§ 156.576 GENERAL PROVISIONS.
   (A)   Whenever sedimentation is caused by stripping vegetation, re-grading or other development, it shall be the responsibility of the applicant, person, corporation or other entity causing such sedimentation to remove it from all adjoining surfaces, drainage systems and watercourses and to repair any damage at his or her expense as quickly as possible.
   (B)   Maintenance of all driveways, parking areas, drainage facilities and watercourses within any development plan area is the responsibility of the applicant or owner/developer.
   (C)   It is the responsibility of the applicant and any person, corporation or other entity doing any act on or across a communal stream, watercourse or swale or upon the floodplain or right-of-way during the pendency of the activity and to return it to its original or equal condition after such activity is completed.
   (D)   No applicant and person, corporation or other entity shall block, impede the flow of, alter, construct any structure, or deposit any material or thing, or commit any at which will affect normal or flood flow in any communal stream or watercourse without having obtained prior approval from the Executive Director of the State Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, whichever is applicable.
   (E)   (1)   Where a development plan area is traversed by a watercourse, the total development of the watercourse shall be considered.
      (2)   There shall be provided a drainage easement or right-of-way conforming substantially with the line of such watercourse, and of such width as will be adequate to preserve natural drainage to the satisfaction of the Executive Director. (See § 156.054 of this chapter.)
(Ord. passed - -2006, § 80.42(F)) Penalty, see § 156.999