KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION ...

17.50.040 REQUIRED IMPROVEMENTS – STANDARDSthat the runoff incident to the development of the subdivision will overload an existing drainage facility, orotherwise change existing drainage patterns, the planning commission serving as the platting authority shallrequire the subdivider to demonstrate the means by which changes will be accommodated. No subdivisionshall be approved unless adequate drainage will be provided to an adequate watercourse or facility. [Ord. No.350, §1, 4-7-80. Code 1974 §55.51.030.]17.50.040 Water.In subdivisions to which water can be furnished from a public source, owned and operated by a city, service districtor borough, all necessary mains, service lines to each lot and fire hydrants shall be installed by the subdivider asspecified by the applicable ordinances and standards of the borough and the city of Ketchikan, and without expenseto the borough or the city of Ketchikan and shall be sufficient to service the anticipated uses of the land being subdivided.If a public water system is unavailable or deemed unnecessary the planning commission serving as the plattingauthority must be satisfied that the subdivision facilitates individual water collection systems. Individual watercollection systems shall be installed at the expense of the individual properties. [Ord. No. 350, §1, 4-7-80. Code1974 §55.51.040.]17.50.050 Electric power and telephone service.In subdivisions to which electrical power and telephone service can be furnished from a public source owned andoperated by a city, service area, borough, or other public agency or public utility, all necessary lines, poles and otherfacilities shall be constructed and installed by the subdivider as specified and in accordance with any applicablecity, borough, state, or federal laws, ordinances, rules, regulations or standards, and all necessary easements andrights-of-way therefor shall be dedicated, at no cost or expense to the city, service area, borough or other publicagency or public utility, and such facilities shall be designed, constructed, and installed in such manner as to besufficient to service the anticipated uses of the land being subdivided. [Ord. No. 512, §1, 8-20-84; Ord. No. 350,§1, 4-7-80. Code 1974 §55.51.050.]17.50.060 Sewage disposal.(a) All sewage disposal systems, whether public, central or on site, shall comply with regulations of the AlaskaDepartment of Environmental Conservation and with the applicable ordinances and standards of the boroughor city of Ketchikan and shall be sufficient to service the anticipated uses of the land being subdivided.(b)(c)(d)For subdivisions within, adjacent to, or to be annexed to the city of Ketchikan, the subdivider shall provideconnections to public sewage systems, owned and operated by a city, service district, or borough, at no cost tothe city of Ketchikan or borough. Sewers shall be installed to service each lot and to grades and sizes requiredby standards established by the city of Ketchikan. No individual disposal system or treatment plants shall bepermitted.If a public sanitary sewer, owned and operated by a city, service district, or borough, is accessible and a sanitarysewer is placed in a street, alley, easement or right-of-way abutting upon property, the subdivider thereofshall be required to connect to said sewer for the purpose of disposing of waste, and it shall be unlawful forany such owner or occupant to maintain upon any such property an individual sewage disposal system.Where public sanitary sewerage systems, owned and operated by a city, service district, or borough, are notreasonably or practicably accessible but will become available within the immediate future and the land hassufficient carrying capacity for on-lot sewage disposal in compliance with the regulations of the AlaskaDepartment of Environmental Conservation, the subdivider may choose one (1) of the following alternatives:(1) A central sewerage system, the maintenance cost to be assessed against each property benefited. Whereplans for future public sanitary sewerage systems exist, the subdivider shall install the sewer lines, laterals,and mains to be in permanent conformance with such plans and ready for connection to such publicsewer mains; or(2) Individual disposal systems, provided the applicant shall install sanitary sewer lines, laterals, and mainsfrom street curb to a point in the subdivision boundary where a future connection with the public sewermain shall be made. Such sewer systems shall be capped until ready for use and shall conform to all plans17-40