a. The City of Bowling Green will be responsible for all repairs and maintenance to accepted infrastructure within its right-of-way. The City of Bowling Green shall be responsible for any repairs needed to drainage structures (headwalls, drop inlets, drywells, or other appurtenances) and sinkhole collapses within a single or two-family residential drainage easement and its right-of-way. The City shall not be responsible for erosion repairs in any drainage easements, unless this erosion threatens the function or viability of headwalls, drop inlets, drywells, or other appurtenances at the discretion of the Public Works Director or designee. Repair of the eroded areas as well as the maintenance of vegetation compliant with the City’s Code of Ordinances is the sole responsibility of the property owner.
b. The property owner shall be responsible for all necessary repairs for any sinkhole collapse or damage to drainage structures which occur in a drainage easement other than a single or two-family residential.
c. The City shall not be responsible for any items within a drainage easement (trees, playhouses, fences, storage sheds, or other structures). If these items must be removed to make needed repairs, the City is not obligated to replace or reset following the corrective work. The City has the right to prohibit the placement of such items that may interfere with the conveyance of stormwater in a drainage easement. All drainage easements shall be maintained by the respective owner(s) of the respective lot(s) over which said easements cross and no drainage easements shall be altered in any way by filling, changing the contour thereof, or by building any structure thereon, except upon prior written approval of the Public Works Director or designee.