§ 45-63-2. Authorization.
(a) Subject to approval of the Rhode Island department of environmental management, where
required by law or regulation, and where appropriate, to the approval of such other
state and federal agencies having jurisdiction over the subject matter, the town of
Middletown, is authorized and empowered to design, plan, permit, layout and construct,
maintain and operate a stormwater control system facility inclusive, but not limited
to, pipes, connections, catch basins, manholes, retention and/or detention basins,
water quality ponds, swales, channels, pumps, holding tanks and such other facilities
as may be rea
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§ 45-63-2. Authorization.
(a) Subject to approval of the Rhode Island department of environmental management, where
required by law or regulation, and where appropriate, to the approval of such other
state and federal agencies having jurisdiction over the subject matter, the town of
Middletown, is authorized and empowered to design, plan, permit, layout and construct,
maintain and operate a stormwater control system facility inclusive, but not limited
to, pipes, connections, catch basins, manholes, retention and/or detention basins,
water quality ponds, swales, channels, pumps, holding tanks and such other facilities
as may be reasonably necessary for the collection, treatment, storage and disposal
of stormwater and for such purposes to take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire
any lands, rights-of-way, or easements, public or private in said town necessary for
accomplishing the purposes set forth in this chapter.
(b) The design, permit, layout and construction of said stormwater control system shall
be vested in the town council, subject to approval of the Rhode Island department
of environmental management. The members of the town council and their duly authorized
agents may enter upon property within the town to examine, inspect and survey same
whenever necessary for the performance of their duties hereunder.