Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code tit. III, ch. 561, art. II, div. 5 — INVESTIGATIONS AND INSPECTIONS | Revised Code of the Consolidated City and County of Indianapolis-Marion County (Supp. No. 47, Update 2: codified through Ordinance No. 42, 2026, passed June 1, 2026) — City of Indianapolis

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 561-251 General authority for investigations and inspections.

Sec. 561-251. - General authority for investigations and inspections. (a) The power to make investigations and inspections of land alterations shall be vested in the administrator as assigned by the deputy director of the division of construction and business services of the department of neighborhood services and his or her authorized representatives. (b) Investigation and inspection of land alteration may be made at any time by going upon, around or about the premises on which the land alteration has occurred. (c) Such investigation and inspection may be made either before, during or after the land alteration is completed, and it may be made for the purposes, among others, of determining whether the land alteration meets drainage requirements and ascertaining whether the land alteration has been accomplished in a manner consistent with plans and specifications or a certificate filed pursuant to section 561-241. (d) Efforts to afford an opportunity for investigation and inspection of the land alteration shall be made by persons working on or having control of the land alteration, including making available a copy of plans and specifications submitted to obtain a drainage permit. (Code 1975, § 10½-60; G.O. 3, 2002, § 13; G.O. 63, 2009, § 43; G.O. 41, 2016, § 2)

Indianapolis-Marion County Revised Code § 561-252 Inspection and maintenance of drainage facilities; records.

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)