(a) Maintenance Required.
(1) The Homeowners Association for each residential development and/or the owner of each lot or parcel within the residential development shall be responsible for 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
of Reminderville shall be responsible for maintaining any storm water management system that is located on
City
owned property.
(2) Periodic Field Inspection Reports for the Storm Water Management System (SWMS):
Field Inspection Reports shall be completed and filed with the City Engineer within each month listed below:
March
May
July
October
December
Reports shall generally contain the following information, but shall be modified by the City Engineer to fit the specific application requirements of each SWMS within the Homeowners Association responsibility:
A. Proper maintenance of vegetation.
B. Proper maintenance of structures and materials.
C. Proper maintenance of flow control devices.
D. Proper maintenance of spillways, pools, sediment traps, and volumetric controls.
E. Report on debris, damage, or necessary repairs.
The City Engineer shall review the Field Inspection Reports and recommend measures necessary for compliance to the Homeowners Associations.
(3) Annual Report for the Storm Water Management System (SWMS):
The Annual Report shall be completed and submitted to the City Engineer by September first of each calendar year, to allow time to repair deficient SWMS elements prior to winter weather.
The Annual Report shall contain the following detailed sections:
Section #1: Vicinity sketch for SWMS location.
Section #2: Summary of maintenance activities.
Section #3: Current field inspection review and Photos.
Section #4: Deviations from original approved SWMS.
Section #5: Improvements necessary to restore original design function.
Section #6: Maintenance activities for next six months.
Section #7: Special request items from the City Engineer.
Section #8: Entity responsibility for maintenance of SWMS.
Section #9: Entity responsible for preparing Annual Report.
The City Engineer shall review the Report and provide a list of maintenance required to the SWMS.
(4) Open drainage ways, or any portion thereof, located on any lot or parcel shall be maintained free from accumulations of silt, soil, branches, trees, vegetation, debris, or any other obstruction which impede the natural flow and/or course of the open waterway as determined by the
City
Engineer.
(b) Abatement of Violations.
(1) If the Homeowners Association for the residential development and/or the individual lot or parcel owners within the residential development, after being given notice to comply with the requirements of this Section, fail, neglect, or refuse within thirty (30) days to comply with said order by the
City
, the
City
may take such action required by such order, either by force, account or by contract, or the
City
Director of Law or Prosecutor may institute legal proceedings to compel compliance with the order. The
City
Engineer is authorized to grant an extension of the thirty (30) day compliance period if in his/her professional judgment additional time is reasonably required to correct the violation in question.
(c) Collection of Costs.
(1) Any cost or expense incurred by the
City
pursuant to achieving compliance with the requirements of this section, shall be reimbursed to the
City
by the Homeowners Association and/or the individual lot or parcel owners within the residential development, including an additional twenty- five percent (25%) of either the contractors price or the City’s remedial expenses to cover the City’s administrative cost of maintaining the storm water management system. If not so paid by the Homeowners Association and/or the individual lot or parcel owners within the residential development within thirty (30) days after billing, such expense or cost may be recovered by an action at law against such responsible parties and, to the extent permitted by law or by Ordinance of the
City
, be certified to the County Auditor and placed proportionately on the tax duplicates of any lot(s) and/or parcel(s) owned by the Homeowners Association for the residential development and/or on an individual lot or parcel owned within the residential development, for collection and shall become a lien on such lot (s) or parcel(s).
(Ord. 13-2010. Passed 5-11-10.)