There is a drainage easement in my backyard, and it's overgrown. What can I do?

The City does not perform regular maintenance on most drainage easements within the City. A drainage easement is a document providing the City the right to place public water on private property. Property within a drainage easement belongs to the property owner and not the City.

Further the property owner is responsible for removing trash, keeping vegetation mowed and similar maintenance activities. The City only becomes involved when there is a major blockage or infrastructure failure. The City can also become involved when structures, like fences, are built in a drainage easement or property owners bring infill to the easement.

For more information visit stormwater infrastructure in Engineering.

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1. There is a drainage easement in my backyard, and it's overgrown. What can I do?
2. The street in front of my house is flooding when it rains. What can be done?
3. The creek behind my house looks awful. When will the City come out to clean it?
4. The creek behind my house is overgrown and now I have raccoons and snakes. What can the City do?
5. What should I do if there is a horrible smell coming out of the pipe next to my house?
6. The ditch behind/beside my house has become filled in, and now I'm worried about flooding. What can be done?
7. What can be done about the concrete around a storm drain pipe that is cracking?
8. There was huge storm and my house has flooded. Can the City help?
9. Who should I call to report a drainage problem?