11-5-7: RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCEPTED FACILITIES:
All storm drain facilities constructed, installed or provided hereunder shall, but only following acceptance by the city, become the property of the city and thereafter the city shall be responsible for the operation and maintenance of the facilities, unless the city determines otherwise. The city shall maintain all accepted public stormwater facilities located within city owned land, city rights of way and city easements. The city has the option to maintain other accepted public stormwater facilities located within or adjacent to the city. Such public facilities include, but are not limited to, open drainageways and piped drainageways constructed expressly for use by the general public, drainageways constructed expressly for use by the general public and as a part of the city stormwater facilities, bridges, roadside drainage ditches and gutters, flood control facilities, including detention and retention basins, dikes, overflow channels, pump stations, etc., that have been designed and constructed expressly for use by the public. Such public stormwater facilities exclude facilities not accepted by the city as part of its system or for maintenance. (Ord. 827, 8-22-2016, eff. 9-21-2016)