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The utility, by and through its director, shall have the authority to:

A. Develop, adopt, and carry out procedures as needed to implement this code, engineering standards and related manuals, and to carry out other responsibilities of the utility, including, but not limited to, procedures pertaining to the billing and collection of monthly drainage charges and procedures for periodic adjustment of fees and charges imposed pursuant to this code;

B. Prepare, adopt, update, administer and enforce as needed engineering standards to establish requirements for the design and construction of drainage facilities and requirements for protecting existing facilities during construction. The engineering standards shall be consistent with this code and adopted city policies;

C. Administer and enforce this code and all procedures and standards relating to the planning, acquisition, security, design, construction and inspection of new storm and surface water systems and any alterations thereof;

D. Enter into any contract pursuant to Chapter 35.91 RCW, the Municipal Water and Sewer Facilities Act, including contracts which provide for the reimbursement of owners constructing facilities (latecomer agreements) and agreements with private property owners for the extension of the drainage system (utility developer extension agreements);

E. Prepare, adopt, update, administer and enforce as needed maintenance standards to establish requirements for the maintenance of drainage facilities so they function as intended, protect water quality and provide flood control;

F. Develop and implement programs (including the private drainage inspection program) that administer, inspect, and enforce private storm and surface water systems to ensure continued compliance with provisions of this code. This program may include a requirement that property owners obtain third party inspections and certification of private systems and/or facility conditions, required maintenance, and system and/or facility performance;

G. Advise the city council, city manager, other city departments, and commissions on matters relating to the utility;

H. Prepare, revise as needed, recommend and implement a storm and surface water comprehensive plan for adoption by the city council. Prepare other planning studies as appropriate;

I. Coordinate development of a city-wide stormwater management program, as required by state and/or federal agencies, for review and adoption by the city council;

J. Establish and implement programs to protect and maintain water quality and to manage stormwater runoff within the storm and surface water system in order to maintain compliance to the maximum extent practicable with applicable water quality standards established by state and/or federal agencies;

K. Perform or direct the performance of financial review and analysis of the utility’s revenues, expenses, indebtedness, rates and accounting and recommend budgets, rates and financial policy for adoption by the city council;

L. Carry out such other responsibilities as required by this code or other city codes, ordinances or regulations consistent with the city’s comprehensive plan and the storm and surface water comprehensive plan;

M. Conduct public education programs related to protection and enhancement of the storm and surface water system;

N. Develop and implement a program that includes administration, inspection and enforcement of new provisions or modifications to this code relating to the storm and surface water system for activities listed under BCC 24.06.060 and 24.06.065 to ensure continued compliance of storm and surface water systems with the provisions of this code. Repair and/or replacement of private drainage facilities in kind are exempt from this program unless applicable under other portions of the code;

O. Enter into, to the extent allowed by law, an agreement with property owners for said owners to voluntarily contribute funds toward the construction of one or more drainage facilities that mitigate the impacts to the same receiving waters that have been identified as a consequence of the proposed new development or redevelopment;

P. Enforce the applicable provisions of this code should the director determine that a discharge from a site, real property, or storm and surface water system has exceeded, exceeds, or will exceed water quality standards at the point of assessment, or has caused or contributed, is causing or contributing, or will cause or contribute to a prohibited discharge or a known or likely known violation of water quality standards in the receiving water or a known or likely known violation of the city’s municipal stormwater NPDES permit, and cannot be adequately addressed by the required best management practices;

Q. Take enforcement action, to the extent allowed by law pursuant to Chapter 1.18 BCC;

R. Develop and implement an illicit discharge detection and elimination system program (IDDE) for storm and surface water systems;

S. Direct authorized representatives of the utility or enforcement officers to enter private property consistent with the provisions contained in BCC 24.06.130 for inspections, tests, or to carry out other duties imposed by this code;

T. Direct authorized representatives of the utility or enforcement officers to take necessary abatement action during an emergency situation, to conduct inspections, take remedial action, or to carry out other duties imposed or required by this code subject to the provisions of Chapter 1.18 BCC;

U. Develop drainage basin plans pursuant to BCC 24.06.140;

V. Prepare and update an emergency plan as required by state law, as part of the city’s emergency operation plan; and

W. Rely, reference, and condition projects during development review with compliance of other applicable chapters of the Bellevue city code not otherwise contained in this code, including but not limited to BCC Title 20 and Chapters 1.18 and 23.76 BCC. (Ord. 6321 § 18, 2016; Ord. 5905 § 1, 2009.)