A. Easements for all public facilities and public utilities needed to serve the proposed development consistent with the provisions of the comprehensive plan and other adopted city plans, including the pedestrian and bicycle transportation plan, shall be granted by the developer. Easements may also be required for private roads, sidewalks, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, street lighting, traffic control devices or temporary construction. Design features of a street may necessitate the granting of slope, wall, and drainage easements.

B. The granting of nonmotorized easements may be required as a condition of development approval where necessary to facilitate pedestrian circulation between neighborhoods, schools, shopping centers and other activity centers even if the facility is not specifically shown on the city’s pedestrian and bicycle transportation plan, or where pedestrian walkways are identified on school “Recommended Walking Routes” maps designated by the Bellevue School District and city of Bellevue, provided, such easements are reasonably necessary to mitigate the direct impacts of the development.

C. Nonmotorized facility easements and tracts shall be wide enough to include the trail width and a minimum clear distance of two feet on each side of the trail. The clear distance shall remain free of obstructions such as fencing, signage, trees, and shrubs. Easement width may vary according to site-specific design issues such as topography, buffering, landscaping, and fencing.

D. Nonmotorized facility easements and tracts shall be staked by a licensed land surveyor with permanent survey markers as directed by the review engineer.

E. The developer shall provide legal descriptions prepared and certified by a licensed land surveyor, together with a graphic exhibit, in a form acceptable to the review engineer, for easements and tracts proposed or required pursuant to this section. Nonmotorized facility easements shall be designated “City of Bellevue Nonmotorized Public Easement.” Nonmotorized facility easement documents shall specify the maintenance responsibility for the facility as determined by the review engineer.

F. Easement shall be submitted to the city and recorded as follows: