A. 
General. The purpose of this section is to establish a uniform set of specific design standards and construction details. The standards shall be applicable to all site plans, subdivisions and other development applications and shall be used in conjunction with the general design and performance standards outlined elsewhere in this chapter. All improvements shall be installed in complete accordance with the standards of this chapter as specified in this section and as set forth in Chapter 211, Zoning, with other particular specifications approved by the Board and Township Engineer and with all other applicable municipal, county and state regulations. Where both residential and commercial development are planned in a mixed-use development, these standards shall apply to the residential part or parts of such development where such residential part or parts are discrete and separate from planned commercial parts as evidenced by, for example, separate building(s), separate parking and separate access features.
[Amended 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
B. 
Standard specifications and construction details. The Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, latest edition, including all addenda, and the Standard Construction Details of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, latest revision, as modified, supplemented, amended or superseded by the requirements of this chapter, by the approval of a final plat, by particular agreement among the Board, Township Council and subdivider or by other applicable municipal, county or state regulations shall govern the completion of the required improvements. Such standard specifications and standard construction details are made a part of this chapter by this reference and will not be repeated herein. It is the responsibility of all the subdividers to familiarize themselves with these standards, copies of which may be examined at the office of the Township Engineer and may be obtained, upon payment of the cost thereof, from the New Jersey Department of Transportation. The requirement of this chapter of an approved final plat or of particular agreements and conditions of approval and of applicable municipal, county or state regulations shall govern and prevail in the case of conflict between them and the standard specifications or standard construction details. Should the Township adopt, subsequent to the effective date of this chapter, particular and specific standard construction details for Stafford Township, they shall govern and prevail over the Standard Construction Details of the New Jersey Department of Transportation.
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-83; 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-95; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; 8-1-1989 by Ord. No. 89-83; 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
A. 
The arrangement of streets shall provide for the extension and realignment, as appropriate, of existing collector and primary streets. The arrangement of streets now shown on the Master Plan or an Official Map shall be such as to provide for and encourage the appropriate extension of existing streets, shall conform to the topography as far as practicable and shall allow for continued logical extension into adjoining undeveloped tracts. Streets shall be designed to promote safety and shall conform to the current requirements and policies of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), except as stated in the minor street design standards.
(1) 
Design of minor streets. Minor streets in residential subdivisions shall be laid out so that there is no possibility of their use by traffic having neither origin nor destination at the lots to which they provide access and shall conform to the standards of this chapter. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1.[1])
(a) 
Culs-de-sac (dead-end streets) may be used where necessary but should not have a center-line length, from the intersecting street center line to the center point of the cul-de-sac, less than 100 feet nor longer than 1,200 feet and should not provide access to more than 25 lots.
(b) 
When their use is possible, short loop streets are preferred to culs-de-sac. Short loop streets should provide access to no more than 45 lots, except that where access is provided by a combination of a short loop street and culs-de-sac, the maximum shall be 60 lots, provided that the length of the loop street alone will not exceed 3,000 feet. Loop streets shall have both of their termini located on the same major street to be so classified.
(c) 
In all residential zones, development bounded by any arterial or collector streets shall control access to the streets by having all driveways intersect minor streets. Where the size, shape, location or some other unique circumstance may dictate no other alternative than to have a driveway enter an arterial or collector street, the lot shall provide on-site turnaround facilities so that it is not necessary to back any vehicle onto an arterial or collector street, and abutting lots shall share a common access drive.
[1]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(2) 
Classification of streets. In any major subdivision, it shall be the duty of the Board to classify proposed streets according to their types. The Board, in making its decisions, shall refer to the Master Plan and shall consider conditions within the subdivision and surrounding area. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1.[2])
[2]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(3) 
Right-of-way and paving widths and street detail. Right-of-way widths, measured from lot line to lot line, graded widths and paving widths and other items shall be not less than the requirements set forth in the following Subsection A(4) unless otherwise indicated on the Master Plan or the Official Map. Where a proposed development will result in the extension of an existing street, the paved width of the extension shall be as set forth in Subsection A(4) hereafter or the paved width of the existing street, whichever is greater.
(4) 
Requirements for street classifications. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 1 and 2.[3])
Type
Minor
Residential
Residential
Subcollector
Primary
Collector
(County
Roads)
Right-of-way (row) width (feet)
60
70
80*
Paving widths, 2-way (feet)
28
36
40*
Curb radii at intersection (feet)
25
30
35
Tangents between reverse curves (minimum) (feet)
100
200
300
Horizontal center-line radius (feet)1
150
500
1,000
Maximum center-line grades
12%
10%
8%
Minimum center-line grades
1/2%
1/2%
1/2%
Maximum grades at intersection, 5% for distance from center-line intersection (feet)
100
150
300
Turnaround at end of cul-de-sac without center island
Radius of right-of-way (feet)
55 to 65
   Radius of pavement (feet)
40 to 50
Turnaround at end of cul-de-sac with center island
Radius of right-of-way (feet)
70
   Radius of pavement (feet)
55
   Maximum radius of center island (feet)
27
Curb face required (inches)
6
6
8
Pavement crown (inches)
6
8
8
Sidewalks
   Width (feet)
4
4
4
   Setback (from front curb face) (feet)
6 1/2
6 1/2
6 1/2
NOTES:
* As designed or indicated on the Master Plan or mandated by the Ocean County Engineer, Township Planning Board or Board Engineer.
