Ord. #125, Second Series - Revise Chapter 157 - Stormwater Management

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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 City's right to ensure maintenance responsibility, for structural stormwater BMPs not owned or operated by the City, when those responsibilities are legally transferred to another parry; 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. 157.29-157.31 Reserved 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. (G) Cattails growing in and around stormwater ponds may be cut with the permission and direction of the City. 157.33. Appropriations from stormwater ponds Appropriation of water from stormwater ponds for the purpose of private irrigation may be allowed based upon criteria established by the City. City approval must be granted before use begins. 157.34 - Reserved 157.35 Rain Gardens in Road Right of Way (A) Rain gardens proposed for construction in the right of way must have plans approved by the City Public Works Department. These plans will include illustration of area draining to the rain garden; design details to prove proper sizing/capacity to handle the area of drainage; illustrate property boundaries, location of street features, driveway, house and other structures in relation to the rain garden; and include proof of infiltration potential and ability to drawdown within a 48 hour period. (B) Rain gardens capturing street runoff would require a curb cut to direct flow into the rain garden. Curb cuts for rain gardens approved in the right of way will be constructed and paid for by the City. All other 6jPag