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157.11. 157.28. Maintenance of Stormwater BMPÓs. The owner(s) must enter into a long-term maintenance agreement with the City that documents all responsibilities for long-term operation and maintenance of stormwater treatment practices that are not owned or operated by the City. At a minimum, the long-term maintenance agreement must include provisions that: (A) Allow the City to conduct inspections of structural stormwater BMPs not owned or operated by the City, perform necessary maintenance, and assess costs for those structural stormwater BMPs when the City determines the owner of that structural stormwater BMP has not ensured proper function; (B) Are designed to preserve the CityÓs right to ensure maintenance responsibility, for structural stormwater BMPs not owned or operated by the City, when those responsibilities are legally transferred to another party; and (C) Are designed to protect/preserve structural stormwater BMPs. If structural stormwater BMPs change, causing decreased effectiveness, new, repaired, or improved structural stormwater BMPs must be implemented to provide equivalent treatment to the original BMP. The design and planning of all stormwater management facilities shall include detailed maintenance and repair procedures to ensure their continued function. These plans will identify the parts or components of a stormwater management facility that need to be maintained and the equipment and skills or training necessary. Provisions for the periodic review and evaluation of the effectiveness of the maintenance program and the need for revisions or additional maintenance procedures shall be included in the plan. (A) All private stormwater BMPs shall be maintained by the owner(s) such that the BMP performs the intended treatment function. Public stormwater BMPs shall be the responsibility of the City in that the City will ensure that the capacity of retention/detention ponds is adequate and will repair or replace storm sewer system components as needed. (A) The applicant must ensure access to all stormwater treatment practices at the site for the purpose of inspection and repair by securing all the maintenance easements needed on a permanent basis. These easements will be recorded with the plan and will remain in effect even with transfer of title to the property. (A) The applicant must execute an easement and an inspection and maintenance agreement binding on all subsequent owners of land served by any on-site stormwater management measure in accordance with the specifications of this ordinance. 157.12-157.14157.29-157.31 Reserved 157.15.157.32. Alterations to and Use of Public and Private Stormwater Ponds. (A) No alterations to shorelines or vegetation around stormwater ponds shall be allowed unless authorized by the City. (B) Fountains or other circulating devices will not be allowed in stormwater ponds unless authorized by the City. (C) Chemical treatment of stormwater ponds will not be allowed unless authorized by the City. (D) Structures will not be allowed within the stormwater pond or protective buffer zone. These will include but not be limited to retaining walls, docks, piers, diving platforms, etc. (E) Recreational activities, including but not limited to boating, swimming, fishing and skating are prohibited on stormwater ponds located on city owned property. These activities are discouraged on all other ponds. (F) Dumping of yard waste materials in, on or around any stormwater pond is prohibited. 422 |Page