§ 8.1.1. SERVITUDE CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES

Servitudes for ditches not adjacent to a roadway shall adhere to the following:

(1)

Fifteen (15) feet on both sides of a ditch, that is less than or equal to four (4) feet in depth and less than or equal to eighteen (18) feet in width, plus the width between top banks of the ditch.

(2)

Fifteen (15) feet on one (1) side of the ditch and twenty (20) feet on the other side of the ditch, for ditches greater than four (4) feet in depth and/or greater than eighteen (18) feet in width, plus the width between top banks of the ditch.

(3)

Whenever an existing ditch along a property line is to be widened because of a new development, all widening will be on the side to be developed. The widening shall include providing the necessary land and servitudes for the final ditch to meet the requirements of this section. Parallel ditches shall have a minimum 20-foot crown access between ditches. It is desirous to incorporate parallel ditches into one (1) when possible and practical.

(4)

No ditch adjacent to roadway which is to be dedicated to the Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government shall be greater than three and five-tenths (3.5) feet deep and twenty-three (23) feet wide.

(5)

The minimum width of servitude for drain pipes outside of road right-of-way and less than forty-two (42) inches diameter shall be fifteen (15) feet. Pipe diameters forty-two (42) inches and greater shall be twenty (20) feet wide.

(Ord. No. 7449, § II, 4-16-08)