a. Maintenance of the drainage, detention/retention and BMP facilities during construction and thereafter, shall be the responsibility of the land developer/owner. Assignment of responsibility for maintaining facilities serving more than one (1) lot or holding shall be documented by appropriate covenants to property deeds, unless responsibility is formally accepted by the Department of Planning and Building after review and recommendation of the Plan Commission, and shall be determined before the final drainage plans arc approved.
b. Storm water detention and retention basins may be donated to the Town of Schererville, for ownership and permanent maintenance providing:
1 The Town of Schererville is willing to accept responsibility;
2. The facility has been designed and constructed according to all applicable provisions of this ordinance, as amended from time to time;
3. All improvements have been constructed, approved and accepted by the Town of Schererville for the land area served by the drainage basin;
4. Retention ponds containing a permanent pool of water have all slopes between the riprap and high water line sodded and the remaining land area hydroseeded; are equipped with electrically driven aeration devices, if required to maintain proper aerobic conditions and sustain aquatic life; have a four (4) foot wide crushed limestone walkway at the high water line entirely around the body of water; provide suitable public access acceptable to the responsible governmental agency; and have the high water line not closer than fifty (50) feet to any property line; and,
5. Dry detention ponds shall have all slopes, bottom of the basin and areas above the high water line hydroseeded, and shall have the high water line not closer than fifty (50) feet to any property line.
c. All public and privately owned detention storage facilities shall be inspected by the duly designated representative of the Town not less often than one (1) time every two (2) years. A certified inspection report covering physical conditions, available storage capacity and operational condition of key facility elements will be provided to the owner.
(Ord. No. 1708, 6-13-07)