[3]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 1 and 2, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(5) 
Vertical geometric requirements.
(a) 
At all points of grade changes, where the algebraic difference in intersecting grades equals one or greater, a vertical parabolic curve shall connect the intersecting grade lines. The vertical curve shall be of a length required to provide a smooth transition avoiding sharp crests or sags, provide proper drainage flow and provide the required horizontal and vertical sight and stopping distances set forth in the current requirements and policies of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO). The vertical curve length shall be in accordance with AASHTO criteria for the design speed of the roadway, prevailing topographic conditions and existing horizontal and vertical sight obstructions. In no case shall the vertical curve lengths be less than the following minimums specified as follows:
[1] 
One hundred feet for algebraic differences in intersection grades of one or greater and less than two.
[2] 
Two hundred feet for algebraic differences in intersecting grades of two or greater and less than 10.
(b) 
Vertical sight distances. Vertical curves shall be a sufficient length to provide the minimum sight distances as required by current AASHTO requirements and in no case shall be less than the following:
[1] 
Minor streets: 200 feet.
[2] 
Collector streets: 300 feet.
(c) 
The location, by station, middle ordinate or K, length and point of vertical intersection (PVI) station must be indicated on the profiles.
(6) 
Where dead-end streets (culs-de-sac) are utilized, they shall conform to the following standards:
(a) 
Dead-end streets of a permanent nature (where provision for the future extension of the street in the boundary of the adjoining property is impractical or impossible) or of a temporary nature (where provision is made for the future extension of the street to the boundary line of adjoining property) shall provide a turnaround at the end with a right-of-way radius of not less than 60 feet and a cartway radius of not less than 50 feet. The center point for the radius shall be on the center line of the associated street or, if offset, to a point where the cartway radius also becomes a tangent to one of the curblines of the associated street. If the cul-de-sac is offset, the tangent shall be on the right side of the street, wherever possible, for approaching vehicles. In the center of the turnaround, a planting island equal in dimension to the cartway radius minus the cartway width of the roadway shall be provided in lieu of excessive pavement. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1.[4])
[4]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(b) 
If a dead-end street is of a temporary nature, provisions shall be made for removal of a turnaround and reversion of the excess right-of-way to the adjoining properties as an off-tract responsibility to the developer creating the street extension when the street is extended. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1.[5])
[5]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 1, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(7) 
No street shall have a name which will duplicate or so nearly duplicate in spelling or phonetic sound the names of existing streets so as to be confusing therewith. The continuation of an existing street shall have the same name. The names of new streets must be approved by the approving authority.
(8) 
All streets shall be curvilinear in horizontal alignment wherever deemed practical and feasible by either the Planning Board or the Planning Board Engineer and shall be designed to discourage speed and monotony. The maximum straight line distance shall not exceed 1,000 feet.
(9) 
Nonresidential streets. The widths of internal streets in business or industrial developments designed as a whole in accordance with a comprehensive site plan shall be determined by the Board in each case in the light of the circumstances of the particular situation and with a view to assuring the maximum safety and convenience of access for traffic and fire-fighting equipment, circulation and parking, including provisions for the loading and unloading of goods, and, in general, shall conform to collector street design standards.
(10) 
Subdivisions on existing streets. Subdivisions that adjoin or include existing streets which do not conform to the widths as shown on the Master Plan, the Official Map or the street width requirements of this chapter shall dedicate the required additional width along either one or both sides of the street as the Board may deem necessary.
(11) 
Street intersections. Street intersections shall be designed according to the following standards:
(a) 
No more than two streets shall cross the same point.
(b) 
Street intersections shall be at right angles wherever possible, and intersections of less than 70º, measured at the center line of streets, shall not be permitted.
(c) 
All intersections of less than 90º shall be discouraged.
(12) 
Approaches to all intersections shall follow a straight line for at least 100 feet, measured from the intersecting street corner line to the beginning of the curve. Streets intersecting another street from opposite sides shall have at least 200 feet between the two street center lines. Any development abutting an existing street which is classified as a collector street shall be permitted not more than one new street every 800 feet on the same side of the street within the boundaries of the tract being subdivided. In the spacing of streets, consideration will be given to the location of existing intersections on both sides of the development.
(13) 
Sight triangles shall be provided as required in this chapter.
(14) 
No development showing reserve strips controlling access to streets or another area, either developed or undeveloped, shall be approved, except where the control and disposal of land comprising such strips has been given to the governing body.
(15) 
Streets shall be constructed in accordance with the following standards (see Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 3[6]) and in accordance with the Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction of the New Jersey Department of Transportation as herein defined.
(a) 
Local and minor streets:
[1] 
Six inches of Class A or B road gravel or an approved equal.
