Why should a SSA be established to be used to maintain a privately owned detention basin property?
There are two (2) main reasons: 1) The Annexation Agreement for the subdivision requires that the landowners (all home owners) that use the storm water detention system pay for their own storm water basin maintenance and service. 2) If the detention areas are not maintained, they will fail over time. This will, or already has, translated into water backing up into the subdivision. Without maintenance, this will only continue or become worse. So, regardless of ownership, it is in the best interests of the residents to insure that the detention basin functions. Again, because there are easements for storm water detention over the property (regardless of who owns it), the owner cannot interfere with the residents right to use (for storm water purposes) and maintain the detention area.
