Surface Water Management (Title 13) | Environment & Sustainability
b. Prior to the issuance of any of the permits for any multifamily or commercial project required to have a flow control or water quality treatment facility, the applicant shall record a declaration of covenant as specified in the Surface Water Design Manual. The restrictions set forth in such covenant shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for notice to the persons holding title to the property of a City determination that maintenance and/or repairs are necessary to the facility and a reasonable time limit in which such work is to be completed. i. In the event that the titleholders do not effect such maintenance and/or repairs, the City may perform such work upon due notice. The titleholders are required to reimburse the City for any such work. The restrictions set forth in such covenant shall be included in any instrument of conveyance of the subject property and shall be recorded with the records and licensing services division of King County. ii. The City may enforce the restrictions set forth in the declaration of covenant provided in the Surface Water Design Manual. c. Prior to the issuance of any of the permits and/or approvals for the project or the release of financial guarantees posted to guarantee satisfactory completion, the person or persons holding title to the subject property for which a drainage facility was required shall pay a fee established by the director as set forth in the City resolution to reasonably compensate the City for costs relating to inspection of the facility to ensure
that it has been constructed according to plan and applicable specifications and standards. d. The duties specified in this section with regard to payment of inspection fees and reimbursement of maintenance costs shall be enforced against the person or persons holding title to the property for which the drainage facility was required.
e. Where not specifically defined in this section, the responsibility for performance, operation and
maintenance of drainage facilities and conveyance systems, both natural and constructed, shall be determined on a case-by-case basis. In any such case- by-case analyses, the City shall only be responsible for the performance, operation and maintenance of drainage facilities and conveyance systems if a determination is first made pursuant to the criteria set forth in SDC 21.03.050D.9.b. as now in effect or as may be subsequently amended.
11. Hazards
Whenever the director determines that any existing construction site, erosion and sedimentation problem and/or drainage facility poses a hazard to life and limb, endangers any property, and/or adversely affects the condition or capacity of other drainage facilities, the safety and operation of City right-of-way, utilities, and/or other property owned or maintained by the City, the applicant/ person to whom the permit was issued pursuant to this chapter, the owner of the property within which the drainage facility is located, the applicant/person responsible for maintenance of the facility, and/or other person or
Effective | January 1, 2022 Revisions | June 29, 2022
Title 21: Sammamish Development Code | 151
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