§ 34-62. Maintenance of on-site stormwater storage facilities.

(a)

In each case where an on-site stormwater storage facility is provided pursuant to this article, the developer shall furnish evidence of acceptance for maintenance of such storage facility to the Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District (GCCDD), having authority to perform such service. The Galveston County Consolidated Drainage District (GCCDD) will agree to assume such responsibility, provided the developer:

(1)

Dedicates to the city and GCCDD an easement over and across such facility;

(2)

Dedicates an access easement to such facility to the city and GCCDD; and

(3)

Pays to the entity who is maintaining such facilities, whether the city or GCCDD, the estimated cost of maintaining such storage facility for a period of ten years, as stated on the fee schedule in the drainage criteria manual.

Provided further, if the on-site stormwater storage facility is designed to be a "dry" facility and not an amenity or a private recreational facility. Amenity ponds shall be defined as any pond whose land area has been deeded to the homeowners/landowners for the benefit of the homeowners/landowners and are to be maintained by the homeowners'/landowners' association. These ponds shall include "wet ponds" and ponds used for recreational purposes.

(b)

For the purposes of this section, the term "stormwater storage facility" means a stormwater storage facility serving primarily as a collection device and not as a transmission system, and which is designed and constructed for the purpose of providing on-site detention for the benefit of a multiparcel development, and not for a single lot or single parcel development.

(Code 1994, § 34-59; Code 2005, § 34-62; Ord. No. 91-7, § 1, 2-26-1991; Ord. No. 98-36, § 1, 1-4-1999)