18.04.160 Assumption of maintenance by city of facilities on public property.
The city is authorized to assume the maintenance of storm drainage facilities that only capture runoff from public property or public rights-of-way. All other facilities must be on private property and be privately owned and maintained. Public facilities must be located in public property or in public rights-of-way. After the expiration of the two-year maintenance period the city will assume ownership and maintenance of public facilities if all of the following provisions have been satisfied:
A. All of the requirements of the drainage plan per BMC 18.04.070 have been fully complied with;
B. The facilities have been inspected and approved in accordance with the approved plans, Bothell Standards, and KCSWDM;
C. The cash or surety bonds required in BMC 18.04.100, Additions, betterments, extensions – Procedure, shall have been extended for one year, covering the city’s first year of maintenance; and
D. All necessary easements entitling the city to properly maintain the facility have been conveyed to the city and recorded with the county auditor. (Ord. 2365 § 3, 2021; Ord. 2023 § 1 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1634 § 1, 1996; Ord. 843 § 9, 1977).