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An Ordinance providing the method whereby the
Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District shall, effective April 1,
1989 undertake the operation and maintenance of stormwater and
drainage facilities within the boundaries of the entire District.
WHEREAS, the Plan of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer
District empowers the District to approve, revise or reject the
plans and designs of all stormwater and drainage facilities
proposed to be constructed, altered or reconstructed in the
District, and empowers the District to take title to and accept by
dedication any and all public or privately owned stormwater and
drainage facilities necessary for the purposes of the Plan to
assure a comprehensive stormwater and drainage system within the
boundaries of the entire District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS SEWER DISTRICT:
Section One. Effective April 1, 1989, all plans and
designs for all stormwater and drainage facilities within the
boundaries of the District shall be submitted for approval,
revision or rejection by the District pursuant to the Plan,
Ordinances and the District Standards. The District shall provide
all stormwater plan and design review, permit control and
construction inspection. The District will provide operation and
maintenance of all stormwater and drainage facilities accepted for
dedication by the District to the extent funds are or become
available for such purposes.
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Section Two. All plans, designs and construction
shall
comply with the "RULES AND REGULATIONS AND ENGINEERING DESIGN
REQUIREMENTS FOR SANITARY SEWERAGE AND STORMWATER DRAINAGE
FACILITIES" and "STANDARD CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS FOR SEWERS
AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES" as presently published and attached to
this Ordinance which are hereby ratified and approved, or as
hereafter amended and approved by the Board of Trustees, herein
collectively referred to as the "District Standards."
Section Three. An existing stormwater and drainage
facility may be dedicated to the District. The Executive Director
shall accept the dedication of such facility to the District's
stormwater and drainage system, provided that the District's final
inspection report made prior to the acceptance of dedication
confirms that the facility meets the District Standards.
Section Four. Upon completion of new stormwater and
drainage facilities for which plans are approved by the District
after April 1, 1989, the facilities shall be dedicated to the
District and the Executive Director shall accept the dedication of
such facilities to the District's stormwater and drainage system,
provided that the facilities have been constructed in accordance
with the approved plans and the District's final inspection
reports made prior to the acceptance of dedication confirm that
the facilities meet the District Standards.
Section Five. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Ordinance, stormwater detention facilities shall be operated
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and maintained by the owners of the properties served and shall
not be accepted for operation and maintenance by the District.
Before the dedication of any stormwater and drainage facility that
discharges into a detention facility shall be accepted by the
District, the District shall approve a maintenance plan of the
detention facility with (1) assessment provisions as a part of an
indenture containing covenants by the owners that run with their
land to assure continual operation and maintenance of the
detention facility, or (2) the District will accept an agreement
with a governmental entity that the entity will assure continual
operation and maintenance of the detention facility.
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The foregoing Ordinance was adopted February 22, 1989.