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Article 6: Development Standards Section 6.14: Stormwater Management Orange County, North Carolina – Unified Development Ordinance Page 6-103 (d) The Operations and Maintenance Agreement shall be signed and notarized and filed with the Orange County Register of Deeds. (e) In residential subdivisions where a Homeowner’s Association will be assuming responsibility for all permanent structural stormwater measures, a signed and notarized Homeowner’s Association Notification will be required, and a revised maintenance agreement must be submitted. This must be given to the Orange County Planning Department before the Land Disturbing Permit may be closed, and any construction bond held on the permanent structural stormwater measures may be released. (f) The owner of each stormwater BMPSCM, whether engineered stormwater control or non-engineered stormwater control, shall maintain it so as not to create or result in a nuisance condition. (g) Every engineered stormwater control installed pursuant to this Ordinance shall be made accessible for adequate maintenance and repair by a maintenance easement. The easement shall be recorded and its terms shall specify who make use of the easement and for what purposes. (h) The owner of each engineered stormwater control shall keep records of inspections, maintenances, and repairs and shall submit the same upon reasonable request to the Erosion Control Officer. (2) Operation and Maintenance Plan (a) An operation and maintenance plan or manual shall be provided by the developer for each stormwater control structure, indicating the following: (i) What operation and maintenance actions are needed, (ii) What specific quantitative criteria will be used for determining when those actions are to be taken, and (iii) Who is responsible for those actions, consistent with the Operations and Maintenance Agreement. (b) The standard maintenance plan shall specifically address, but is not limited to: (i) Any mowing of permanent vegetation, (ii) Any removal of bushes and trees from the dam of a wet detention pond, (iii) Reseeding of any eroding areas of the wet detention ponds, open channel practices, riparian buffers, and vegetated filter strips, (iv) Replacing of impaired vegetation in a constructed wetlands or riparian buffer, (v) Removal of debris from the ‘trash rack’ on any wet detention pond or sand filter, and (vi) Repair of any damage to structural aspects of wet detention ponds, constructed wetlands, level spreaders, and sand filters. (c) The Plan shall clearly indicate the steps that will be taken for restoring a stormwater control structure to its design specifications if a failure occurs. (3) Landscaping and Grounds Maintenance (a) Landscaping and grounds maintenance shall be the responsibility of the owning entity. 13