(a) Public Sanitary Sewerage and Private Sewerage Disposal Systems. The subdivider shall construct sanitary sewers in such a manner as to make adequate sanitary sewerage service available to each lot within the subdivision. Service lateral lines should be brought off of the main to a point three (3) feet outside of the easement/right-of-way line, marked with a wooden marker painted orange, placed at the end and extending down to the top of the service lateral line.

The size, type and installation of all sanitary sewers proposed to be constructed shall be in accordance with Town standards. The subdivider shall further be required to comply with the telemetry standards of the Sanitary District of the Town of St. John, as the same are amended from time to time. See Sanitary District Specifications.

All sanitary sewers shall be placed on the south and west side of the street and shall be placed between the sidewalk and curb. All sewers crossing the street shall be at right angles to the centerline of the street where possible.

Sanitary sewers shall connect to existing St. John public sanitary sewers. Sanitary sewers shall be constructed to prevent infiltration and inflow of ground water and stormwater in accordance with the St. John Sanitary District specifications.

Subdivider shall assume the cost of installing all sanitary sewers.

(b) Stormwater Drainage and Detention Facilities. The subdivider shall construct stormwater drainage and detention facilities which shall include curbs, gutters, manholes, catch basins and inlets, and storm sewers, as may be required; also a storm sewer stub shall be provided for each lot three (3) feet outside of the easement/right-of-way line, marked with a wooden marker painted green, placed at the end and extending down to the top of the stub. All such facilities are to be of adequate size and grade to hydraulically accommodate maximum potential volumes of flow, the type of facility required, the design criteria, and the sizes and grades to be determined as to present no hazard to life or property, and the size, type and installation of all stormwater drains and sewers proposed to be constructed shall be in accordance with the plans and standards specifications approved by the Town Engineer and as described in article VI.

The subdivider shall assume the cost of installing all stormwater drainage facilities.

(c) Public Water Supply Facilities.

(d) Other Utilities. All newly constructed utility distribution lines and services lines therefrom for telephone, gas, cable television, telecommunications, and electric service (except electric power substation tie lines), installed thereafter, shall be placed underground. The installation of such facilities shall be made in compliance with applicable orders, rules and regulations of the Public Service Commission of the State of Indiana, now or hereafter effective, and owners or subdividers of any property to be served from such underground installations shall be responsible for compliance with the rules and regulations, now and hereafter effective and filed with said Commission by any public utility whose service will be required with respect to the provisions of such underground facilities.

Plans indicating the location of all utility distribution and transmission lines required to serve the subdivision shall be approved by the Town Engineer and the utility, prior to secondary (final) plat.

(e) Utility Street Crossing. Any utility crossing under an existing street must be installed by boring or directional drilling methods. Open cut trenching across existing streets will not be allowed unless approved by the Director of Public Works. All requests to open cut an existing street must be made in writing.