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• (1) All subdivisions shall be provided with a sewage collection and treatment system approved by <br /> the city and/or the state board of health. Where a public sanitary sewer is within a reasonable <br /> distance of any point of a subdivision,the subdivider shall connect with such sewer and provide <br /> a connection to each lot. Such sanitary sewage system shall be installed prior to the installation <br /> of the street pavement. The sewage collection system shall be designed to handle the <br /> anticipated flow of sewage from within the subdivision, including development of future <br /> sections of the same subdivision and adjacent areas within the same drainage basin.Recognized <br /> engineering design criteria in accordance with the state department of health shall be used to <br /> design the system. <br /> (2) For residential lots or development tracts not served by a public or community sanitary sewer <br /> system whose disposal is approved by the state department of pollution control and ecology,the <br /> subdivider shall submit documentation with submission of the preliminary plat that the state <br /> department of health, or its delegated authority, will approve septic tank installations, or other <br /> individual wastewater disposal methods for service to the subdivision proposed to be platted. <br /> (3) The subdivider shall either install the improvements referred to in this section, or whenever a <br /> septic tank and absorption system or private water supply is to be provided, require as a <br /> condition in the bill of assurance of the subdivision that those facilities shall be installed by the <br /> builders of the improvements of the lots in accordance with this chapter. <br /> (f) Storm drainage. Every subdivision shall be served by storm drainage facilities, including drains, <br /> sewers, catch basins, culverts and other facilities designed and constructed to accommodate surface <br /> • runoff originating within the subdivision or flowing across it. These improvements shall be installed <br /> in accordance with regulations adopted by the city council, but in no case shall such be designed to <br /> accommodate less than a one in ten-year rainfall. <br /> (g) Sidewalks. Construction plans shall show the location of all sidewalks. Installation shall be in <br /> accordance with these plans but shall be the responsibility of the builder.No building permit shall be <br /> issued for any lot where a required sidewalk is shown unless the site development plan indicates the <br /> required sidewalk and no certificate of occupancy shall be issued for any property until the sidewalk <br /> is constructed. <br /> (h) Street lighting. <br /> (1) Generally. <br /> a. All street lighting shall utilize poles and fixtures approved by the city. <br /> b. Overhead and underground street lighting plans shall be prepared by the electric utility <br /> serving the city with the cooperation of the developer. All street lighting plans shall be <br /> approved by the city before any installation begins. c. Where underground service is <br /> proposed, the developer shall provide electrical service to all points proposed for future <br /> fixtures. <br /> (2) Subdivisions within the city's corporate boundaries. <br /> • a. The developer shall inform the city by letter of his pending development and ask that street <br /> lighting plans be prepared. The city will then request the electric utility serving the city to <br /> prepare the plans for the installation. <br /> - 187 - Batesville Subdivision Regulations <br />