(A) All stormwater management facilities must undergo, at minimum, an annual inspection by the owner to document maintenance and repair needs and ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter and accomplishment of its purposes. These may include:
(1) Removal of silt, litter and other debris from all catch basins, inlets and drainage pipes;
(2) Grass cutting and vegetation removal; and
(3) Necessary replacement of landscape vegetation.
(B) Authorized representatives of the Village may enter at reasonable times upon any time to conduct on-site inspections or routine maintenance. Any maintenance needs found must be addressed in a timely manner, as determined by the Village, and the inspection and maintenance requirement may be increased as deemed necessary to ensure proper functioning of the stormwater management facility.
(C) Parties responsible for the operation and maintenance of stormwater management facilities shall make records of the installation and all maintenance and repairs, and shall retain the records for at least five years. These records shall be made available to the Village during inspection of the facility and at other reasonable times upon request.
(D) (1) Inspection programs may be established on any reasonable basis, including but not limited to:
(a) Routine inspections;
(b) Random inspections;
(c) Inspections based upon complaints or other notice of possible violations;
(d) Inspection of drainage basins or areas identified as higher than typical sources of sediment or other contaminants or pollutants;
(e) Inspections of businesses or industries of a type associated with higher than usual discharges of contaminants or pollutants or with discharges of a type which are more likely than the typical discharge to cause violations of state or federal water or sediment quality standards or the NPDES stormwater permit; and
(f) Joint inspections with other agencies inspecting under environmental or safety laws.
(2) Inspections may include, but are not limited to:
(a) Reviewing maintenance and repair records;
(b) Sampling discharges, surface water, groundwater, and material or water in drainage control facilities; and
(c) Evaluating the condition of drainage control facilities and other stormwater treatment practices.
(E) When any new drainage control facility is installed on private property, or when any new connection is made between private property and a public drainage control system or sanitary sewer, the property owner shall grant to the Village the right to enter the property at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner for the purpose of inspection. This includes the right to enter a property when it has a reasonable basis to believe that a violation of this chapter is occurring or has occurred, and to enter when necessary for abatement of a public nuisance or correction of a violation of this chapter.
(Ord. O-1974-04, passed 2-23-04)