§ 17.8.411. Irrigation water system.

1.

Irrigation ditches to covered or piped—Exceptions.

A.

Irrigation ditches to be covered. As a means of reducing the safety hazards from open irrigation systems and as a condition of development approval, all canals, ditches and other watercourses for the distribution of irrigation water and collection of return flows therefrom, located within or contiguous to a proposed subdivision, shall be covered or piped and appurtenant entrance works and grating installed and the developer shall comply fully with the requirements of the provisions of Section 73-1-15, Utah Code Annotated, 1953, as amended. The location, design and construction of all improvements to the irrigation system shall conform with the standards for such facilities, as approved by the applicable irrigation water company or as required by the city engineer, whichever is the more stringent. Upon completion of construction, written notification of acceptance of said improvements shall be provided to the city by the owners of the canal, ditch or other watercourse. Upon receipt of said notice of acceptance, or the placement of the improvements into service, if no written notice is provided, title to said improvements shall be considered to have passed to said irrigation company, which company shall thereafter keep the same in good repair and free of all litter, debris and obstruction.

B.

Exceptions—Natural streams and designated sloughs.

(1)

Any irrigation canal or other water course which has been classified by the Utah State Engineer as a natural stream shall remain as an open channel, unless approval for the covering of said stream shall have been given by the city and approved by the Utah State Engineer.

(2)

Any slough or water course designated in the drainage element of the general plan or identified by the United States Army Corps of Engineers as a lineal wetland shall remain as an open channel, unless the terms of the general plan shall have been amended and approval for the covering of said channel shall have been granted by the Corps of Engineers, as applicable.

(Ord. No. 06-09-40)