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Section 10 Annual Maintenance <br />A. If BMPs are shown on a development plan, then a signed, and notarized maintenance <br />agreement must accompany them. The agreement must include the following: <br />1. Name and address of the person or organization financially responsible for <br />paying the annual inspection fee; <br />2. Name(s) and address(es) of all parties to whom a copy of the annual <br />inspection report should go; <br />3. Name and address of the person or organization financially responsible for all <br />maintenance specified in the annual inspection report; <br />4. Emergency contact information; <br />5. And a standard maintenance plan which includes but is not limited to: <br />a) any mowing of permanent vegetation, <br />b) any removal of bushes and trees from the dam of a wet detention pond, <br />c) reseeding of any eroding areas of the wet detention ponds, open <br />channel practices, riparian buffers, and vegetated filter strips, <br />d) replacing of impaired vegetation in a constructed wetlands or riparian <br />buffer, <br />e) removal of debris from the `trash rack' on any wet detention pond or <br />sand filter, <br />f) and repair of any damage to structural aspects of wet detention ponds, <br />constructed wetlands, level spreaders, and sand filters. <br />6. In residential subdivisions where a Homeowner's Association will be <br />assuming responsibility for all permanent BMPs, a signed and notarized <br />Homeowner's Association Notification(Appendix 4- Sample Maintenance <br />Agreement) form will be required, and a revised maintenance agreement must be <br />submitted. This must be given to the Orange County Planning Department before <br />the Land Disturbing Permit may be closed, and any construction bond held on the <br />permanent Nitrogen Reduction BMPs may be released. <br />B. Fee <br />The Annual Maintenance Inspection Fee for the first year shall paid before: <br />1. the release of any Final Certificate of Occupancy for Non - Residential <br />Properties. <br />2. the release of the construction bond for Residential or Non- Residential <br />Properties. <br />The fee shall be based upon the current Orange County Planning Fee Schedule, and shall <br />be paid to Orange County following each annual inspection. <br />C. Failure to Pay Fee <br />Failure to pay the Annual Maintenance Inspection Fee will be deemed a violation of the <br />Ordinance. <br />Section 11 Land Use Planning Provisions <br />M <br />