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POLICY FOR RESPONSE TO STORM WATER FLOODING Preamble From time to time, certain areas within the City of Ramsey may be subject to flooding due to unusual precipitation or snow melt conditions or inadequacies in the storm drainage system. The purpose of this policy is to identify City and property owner responsibilities and the City's response to various flooding situations. Policy It should be the City's policy to require all new subdivisions to provide for the drainage, from all lots, through installation of storm sewer infrastructure and grading in accordance with an approved grading plan. Drainage easements shall be required over critical areas to maintain the drainage plan. It shall be the responsibility of each property owner to construct each structure at an elevation prescribed in the approved subdivision development plan, or where no such plan exists, at an elevation which shall provide adequate drainage from the lowest grade elevation of the structure to a natural watercourse, wetland, drainage easement, storm sewer or roadside ditch. It shall be the primary purpose of the roadside ditch to provide drainage for the roadway. Drainage of yards and structures to the ditch shall be the responsibility of the property owner. It shall be the responsibility of each property owner to provide a culvert a minimum of 15 inches in size for each driveway which crosses a roadway ditch section. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to maintain the full capacity of the culvert. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to locate septic drain fields in areas which will not be subject to flooding. In areas of the City where no provision has been made for the discharge of storm water which runs off of the City right-of-way, the City shall consider a capital improvement project to alleviate the flooding potential. The cost of such a project may be borne by assessments to the drainage district, the benefitted properties, or a combination of both. If no such project is ordered by the City or, in the interim of the project being constructed, the City shall respond to flooding through emergency pumping by the City's Public Works Department in cases where property damage is eminent. It shall be the responsibility of the property owner to inform the City of eminent flooding. The City shall make its best efforts to respond around the clock and shall employ the use of outside contractors but will not insure the property owner against flooding damage. In the event the property owner has not completed the responsibilities as set forth in this policy, the property owner shall be responsible for arranging and paying for any emergency pumping necessary to prevent property damage.