Inspection and maintenance of drainage facilities; records.

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 561-252

in effect

Sec. 561-252. - Inspection and maintenance of drainage facilities; records. (a) It shall be the duty of the owner of property on which there are drainage facilities to inspect the facilities at minimum one (1) time each calendar year. If there is a recorded operations and maintenance manual for a drainage facility, then inspections shall be carried out in accordance with the manual. (b) It shall be the duty of the owner of property on which there are drainage facilities to perform such maintenance of the facility as necessary for the facility to function as designed, permitted and constructed. (c) The property owner shall maintain written records of drainage facility inspections and maintenance for a minimum of five (5) years from the date of the inspection. If an inspection determines that no maintenance is needed, such determination shall be documented in the records. The property owner shall make such records available to the division of construction and business services in a digital format within forty-eight (48) hours of a request for the records. (d) Upon request by the division, owners of property on which there are drainage facilities shall self-certify that the facilities were inspected and maintained as required by the operations and maintenance manual and functions as designed. Such certification shall be made in a form prescribed by the division and shall be submitted within a reasonable period of time as determined by the administrator as assigned by the deputy director of the division. (e) If a drainage facility is located on common property, does not have a single owner or is intended to benefit more than one property, then all property owners whose drainage flows to the drainage facility are responsible for compliance with this section. (f) If the property owner fails to provide the inspection and maintenance records or the self-certification within the timeframe provided in the requests described above, the division may inspect the drainage facility and bill the property owner for costs incurred in doing so, which costs shall be due thirty (30) days after the date of the bill. Delinquent inspection costs shall constitute a lien against the real property and shall be certified to the auditor and collected as provided in IC 36-7-5. (G.O. 16, 2022, § 22; G.O. 25, 2025, § 6)

Source: Consolidated City of Indianapolis and Marion County, Revised Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/in/indianapolis_-_marion_county/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIIPUHEWE_CH561DRSECO_ARTIIADEN_DIV5ININ_S561-252INMADRFAREFetched: 10/27/2026