Any person owning, operating, leasing or having control over
stormwater management facilities required by a post-construction stormwater
management plan approved under this article shall demonstrate compliance
with that Plan as follows:
(1)
That person or a Qualified Post-Construction Stormwater Inspector
hired by that person shall, inspect and maintain the stormwater management
facilities, including, but not limited to, any parking areas, catch
basins, 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.
[Amended 6-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023.61]
(2)
If the stormwater management Facilities require maintenance to function
as intended by the approved post-construction stormwater management
plan, that person shall take corrective action(s) to address the deficiency
or deficiencies.
(3)
That person shall employ a Qualified Post-Construction Stormwater
Inspector to conduct an annual inspection and provide, on or by March
1 of each year, a copy of the inspection report and a completed and
signed certification to the enforcement authority in a form identical
to that attached as Appendix 1 to this article or in a similar form
approved by the City Engineer, certifying that the stormwater management
facilities have been inspected, 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. 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 with the
annual report and certification.
[Amended 6-20-2023 by Ord. No. 2023.61]
In order to determine compliance with this article 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.
Beginning July 1, 2009, and each year thereafter, the City shall
include the following in its Annual Report to the Maine Department
of Environmental Protection:
(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 City;
(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.
