[Ord. No. 768, 3-19-2019]
The term "Culvert" as used in this Chapter shall include all
drainage devices placed in ditches or waterways abutting public roadways.
which said devices affect or allow the passage of surface effluent
and storm water through around or over said devices whether closed
or not.
[Ord. No. 768, 3-19-2019]
A. No
culvert as heretofore defined, shall be erected, installed and/or
constructed upon any property abutting an alley or public roadway
in the City of Seymour without first obtaining a Culvert Permit from
the duly appointed Building Inspector of said City. No charge shall
be made for said Permit. No Permit shall be issued unless there is
filed in the office of said City Building Inspector an application,
upon City forms provided for that purpose., designating the exact
proposed location of said culvert, the exact dimensions and material
of said culvert, the name, telephone number, and address of the person,
firm or corporation who proposes to construct or install said culvert,
the depth, width, length and general topography of the ditch or waterway
located upon the property of applicant in which said culvert is proposed
to be located, and a cash bond, if required by subsequent provisions
of this Chapter. The City Building Inspector shall not issue a Culvert
Permit unless he/she be satisfied, both from the facts contained upon
the face of the application aforesaid, and upon a visual inspection
of the proposed culvert site, that the proposed culvert:
1. Shall be of sufficient size and appropriate shape, as determined
by the contour of the ditch or waterway in which said culvert is proposed
to be located, to permit the free and uninterrupted flow of surface
effluent through said culvert without jeopardizing the alley or public
roadway abutting said waterway, and without jeopardizing other property,
or the ditch or waterway in which it is proposed to be constructed.
2. Is constructed of material of sufficient strength and durability
to reasonably last a minimum of twenty (20) years of ordinary and
expected use in the proposed location.
3. Shall be permanently set, installed, and/or constructed in place
in such a manner as to conform with the slope of natural drainage
in the ditch or waterway in which said culvert is proposed to be installed
and in such a way as to permit free and uninterrupted flow of surface
effluent through it, and is covered or buttressed, if necessary, by
a sufficient quantity of appropriate material as is necessary to complete
said installation.
4. Culvert must be a minimum of twenty-four (24) feet in length with
a drive width minimum of twenty (20) feet.
B. A Culvert
Permit shall expire ninety (90) days after issuance.
[Ord. No. 768, 3-19-2019]
A. Responsibility
of' maintaining drainage through culverts shall be that of the Street
Department of the City of Seymour. Responsibility of maintaining the
culvert, including subsequent replacement thereof, and the responsibility
of maintaining the driveway approach, shall be that of the property
owner.
B. Where
it is determined that it is necessary to install culvert pipe in a
driveway approach (whether newly established or not) in order to maintain
adequate drainage, the property owner shall be responsible for the
purchase of the culvert pipe. Purchased culvert pipe shall be installed
by the Street Department of the City of Seymour in accordance with
their requirements and fees.