The Board of Supervisors of Greene Township
finds that:
A.
Inadequate management of accelerated runoff of stormwater
resulting from development throughout a watershed increases flood
flows and velocities, contributes to erosion and sedimentation, overtaxes
the carrying capacity of 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 Greene Township and all
the people of the commonwealth, their resources and the environment.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare within the Township by minimizing the damages described in § 80-1 of this chapter by provisions designed to:
A.
Manage accelerated runoff and erosion and sedimentation
problems at their source by regulating activities which 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 Greene Township and the commonwealth.
E.
Preserve and restore the flood-carrying capacity of
streams.
F.
Provide for proper maintenance of all permanent stormwater
management facilities which are constructed in Greene Township.
G.
Provide performance standards and design criteria
for Township-wide stormwater management and planning.
Greene Township is empowered to regulate land
use activities by the authority of the Act of October 4, 1978, P.L.
864 (Act 167), the Storm Water Management Act[1] and the Second Class Township Code, the Act of May 1,
1933 (P.L. 103, No. 69), reenacted and amended November 9, 1995 (P.L.
350, No. 60), as amended.[2]
