Access to SCMs as required by the City Engineer for inspections and maintenance shall be secured by blocks and/or easements in the event that they are not performed by the owner, homeowner's association, or other private party. The following conditions shall apply to all blocks and/or easements:
(a) Blocks and/or easements shall be included in the inspection and maintenance agreement submitted with the Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan.
(b) Blocks and/or easements shall be approved by the City prior to approval of a final plat and shall be recorded with the Lorain County Auditor and on all property deeds.
(c) Unless otherwise required by the City Engineer, access blocks and/or easements between a public right-of-way and all SCMs shall be no less than twenty feet wide. The blocks and/or easements shall also incorporate the entire practice plus an additional twenty foot wide band around the perimeter of the SCM.
(d) The blocks and/or easements shall be graded and/or stabilized as necessary to allow maintenance equipment to access and manipulate around and within each facility, as defined in the inspection and maintenance agreement for the site.
(e) Blocks and/or easements to structural SCMs shall be restricted against the construction therein of buildings, fences, walls, and other structures that may obstruct the free flow of stormwater and the passage of inspectors and maintenance equipment; and against the changing of final grade from that described by the final grading plan approved by the City. Any re-grading and/or obstruction placed within a maintenance blocks and/or easements may be removed by the City at the property owners' expense. Grading and/or obstructions that is/are removed may not be returned to original condition or configurations if determined by the City to be an obstruction to the operation and maintenance of the stormwater facility.
(Ord. 133-16. Passed 12-27-16.)