(A) Each applicant, person, corporation or other entity which makes any surface changes shall be required to:
(1) Collect on-site surface runoff and dispose of it to the point of discharge into an adequate outlet approved by the Executive Director;
(2) Handle existing and potential off-site runoff through its development by designing to adequately handle storm runoff from a fully developed area upstream;
(3) Pay its proportionate share of the total cost of off-site improvements to the common natural watercourse based on a fully development drainage; and
(4) Provide and install at its expense, in accordance with the Executive Director’s requirements, all drainage and erosion control improvements (temporary and permanent) as required by the erosion and sediment control plan.
(B) It is the responsibility of the applicant or owner to keep all major streams, not under the jurisdiction of other official agency, open and free flowing.
(C) The applicant or owner shall assume the responsibility for maintaining an open and free-flowing condition in all minor streams, watercourse and drainage systems, constructed or improved in accordance with the county design criteria on its property, which are necessary for proper drainage in the discretion of the Executive Director if adequate right-of-way exists or can be acquired.
(Ord. passed - -2006, § 80.42(G)) Penalty, see § 156.999