Prior to and during construction, the required
soil erosion and sediment control measures shall be subject to inspection
and approval by the Building Inspector and/or Engineer, who shall
be notified by the developer at least 24 hours prior to the start
of construction. No underground installation shall be covered until
inspected and approved by the Engineer. When all of the necessary
and appropriate soil erosion and sediment control measures have been
completed, the developer shall notify the Building Inspector, in writing,
by certified or registered mail, of the completion of the aforesaid
soil erosion and sediment control measures. The Engineer shall inspect
all of the aforesaid soil erosion and sediment control measures. The
Engineer shall, thereupon, file a report, in writing, with the Commission
through the Building Inspector. Said report shall be detailed and
shall indicate either approval, partial approval or rejection. If
said soil erosion and sediment control measures or any portion thereof
shall not be approved or shall be rejected by the Engineer, said report
shall contain a statement of reasons for such nonapproval or rejection.
Where said report indicates partial approval of said soil erosion
and sediment control measures, it shall indicate the cost of the soil
erosion and sediment control measures for which approval is rejected
or withheld. Where partial approval is granted, the developer may
be released from all liability pursuant to his performance guarantee
bond, except for that portion adequately sufficient to secure the
soil erosion and sediment control measures not yet approved. No certificate
of occupancy for any building will be granted unless all needed soil
erosion control measures have been completed or substantially provided
for in accordance with this chapter. The developer shall bear the
final responsibility for the installation and construction of all
required soil erosion and sediment control measures according to the
provisions of this chapter.
Maintenance of all drainage facilities and watercourses
within the development is the responsibility of the developer until
the final facilities are accepted by the Township by resolution. It
is the responsibility of the developer doing any act on or across
a communal stream, watercourse or swale or upon the floodplain or
right-of-way thereof to maintain as nearly as possible in its present
state the stream, watercourse, swale, floodplain or right-of-way during
the pendency of the activity and to return it to its original or equal
condition after such activity is completed. Maintenance of drainage
facilities or watercourse, including public drainageways originating
and completely on private property, is the responsibility of the landowner
to their point of open discharge at the property line or at a communal
watercourse within the property.
