All land development activities shall be subject
to the following performance and design criteria:
A. Technical standards. For the purposes of Articles
I through
V of this chapter, the following documents shall serve as the official guides and specifications for stormwater management. SMPs that are designed and constructed in accordance with those technical documents shall be presumed to meet the standards imposed by Articles
I through
V of this chapter:
(2) The Erosion Control Manual.
B. Equivalence to technical standards. Where SMPs are not in accordance with the technical standards, the applicant or developer must demonstrate equivalence to the technical standards in Subsection
A of this section, and the SWPPP shall be prepared by a licensed/certified professional.
C. Water quality standards. No land development activity
shall cause an increase in turbidity that will result in substantial
visible contrast to natural conditions in surface waters of the state.