(A) The homeowner’s association for each residential development and/or the owner of each lot or parcel within the residential development, as well as the owner(s) of any nonresidential development, shall be responsible for inspecting and maintaining, in good working order, the storm water management system that has been provided to control the storm water runoff generated by such development. However, the city shall be responsible for maintaining any storm water management system that is located on city-owned property.
(B) Minimum required inspection and maintenance of detention and/or retention basins shall include, but not be limited to, the control of vegetation within basin areas so as to not exceed a height of ten inches, unless otherwise explicitly approved by the Planning and Zoning Commission and/or City Council as part of a professional landscape plan. In addition, detention and/or retention basins shall not be permitted to accumulate with silt, soil, branches, trees, vegetation, debris or any other obstructions, or to become damaged or compromised in any way so as to prevent the detention and/or retention basin from effectively operating in the manner in which it was designed and intended as determined by the City Engineer.
(C) Open drainageways, or any portion of any open drainageways, located on any lot or parcel shall be maintained free from accumulations of silt, soil, branches, trees, vegetation, debris or any other obstructions which impede the natural flow and/or course of the open waterway as determined by the City Engineer.
(Prior Code, § 1045.02) (Ord. 2012-14, passed 10-23-2012)