A. General Requirements. Any Person owning, operating, leasing or having control over Stormwater Management Facilities required by a Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan approved under this chapter, and the Facilities are located in the Municipality and Discharge Stormwater to the Municipality’s MS4, shall at their own expense demonstrate compliance with that Plan as follows.
1. Scope of Inspection. A Qualified Post-construction Stormwater Inspector shall, at least annually, inspect the Stormwater Management Facilities, including but not limited to any parking areas, catch basins, LID features, drainage swales, detention basins and ponds, pipes and related structures, in accordance with all municipal and state inspection, cleaning and maintenance requirements of the approved Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan.
2. Deficiencies Identified. If the Stormwater Management Facilities require maintenance or repair to function as intended by the approved Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan, that Person shall take or cause to be taken corrective action(s) to address the deficiency or deficiencies.
3. Submission of Inspection Form. A Qualified Post-construction Stormwater Inspector shall, on or by July 1 of each year, provide a completed and signed certification to the Public Works Department in a form identical to that attached as Appendix 2 to the ordinance codified herein and on file with the city, certifying that he/she has inspected the Stormwater Management Facilities and that they are adequately maintained and functioning as intended by the approved Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan, or that they require maintenance or repair, describing any required maintenance and any deficiencies found during inspection of the Stormwater Management Facilities and, if the Stormwater Management Facilities require maintenance or repair of deficiencies in order to function as intended by the approved Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan, the Person shall provide a record of the required maintenance or deficiency and corrective action(s) taken.
B. Right of Entry. In order to determine compliance with this chapter and with the Post-Construction Stormwater Management Plan, the Enforcement Authority may enter upon property at reasonable hours with the consent of the owner, occupant or agent to inspect the Stormwater Management Facilities.
C. Annual Report. Beginning September 1, 2012 and September 1 each year thereafter, the Municipality shall include the following in its Annual Report to the State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ):
1. The cumulative number of sites that have Stormwater Management Facilities discharging into their MS4;
2. A summary of the number of sites that have Stormwater Management Facilities discharging into their MS4 that were reported to the Municipality;
3. The number of sites with documented functioning Stormwater Management Facilities; and
4. The number of sites that required routine maintenance or remedial action to ensure that Stormwater Management Facilities are functioning as intended. (Ord. 2020-16, 9-9-2020)