Environment & Sustainability | Surface Water Management (Title 13)
the hazardous situation; provided, that the director shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner before acting. In such instances the applicant of whom a drainage plan was required pursuant to this chapter, the owner of the property and/or the person responsible for the maintenance of the facility shall be obligated for the payment of all costs incurred. If costs are incurred and a financial guarantee pursuant to this chapter or other City requirement has been posted, the director shall have the authority to collect against the financial guarantee to cover costs incurred.
c. Right of Entry. Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the provisions of this chapter, monitor for proper function of drainage facilities or whenever the director has reasonable cause to believe that violations of this chapter are present or operating on a subject property or portion thereof, the director may enter such premises at all reasonable times to inspect the same or perform any duty imposed upon the director by this chapter; provided, that if such premises or portion thereof is occupied, the director shall first make a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or control of the premises or portion thereof and demand entry. d. Access. Proper ingress and egress shall be provided to the director to inspect, monitor or perform any duty imposed upon the director by this chapter. The director shall notify the responsible party in writing of failure to comply with this access requirement. Failing to obtain a response within seven days from the receipt of notification, the director may order the work required completed or otherwise address the cause of improper access. The obligation for the payment of all costs that may be incurred or expended by the City in causing such work to be done shall thereby be imposed on the person holding title to the subject property.
12. Administration
a. Administration.
i. The director is authorized to promulgate and adopt administrative rules under the procedures specified in Chapter 2.55 SMC, for the purpose of implementing and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. Adopted administrative rules are available to the public from the department of public works. This includes, but is not limited to, the Surface Water Design Manual. ii. The director is authorized to develop procedures for applying adopted rules and regulations during the review of permit applications for the development of land. These procedures may also be contained in the Surface Water Design Manual. b. Inspections. The director is authorized to make such inspections and take such actions as may be required to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
13. Enforcement
The City is authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the ordinances and resolutions codified in it, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder pursuant to the enforcement and penalty provisions of SMC Title 23.
Revisions | June 29, 2022 Effective | January 1, 2022
152 | Title 21: Sammamish Development Code
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