All stormwater quality management systems, including detention or retention basins, filter strips, pocket wetlands, in-line filters, infiltration systems, conveyance systems, structures and appurtenances located outside of the right-of-way shall be incorporated into permanent easements. For developments occurring within the town's unincorporated areas and/or at the discretion of the Town Manager and/or Drainage Board, the developer shall petition to establish the noted system as a portion of regulated drain pursuant to the provisions of I.C. 36-9-27-54, and the drainage plan shall not be accepted until such petition is submitted in a form accepted by the County Surveyor and the County Drainage Board. For the purposes of monitoring, inspection, and general maintenance activities, the petition should include a 30-foot wide perimeter beyond the actual footprint of the stormwater quality management facility.
(Ord. 051805, passed 5-18-2005)