the Pennsylvania Public Utility COMMISSION Order of July 8, 1970, as amended, all electric utility distribution lines shall be installed underground in SUBDIVISION or LAND DEVELOPMENTS of five (5) or more dwelling units.  In addition, the following design standards shall be observed:

1.   Telephone and cable television utilities shall be installed underground.

2.   Whenever practicable, trenches through utility easements shall be occupied jointly by electric and communication utilities.

3.   A plan for providing utility service to the proposed SUBDIVISION or LAND DEVELOPMENT shall be prepared by the DEVELOPER in cooperation with the appropriate public utility companies and governmental agencies.

B.         Utility easements.

1.   Utility easements shall be provided for wires, conduits, storm and sanitary sewers, gas, water and heat mains and/or other utility lines intended to service the abutting lots.  No structures shall be placed within such easements.  Local utility companies shall be consulted by the DEVELOPER when locating utility easements.

2.   Other utility easements shall be located either:

(a)    Abutting the STREET right-of-way, in which case a minimum easement width of ten (10) feet shall be required; or

(b)    Along rear or side lines, in which case a minimum easement width of  twenty (20) feet,  ten (10) feet on each side of the lot lines, shall be provided; where the lot lines coincides with the SUBDIVISION boundary, a minimum easement width of  twenty (20) feet may be required by the BOARD.  For high-power transmission lines, the easement width shall be as required by the utility company.

C.         Energy transmission lines.

1.   No company intending to install any petroleum, petroleum products or natural gas transmission line shall be allowed to construct the line on less than a fifty-foot right-of-way. The line shall be installed in the center of the right-of-way and comply with the applicable standards imposed by state and federal laws and regulations.

2.   There shall be a minimum distance of twenty-five (25) feet, measured from the right-of-way line, between any proposed building and any petroleum, petroleum products or natural gas transmission lines which traverse the SUBDIVISION.

D.         Streets, Sidewalks, and Utilities

1.   Utilities shall be constructed in the most perpendicular manner as possible in regards to streets and sidewalks.

 

Last Updated on September 29, 2008
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