[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Kings Point 11-27-2007 by L.L. No. 7-2007. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
A.
On any parcel upon which new construction involving
the creation of more than 500 square feet of new impervious surfaces
will be created or, in the determination of the Building Inspector,
significant additional runoff will be generated, the owner of the
parcel shall be required to provide on-site water retention facilities
meeting not less than the following criteria.
(1)
Impervious surfaces. For all new impervious surfaces,
the owner shall provide on-site water retention facilities for the
full volume of 100% of a five-inch rainfall.
(2)
All other surfaces. For all other surfaces, the owner
shall provide on-site water retention facilities for the full volume
of 30% of a five-inch rainfall, as a minimum. Factors to be considered
which may warrant an increase in this percentage may include soil
conditions, the type of surface coverage, groundwater conditions,
and site slope.
B.
In situations of extreme slopes, grade raises, or
other unusual conditions, the Building Inspector and/or the Village
Engineer may require greater on-site water retention facilities in
order to protect adjacent properties, public roads, and/or waterways
and other wetlands.
C.
In any land development application before it, the
Board of Trustees, the Planning Board, the Board of Appeals, the Architectural
and Preliminary Site Review Board, and the Landmarks Preservation
Commission may require greater on-site water retention facilities
in order to protect adjacent properties, public roads, and/or waterways
and other wetlands.
[Amended 11-20-2017 by L.L. No. 6-2017]
A.
All water retention facilities shall be customary
drywells and/or such other facilities as may be approved by the Building
Inspector and/or the Village Engineer, located in good hydraulic contact
with high-rate soils to assure proper leaching.
B.
All water retention facilities shall be located not
less than two feet above the highest reasonably foreseeable potential
groundwater level beneath the facilities.
D.
All water retention facilities shall be subject to
the approval of the Building Department and, in its discretion or
when so directed by a Board or Committee of the Village, the Village
Engineer.
[Amended 11-20-2017 by L.L. No. 6-2017]
In any land development application before it, the Board of Trustees, the Planning Board, the Board of Appeals, the Architectural and Preliminary Site Review Board, and the Landmarks Preservation Commission may waive the provisions of this chapter based upon the topography, landscaping, existing structures, scope of the proposed work, adjacent properties, groundwater level, soil conditions, cost of implementation, and adverse impacts of failing to provide the water retention facilities set forth herein. Any such waiver shall require the written opinion of the Village Engineer that, in such Engineer's professional opinion, such waiver shall not cause any significant adverse impact upon any adjacent properties, public roads, and/or waterways and other wetlands. Such application shall not be subject to a public hearing; however, notice of such application shall be given to the owners of all of the adjacent properties and such other properties as such board, or commission may deem appropriate by certified mail, return receipt requested, not less than 20 days before the application is to be heard. All of the costs and expenses of such application, including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of the Village Engineer, shall be paid by the applicant in accordance with Chapter 68.
