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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 27-4 Maintenance inspections.">
  <section prefix="§" num="27-4" heading="Maintenance inspections.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Periodic inspections required.">
      <para num="(1)">The Department must periodically inspect all environmental site design practices and structural stormwater management measures to ensure that preventative maintenance is being performed.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These inspections must be made:<para num="(i)">at least once during the 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; year of operation; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">at least once every 3 years following.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Inspection reports.">
      <para num="(1)">The Department must maintain inspection reports for all stormwater management systems.</para>
      <para num="(2)">These inspection reports must include the following:<para num="(i)">the date of inspection;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the name of the inspector;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">an assessment of the quality of the stormwater management system related to environmental site design treatment practice efficiency and the control of runoff to the maximum extent practicable;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">the condition of:<para num="A.">vegetation and filter media;</para>
          <para num="B.">fences and other safety devices;</para>
          <para num="C.">spillways, valves, and other control structures;</para>
          <para num="D.">embankments, slopes, and safety benches;</para>
          <para num="E.">reservoir and treatment areas;</para>
          <para num="F.">inlet and outlet channels and structures;</para>
          <para num="G.">underground drainage;</para>
          <para num="H.">sediment and debris accumulation in storage and forebay areas;</para>
          <para num="I.">any nonstructural practices to the extent practicable; and</para>
          <para num="J.">any other item that could affect the proper function of the stormwater management system; and</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(v)">a description of needed maintenance.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 02-367</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-277</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
