All storm water facilities constructed, installed or provided hereunder within public right-of-way shall, upon acceptance by the city, become the property of the city, and the city thereafter shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the facilities. The city shall maintain all accepted public storm sewer facilities located within city-owned land, city rights-of-way and city easements. The city has the option to maintain other accepted public storm water facilities located within or adjacent to the city. Such public facilities include, but are not limited to, open drainage ways and piped drainage ways constructed, expressly for use by the general public and as a part of the city storm water facilities, bridges, roadside drainage ditches and glitters, flood control facilities, including detention and retention basins, dikes, overflow channels, and pump stations, that have been designed and constructed expressly for use by the public. Such public storm sewer facilities exclude facilities not accepted by the city for maintenance.
(Ord. 2009-04, passed 9-14-2009)