Utility easement definition

Utility easement means a right held by a facility operator to install, maintain, and access an underground facility or pipeline.
Utility easement means an easement noted on a subdivision plat or partition plat
Utility easement means the area on, below, or above privately-owned property that has been designated for use as or is used for a specific utility purpose (such as for electric, cable or other utility purpose), and is evidenced by a recorded instrument in the public land records pursuant to a recorded plat, easement or right of way or is otherwise a legally enforceable easement, and does not include any portion of a Public Right of Way.

Examples of Utility easement in a sentence

  • Utility easement locations and widths shall be determined in the final development plan for this subarea.

  • Utility easement shall be provided for proposed or future utilities with a minimum overall width of twenty feet (20'), whether adjoining other lots or not.

  • Utility easement for power lines, pipelines, drainage ditches, etc.

  • Utility easement" means the right to use publicly owned land or land owned by a community center which is exempt from property tax for the purpose of providing access or installation of publicly regulated utilities.[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.29A.140.

  • The fire Service Pipe located within the public right-of-way or Utility easement shall be installed and maintained by and shall be the property of the Utility.


More Definitions of Utility easement

Utility easement means an easement of eight feet in width
Utility easement means and refer to those areas of land designated on any recorded subdivision plat of The Properties as “Utility Easements” or as may be provided in or by this Declaration, or any Supplemental Declaration.
Utility easement means an interest in land granted to the public generally and/or to a private or public utility corporation or political subdivision of this state, for installing or maintaining utilities across, over, or under private land, together with the right to enter thereon with machinery and vehicles necessary for the maintenance of said utilities.
Utility easement means any easement granted to or owned by the city and acquired, established, dedicated or devoted for public utility purposes.
Utility easement means an easement conveyed, granted, or dedicated to the public for utility purposes.
Utility easement means an ease- ment noted on a subdivision plat or partition plat for the purpose of installing or main- taining public or private utility infrastruc- ture for the provision of water, power, heat or telecommunications to the public. [Amended by 1955 c.756 §1; 1973 c.696 §3; 1977 c.809 §4; 1979 c.46 §1; 1985 c.369 §5; 1985 c.717 §1; 1989 c.772 §1; 1991 c.763 §1; 1993 c.702 §1; 1993 c.704 §4; 1995 c.382 §3; 1997 c.268 §1; 2001 c.544 §3; 2005 c.399 §1; 2007 c.652 §1; 2007 c.866 §4; 2008 c.12 §3]