The transfer, sale, deed, or lease of a parcel that is subject to a requirement for maintenance of structural BMP features, shall include conditions requiring transferee, and transferee’s successors and assigns, to:
(a) Assume responsibility for maintenance and operation of any existing structural BMP feature to at least the MEP standard;
(b) Replace any degraded structural BMP feature with new control measures, or BMP features, meeting the then current standards of the County;
(c) Conduct BMP maintenance and inspections as required in the approved WQMP;
(d) Ensure that all structural BMP features are inspected at least yearly, and retain proof of such inspections for at least three years;
(e) For conditions, covenants, and restrictions for properties which include structural BMP features that are to be maintained by a homeowner’s association, such conditions, covenants and restrictions shall provide for maintenance of the BMP features by the association;
(f) Any deed transferring title to said property shall include a reference to owner(s) agreement with County under § 35.0118, which is applicable to owner(s) successors and assigns and the BMP features that are to be maintained by the successor owner; and
(g) If property, on which structural BMP features are located, is to be dedicated to a governmental agency, the transferor shall remain responsible for the BMP features until the agency provides a signed assumption of responsibility and conformation that structural BMP features meet agency design standards.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Readopted by Ord. 3587, passed - -1994; Am. Ord. 4176, passed - -2012)