In repealing the previous requirements of this Chapter, originally adopted in Ordinance 02-120, the Village intends to shift primary responsibility for enforcement of Water Management and Sediment Control in the Village from the Village to the Geauga Soil and Water Conservation District ("GSWCD"). The Village, however, reserves the right, in its discretion to enforce provisions of the GSWCD Regulations (1) when GSWCD's efforts to obtain compliance have failed, thereby necessitating enforcement action and (2) when the Village deems it necessary and appropriate to do so.
(a) The primary monitoring and enforcement of these standards shall be through the GSWCD. Enforcement actions, if necessary, shall be through the Village Zoning Inspector and Solicitor.
(b) The Village shall have the right, but not the obligation, to perform monitoring and enforcement of the standards adopted by the GSWCD, and shall exercise such authority only in its discretion and only when it determines necessary and appropriate.
(c) The intent of this Chapter is to authorize the GSWCD to enforce in the Village the most recently adopted Geauga County Water Management and Sediment Control Regulations (the "GSWCD Regulations") adopted by the Geauga County Board of County Commissioners and administered by GSWCD. This Chapter shall also authorize the Village Zoning Inspector and the Village Solicitor, when necessary, to take enforcement actions in the event a property owner fails and refuses to comply with a final directive from GSWCD.
(Ord. 16-121. Passed 8-11-16.)