[Adopted 1-14-1989 by L.L. No. 8-1989]
This Article shall be known as the "Drainage Quality Control Law of the Village of Head-of-the-Harbor."
Stormwater runoff and combined overflows which drain into Stony Brook Harbor contain pollutants and sediments which significantly affect the quality of the waters of the harbor. Conservation of high water quality and improvement of the quality of the harbor waters where contamination has occurred are major objectives of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program entered into by the Village of Head-of-the-Harbor, jointly with the Village of Nissequogue, under the Coastal Management Program of the State of New York. The purpose of this Article is to establish measures to assist in controlling the entry of water contaminants into Stony Brook Harbor.
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No direct discharge of stormwater runoff to surface waters, marshes or wetlands is permitted.
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Site development plans shall indicate measures to attenuate the outflow of stormwater pollutants, such as holding ponds, sedimentation basins, berming, vegetated buffer areas and other comparable means.
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Any water discharged from control systems shall be of acceptable quality before it is permitted to enter wetlands or surface waters.
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During construction, all disposal of stormwater runoff shall be handled on site.
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Soil erosion on site shall be contained by such measures as baling, mulching, use of fibrous cover materials, temporary vegetation, etc.
All projects, regardless of the area of ground-cover removal and/or grading, shall retain a natural vegetative buffer zone along waterbodies, including wetlands and marshes, which will confine visible siltation to the 25% of the buffer nearest to the activity which disturbs the land.
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Site designs shall minimize impermeable paving.
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Site designs shall incorporate the use of natural land features, such as shallow depressions, whenever possible for the on-site collection of stormwater for recharge. In no circumstances shall such a feature be utilized if subsurface conditions cause a stagnant pool to develop.
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The provisions of this Article shall serve as guidelines for the Planning Board in its evaluation of proposals for the subdivision of land and to the Board of Architectural Review in its examination of site plans and of other proposals which are within its scope of consideration and approval. No approval may be granted by either agency which does not conform to the provisions of this Article.
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Any proposed development or redevelopment of any land must be done, with respect to stormwater runoff and overflows, in a manner which conforms to the rules and regulations relating to drainage adopted by the Planning Board and the Board of Architectural Review.
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The Village Engineer shall examine all drainage plans proposed for the development or redevelopment of land for conformity with the regulations, shall inspect the site during construction activities to ensure adherence to the regulations, the permit issued and the provisions of this Article and shall give final approval to the drainage control measures before a certificate of occupancy may be issued.
Rectification of any condition which produces direct discharge of stormwater runoff to surface waters, marshes or wetlands from any land is required following notice from the Village Engineer to the responsible party of the condition. Rectification must be accomplished within a reasonable period of time, not in any case to exceed eight calendar months from the time of notice. Failure to provide adequate measures for runoff control by the end of the eight-month period may be penalized by the imposition of a fine of $50 per day.