(A) DRAIN TILE shall be defined as a cylindrical pipe used to carry stormwater in the direction necessary to move water off, and away, from a roadway.
(B) All drain tiles serving a public roadway shall be a minimum of 15-inch diameter reinforced concrete tile, or 16-gauge corrugated metal pipe. Plastic piping may be used at the discretion of the Public Works Director. In some cases, a larger diameter sized pipe may be required depending upon drainage conditions, as determined by the Public Works Director, or his or her designee.
(C) If drain tile is needed, or requested, by the property owner for a drainage ditch, driveway, or driveway extension, the town may reply only according to the following guidelines:
(1) If the ditch, driveway, or driveway extension is parallel with the public roadway, or connects with the public roadway directly, the town will install such pipe as needed if the property owner pays for, and provides, the pipe;
(2) The town will provide the equipment and labor required to complete the installation. This also includes dirt and/or gravel that is required to backfill around the pipe and headwalls. Grass seed will be sewn in as necessary, and in the discretion of the Public Works Director. In any case, the town will not provide materials that were not directly removed by the town, including, but not limited to, extra asphalt, concrete, and gravel. Any extra materials must be provided solely by the property owner;
(3) The town shall not install drain tile for new construction. New construction shall include any residence or business less than one year old. This shall be the responsibility of the property owner. In addition, the property owner is responsible for the installation of a drainage system for new subdivisions according to town, or state, standards; and
(4) The town shall only install drain tiles up to 20 feet in length to accommodate a standard driveway entrance. Drain tiles beyond the entrance of the driveway shall not be installed by the town.
(D) In cases where a drainage ditch runs directly away from the roadway and onto, or through, a property owner’s land, it will be the property owner’s responsibility to install, and maintain, drain tile. drain tiles and ditch lines connecting to town maintained ditch lines and drain tiles must meet town specifications, and the requirements of this policy.
(E) If a property owner enters into an agreement with the town for the maintenance of a ditch line, and if at any time thereafter the property owner constructs in a ditch covered by the agreement a pipeline that turns away from the roadway, the agreement shall become null and void. The maintenance of the pipe line shall then become the responsibility of the property owner, and the town shall have no further maintenance obligations with regard to the ditches previously covered by the agreement.
(F) The town will not be responsible for maintenance, or make any improvements on private property except as stated above.
(Ord. 14-2003, passed 5-19-2003)