During a recent meeting, the Parker City Council voted to amend a subsection of the Parker Municipal Code concerning dedication statements. 

This will update the required subdivision plat dedication statement with language about the location of utility easements, which aims to develop a more comprehensive and clear. 

The purpose of this amendment is to further clarify utility related definitions as well as update the standards for the location of easements that serve a commercial use and provide guidance about utility design for the properties with multiple street fronts. 

According to a document provided to the town, the amended dedication statement will break down the current language into categories such as easements, right-of-way and sight triangles. 

“Sidewalk maintenance is not addressed in the dedication statement because it is addressed in the municipal code and by policy,” said Bryce Matthews, of community development. “And that allows for flexibility for that to change over time.”

In response to a request from CORE and Xcel, the dedication statement will also add utility easement language as there is none. 

The other approved subsection of the municipal code is concerning utilities. 

The amendment will add:

• A definition of On-Site Utilities and Equipment. 
• Standards for the local of equipment and easements with commercial and light industrial development. 
• Standards for properties with multiple street front where utilities may be under sidewalks and adjacent to roads/streets. 
• A clear allowance for improvements as well as connections to existing lines for multiple developments. 
• Provide additional options for the location of equipment with residential development. 

The additional options would include allowing underground equipment to be located within the sidewalk and require easements adjacent to the front yard, located within pocket easements along the front yard and where there are easements in tracts used for open space, landscape buffers and parks. 

In other business, due to a bonding issue, the council approved a contract with Sabell’s Civil and Landscape, LLC for the O’Brien Park Streetscape Project in October.