§ 5.8. Water and Wastewater Requirements.

a.

The installation of all water and wastewater lines shall be in conformance with Section 3.9 of this Ordinance.

b.

No final plat shall be approved for any subdivision within the City or its extraterritorial jurisdiction until the applicant has made adequate provision for a water system and a sanitary sewer system of sufficient capacity to adequately provide service to all tracts and lots within the area to be subdivided. The design and construction of the water system and of the sanitary sewer system to serve the subdivision shall be in conformance with the City's master plans for water and wastewater facilities and with the TCSS, and shall be approved by the City Engineer (also see Section 3.9).

c.

Water system mains of sufficient size and having a sufficient number of outlets to furnish adequate and safe domestic water supply and to furnish fire protection to all lots shall be provided. Water mains shall extend to the property line in order to allow future connections into adjacent undeveloped property.

d.

Services for utilities shall be made available to the property line of each lot in such a manner as will minimize the necessity for disturbing the street pavement and drainage structures when connections are made.

e.

Fire protection shall be provided in accordance with Section 3.9 of this Ordinance, with the City's TCSS Manual, and with any other City policy or ordinance pertaining to fire protection or suppression. The Fire Chief shall have the authority to approve the locations and placement of all fire hydrants and fire lanes and he or she may, at his or her discretion, modify fire hydrant spacing or fire lane placement based upon special design or distance circumstances. All required fire lanes shall be shown as "fire lane easements" on the construction and final plats, along with the applicable fire lane language block. Vertical construction (i.e., any building construction above foundation/slab level) shall not commence until all required fire lanes are properly installed and accepted by the City, nor until all fire hydrants have been installed, inspected, tested and accepted by the City.