Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter
or any condition of the permit, the permittee is responsible for the
prevention of damage to other property, or personal injury, which
may be affected by the activity requiring a permit.
No person, firm or corporation shall modify,
fill, excavate or regrade land in any manner so close to a property
line as to endanger or damage any adjoining public street, sidewalk,
alley or any other public or private property without supporting and
protecting such property from settling, cracking, erosion, sediment
or other physical damage or personal injury which might result.
No person, firm or corporation shall deposit
or place any debris or any other material whatsoever, or cause such
to be thrown or placed, in any drainage ditch or drainage structure
in such a manner as to obstruct free flow.
No person, firm or corporation shall fail to
adequately maintain in good operating order any drainage facility
on his premises. All drainage ditches, culverts, drain pipes and drainage
structures shall be kept open and free-flowing at all time.
The owner of any property on which any work
has been made pursuant to a permit granted under the provisions of
this article shall continuously maintain and repair all graded surfaces
and anti-erosion devices, retaining walls, drainage structures or
means and other protective devices, plantings and ground cover installed
or completed.
All plans and specifications accompanying applications
for permits shall include provisions for both interim (temporary)
and ultimate (permanent) erosion and sediment control.
A.
The design, installation and maintenance of erosion
and sediment-control measures shall be accomplished in accordance
with guidelines as may be established, from time to time, by United
States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service.
B.
All graded surfaces shall be seeded, sodded and/or
planted or otherwise protected from erosion as soon as practicable
and shall be watered, tended and maintained until growth is well established
at time of completion and final inspection.
Natural and/or existing slopes exceeding five
horizontal to one vertical shall be benched or continuously stepped
into competent materials prior to placing all classes of fill.
Fills toeing out on natural slopes steeper than
four horizontal to one vertical shall not be made unless approved
by the township after receipt of a report deemed acceptable by the
Township Engineer by a soil engineer certifying that he has investigated
the property, made soil tests and that in his opinion such steeper
slopes will safely support the proposed fill.
All trees in areas of grade change shall be
removed unless protected with suitable tree wells.
The following provisions apply to the carrying
and disposal of stormwater runoff:
A.
All drainage facilities shall be designed, in the
most practicable fashion, to carry surface water in such a manner
as to prevent erosion, overflow or ponding.
B.
The ponding of water shall not be permitted above
cut or fill slopes or on drainage terraces, nor shall water be impounded
on adjacent property. Adequate drainage facilities shall be provided
to prevent such ponding.
C.
The applicant shall make adequate provisions to prevent
any surface waters from damaging the face of any excavation or fill.
All slopes shall be temporarily and permanently protected from surface
water runoff from above by interceptor and diversion berms, swales,
brow or berm ditches, and shall be sodded and planted, unless the
township determines such treatment is unnecessary and specifically
waives this requirement.
D.
All drainage terraces, interceptor and diversion berms,
swales and brow or berm ditches shall be designed and constructed
and, when required by the Township Engineer, shall be piped or paved
or otherwise improved to the satisfaction of the township.
When required, adequate provisions shall be
made for dust-control measures as are deemed acceptable by the township.
When required, the applicant shall agree to
the granting and recording of easements for drainage facilities, including
acceptance of the discharge of water on the property of others, provisions
for maintenance of slopes and swales, and access for the maintenance
of anti-erosion facilities.
