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(a) All post-construction, or permanent, storm water facilities installed since April 21, 2003,shall have signed inspection and maintenance agreements with the City to ensure the system continues to function as designed.
(b) The City may, at any time in writing, require a time frame in which to address any maintenance needs of a storm water management control practice and/or an increase to inspection and maintenance requirements.
(c) Parties responsible for the inspection and maintenance of storm water management facilities shall make records available to the City during inspections and at other reasonable times upon request.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08; Ord. 2012-105. Passed 9-4-12.)
(a) All storm water inspection and maintenance agreements shall be recorded on the deed for the property and any subsequent split(s) of the property, and reference thereon shall be made to the person or entity which shall be responsible for long-term inspection and maintenance.
(b) The locations, dimensions and bearings of all storm water management facilities, drainage and any access or permanent easements, regardless of maintenance provisions, shall be recorded as a deed restriction, or when in an approved subdivision, with the final plat, or be included in covenants and restriction filed with the deed or plat.
(c) A note on the plat or restriction in the deed shall prohibit unauthorized alterations to any watercourse or improvement without the approval of the City Engineer and shall further provide access to the premises according to this chapter.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08; Ord. 2012-105. Passed 9-4-12.)
(a) Permanent easements shall be provided by the property owner for all storm water drainage systems outside dedicated public road rights-of-way. Such permanent easements shall be not less than twenty-five feet in width, in addition to the width of the storm water drainage system, unless otherwise approved by the City Engineer.
(b) Those lots crossed by a permanent easement shall be restricted against the planting within said permanent easement of trees, shrubbery or plantings with woody growth characteristics, and against the construction therein of buildings, accessory buildings, fences, walls or any other obstructions to the free flow of storm water and the movement of inspectors and maintenance equipment and also restricted against the changing of final grade from that described by the grading plan.
(c) The permanent easements shall be recorded with the plat in the name of the City and will remain in effect even with transfer of title to the property.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08.)
(a) Permitting fees shall be assessed for the review, permitting and inspection of activities regulated under this chapter.
(b) The current fee schedule is located under Chapter 109 General Fee Schedule and can be requested from the City Engineering Department.
(c) Fees are due at the time the application is submitted or the permit is modified.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08.)
(a) The City Engineer, or authorized representative, shall be permitted to enter and inspect sites and/or facilities subject to this chapter as often as may be necessary to determine compliance with this chapter.
(b) The City Engineer, or authorized representative, shall have the right to set up at sites and/or facilities subject to this chapter such devices as are necessary to conduct monitoring and/or sampling of a site and/or facility's storm water discharge.
(c) The City Engineer, or authorized representative, shall have the right to require the site and/or facility owner or operator to install monitoring equipment as necessary. This sampling and monitoring equipment shall be maintained at all times in safe and proper operating condition by the site and/or facility owner or operator at the owner or operator's expense. All devices used to measure storm water flow and quality shall be calibrated to ensure their accuracy.
(d) Any temporary or permanent obstruction to safe and reasonable access to the facility to be inspected and/or sampled shall be promptly removed by the site and/or facility's owner or operator at the written or oral request of the City Engineer, or authorized representative. The costs of clearing such access shall be borne by the site and/or facility owner or operator.
(Ord. 2008-18. Passed 2-19-08.)
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