The Utility shall provide for inspection and routine maintenance of facilities that have been accepted for maintenance by the Utility. Maintenance may include catch basin cleaning, grating and casting repair, bridge surface drainage systems cleaning, channel clearing, erosion repair, and other incidentals. The Utility shall provide for remedial maintenance of facilities based upon the severity of stormwater problems and potential hazard to the public. Remedial maintenance of bridge surface drainage systems shall remain the responsibility of agencies other than the Utility.
(Ord. 31-10. Passed 8-16-10.)
Where stormwater drains from lands outside the Village, facilities within the Village shall be designed in accordance with this chapter as if the entire drainage area was within the Village, as determined by the Director.
(Ord. 31-10. Passed 8-16-10.)
(a) In order to accomplish the purpose of this chapter to protect the drainage facilities, improvements, and properties owned and maintained by the Village, to secure the best results from the construction, operation, and maintenance thereof, and to prevent damage and misuse of any of the drainage facilities, improvements, or properties within the Village, the Utility shall utilize existing rules, regulations or codes and may make and enforce additional rules and regulations that are approved by Council, and are necessary and reasonable:
(1) To prescribe the manner in which storm sewers, watercourses, channels, and other stormwater facilities are to be designed, installed, adjusted, used, altered or otherwise changed;
(2) To recommend inspection and certain other fees permitted by this chapter;
(3) To prescribe the manner in which such facilities are operated;
(4) To facilitate the enforcement of this chapter;
(5) To prescribe the collection procedures and timing of service charge bills;
(6) To protect the municipal stormwater management system, improvements, and properties controlled by the Utility, and to prescribe the manner of their use by any public or private person;
(7) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
(Ord. 31-10. Passed 8-16-10.)
After presenting proper credentials, the Director or designees, including contractors and their employees or consultants and their employees, may enter upon lands within the Village to make surveys and examinations to accomplish the necessary findings to establish a master plan, for detailed analysis to prepare final plans and specifications for proposed improvements or for inspection or maintenance of stormwater facilities.
(Ord. 31-10. Passed 8-16-10.)
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