To prevent the adverse impacts of stormwater runoff, the city has adopted a set of performance standards that must be met after development.
(A) Maintenance after construction. After construction is complete, their owner or their agent shall take measures to apply and establish adequate ground cover to ensure that the erosion on the site is stabilized and not contributing to polluted runoff.
(B) Inspections after construction. After construction is complete, the owner or their agent shall continue to regularly inspect the vegetation until adequate turf establishment or other suitable vegetative cover is established.
(C) Drainage control facilities. Drainage control facilities such as detention and retention ponds shall be maintained by the property owner or by the designated property owners’ association. When any new drainage control facility is installed on private property, or when any new connection is made between private property and a public drainage control system, the property owner shall grant to the city the right to enter the property at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner for the purpose of inspection. Failure to maintain drainage facilities may result in abatement procedures, if deemed a public nuisance.
(D) Waterway maintenance. Every person owning property though which a watercourse passes shall keep and maintain that part of the watercourse within the property free of trash, debris and other obstacles that may pollute, contaminate, or significantly retard the flow of water through the watercourse. In addition, the owner or lessee shall maintain existing privately owned structures within or adjacent to a watercourse, so that the structures will not become a hazard to the use, function, or physical integrity of the watercourse.
(Ord. 1865, passed 8-21-12)