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<br />1339.12 EASEMENTS. <br /> <br />Future access to floodplains, flood control facilities, runoff drainage ditches and <br />channels, runoff storage facilities, storm sewers and other drainage ways and <br />structures, as required by the City Engineer, shall be secured by means of easements. <br />Easement dimensions noted below may be modified as necessary by the City Engineer <br />upon receipt of adequate documentation showing site-specific restrictions that <br />necessitate modifications. <br /> <br />(a) The easements shall be recorded in the name of the City of Lakewood <br />and, in single-family residential developments, the homeowners association. <br /> <br />(b) Such easements shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in width in <br />addition to the width of the ditch, channel, or other facility it is to serve. Access <br />easements of this type shall be provided on one (1) side of the flood control or storm <br />drainage ditch, channel, or similar type facility. <br /> <br />(c) Access along the initial drainage system shall be by means of easements. <br />Such easements shall be not less than twenty-five (25) feet in Width, with a minimum <br />ten (10) foot width on either side of the drainage system. <br /> <br />(d) Access adjacent to storage facilities shall consist of a twenty-five (25) foot <br />easement in the case of detention (dry) basins, and a twenty-five (25) foot easement <br />with a twenty-five 25 foot level bench in the case of retention (wet) basins, measured <br />from the top of the bank, and shall include the storage facility itself. <br /> <br />(e) Easements for the emergency flow ways shall be a minimum of twenty- <br />five (25) feet in width, or larger if required by the City Engineer. <br /> <br />(f) Flood control or storm drainage easements containing underground <br />facilities shall have a minimum width of twenty-five (25) feet, with a minimum ten (10) <br />foot width on either side of the facility. <br /> <br />(g) The legal description of the easements shall restrict the planting of trees, <br />shrubbery or plantings with woody growth characteristics, and shall also restrict the <br />construction of buildings, accessory buildings, fences, walls or any other obstructions to <br />the free flow of storm water and the movement of inspectors and maintenance <br />equipment. Any variations to the final grade from that described by the grading plan <br />shall be as approved by the City Engineer. <br /> <br />1339.13 CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE GUARANTEE. <br /> <br />(a) All permanent storm water, soil erosion, other wastes control, and water <br />quality practices not specifically waived by the City of Lakewood shall be constructed <br /> <br />31 <br />