The Board of Supervisors of Concord Township
finds that:
A. Inadequate management of accelerated stormwater runoff
resulting from development throughout a watershed increases flood
flows and velocities, contributes to erosion and sedimentation, overtaxes
the carrying capacity of existing streams and storm sewers, greatly
increases the cost of public facilities to convey and manage stormwater,
undermines floodplain management and flood reduction efforts in upstream
and downstream communities, reduces groundwater recharge, and threatens
public health and safety.
B. A comprehensive program of stormwater management,
including reasonable regulation of development and activities causing
accelerated erosion, is fundamental to the public health, safety,
welfare, and the protection of the people of the Township and all
of the people of the commonwealth, their resources, and the environment.
The purpose of this part is to promote health, safety, and welfare within the Township, implement the requirements of the Chester Creek Stormwater Management Plan, and implement the requirements of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II (NPDES II) by minimizing the damages described in §
148-33A of this part through provisions designed to:
A. Manage accelerated runoff, erosion, and sedimentation
problems at their source by regulating activities that cause these
problems;
B. Utilize and preserve the existing natural drainage
systems;
C. Encourage recharge of groundwater where appropriate
and prevent degradation of groundwater quality;
D. Maintain existing flows and quality of streams and
watercourses in the Township and the commonwealth;
E. Preserve and restore the flood-carrying capacity of
streams;
F. Provide proper maintenance of all permanent stormwater
management facilities that are constructed in the Township; and
G. Provide performance standards and design criteria
for watershed-wide stormwater management and planning.
The Township is empowered to regulate land use
activities that affect runoffs by the authority of the Act of October
4, 1978, P.L. 864 (Act 167), 32 P.S., § 680.1 et seq., as
amended, the Storm Water Management Act, the Pennsylvania Municipalities
Planning Code, Act 247, as amended, and the Code of the Township of Concord, Chapter
148 (SLDO), Part
1, and the regulations of the PA Department of Environmental Protection NPDES Phase II.
Any ordinance or ordinance provision of the
Township inconsistent with any of the provisions of this part is hereby
repealed to the extent of the inconsistency only.
Should any section or provision of this part
be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of any of the remaining provisions of
this part.
Approvals issued pursuant to this part do not
relieve the applicant of the responsibility to comply with or to secure
required permits or approvals for activities regulated by any other
applicable codes, rules, statutes, or ordinances.