How Will The Storm Water Management Systems be Maintained?
The Wayne County Ordinance and Administrative Rules require storm water management systems to be maintained in perpetuity to ensure that they function effectively as designed. A public entity, such as a local unit of government or a drainage district established under the Michigan Drain Code, must assume long-term maintenance responsibility for storm water management systems that require a Wayne County storm water construction approval. This maintenance responsibility must be assumed through a legally-binding instrument (such as an ordinance, resolution, contract, or equivalent instrument approved by the County) as a condition of final project approval. Long-term maintenance generally begins when construction of the storm water system is complete and the storm water construction approval is released. The public entity may perform the long-term maintenance of a storm water management system itself, or it may designate another entity (such as a homeowner’s association, condominium associ