[2] 
Two inches of bituminous stabilized base course.
[3] 
One and one-half inches of FABC-1 surface course or an approved equal.
(b) 
Collector streets:
[1] 
Six inches of Type 2, Class B, road gravel or an approved equal.
[2] 
Four inches of bituminous stabilized base course.
[3] 
Two inches of FABC-1 surface course or an approved equal.
[6]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 3, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(16) 
Street signs shall be enameled metal of the size and color equal and similar to the type now in use by Stafford Township. They shall be erected on galvanized steel posts in a workmanlike manner. At street intersections, one post shall carry two signs at right angles to denote the name of each street. Posts shall be 10 feet overall, with three feet in the ground surrounded with concrete.
(17) 
Street and road excavations shall include the work of clearing and grubbing within the limits of the right-of-way and outside thereof, within slope areas to be graded or as otherwise prescribed. The ground surface shall be cleared of trees, brush, weeds, roots, matted leaves, debris and other unsuitable matter before street and roadway subgrade operations are commenced. Trees which do not interfere with the operations shall not be removed but shall be protected during the progress of the work. Branches of trees overhanging the traveled way shall be cut off to a height of 14 feet above it, and cuts made more than one inch in diameter shall be painted. Tree stumps shall be grubbed out within the areas to be graded where the subgrade will be less than 3 1/2 feet above the ground surface.
B. 
Streetlights.
(1) 
Miscellaneous provisions.
(a) 
When required by the provisions of this chapter or by the approving authority, streetlights shall be installed in accordance with the recommended practice of street and highway lighting of the Illuminating Engineering Society along all streets within and abutting any development.
(b) 
Said streetlights shall be high-pressure sodium and shall meet the standards of Atlantic Electric, which presently are as follows:
Watts
Lumens
50
3,600
70
5,500
100
8,550
150
14,400
250
24,750
400
45,000
(c) 
All streetlighting standards, fixtures or luminaries which may be required shall be installed at the same time in a single process of installation. All wires and other equipment necessary to serve the streetlighting system shall be placed underground, the cost to be paid by the developer, and arrangements shall be made with the appropriate utility for carrying out this provision.
(2) 
In any development consisting of four or more residential units or any other type of nonresidential development, the developer shall be responsible for providing streetlighting so as to provide a minimum lighting level of five-tenths (0.5) horizontal footcandle on all local, local collector, minor arterial and principal arterial streets. The developer shall pay the full cost for the installation of any streetlights. Streetlights shall be of a type approved by the Council and by the electric utility company serving the proposed development. Upon notice from the Township, the developer shall deposit with the Township cash or an equivalent in the amount determined by the electric utility to be the cost of the initial installation of the streetlights. The Township shall utilize said cash deposit to pay for the cost of the initial installation of said streetlights.
(3) 
Streetlighting shall be provided by the developer in any development which has been approved by the Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or the Council. The Planning Board, Board of Adjustment or the Council, in case of appeal, in approving any development shall require the developer to install streetlighting as a condition of its approval of the development. The developer shall submit a plan for the installation of streetlights to the Board Engineer for approval.
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
Streets in all residential developments shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.J.S.A. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-83; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; 9-21-1993 by Ord. No. 93-60; 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
A. 
Concrete curb shall be installed along every street within the development and at intersections with local roads, county roads and state highways, except in the PA, PV and FA Zones, where secondary local streets serving primarily a residential land access function shall be exempt from the curb installation requirement. The standard curb section to be used shall be not more than 10 feet in length and shall be set in accordance with approved lines and grades, and radial curbs shall be formed in an arc segment in a smooth curve. Chord segments are prohibited. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Concrete curbs shall be eight inches by six inches by 18 inches (six inches' exposed face), using Class B concrete having a twenty-eight-day compressive strength of 4,500 pounds per square inch. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4.[2])
[2]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
C. 
Expansion joints conforming to the requirements of the New Jersey Department of Transportation shall be provided at twenty-foot intervals in all curbing, with construction joints being provided at ten-foot intervals. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4.[3])
[3]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D. 
At locations specified by the approving authority and at all intersections, the curbing shall have a barrier-free design to provide a ramp for bicycles and/or wheelchairs, details for which may be obtained from the Engineer. In certain instances it may be necessary or desirable to construct alternate curb types. For example, these may be required by the Planning Board on the perimeter of channelizing islands or in areas of unusually heavy gutter drainage flow or may be desired by the subdivider for decorative purposes or to preserve vegetation (e.g., granite block curb, rolled concrete curb, etc.). If alternate curb types are to be permitted, an appropriate construction detail shall be submitted for approval with the preliminary and final plat. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4.[4])
[4]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 4, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
E. 
All curbs and driveway aprons shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications of the Code of the Township of Stafford as contained herein and § 187-13. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 4, 14 and 15).
[Amended 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101]
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
Curbs, curbs and gutters and shoulders in all residential developments shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.J.A.C 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
[Amended 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-95]
Monuments shall be the size and shape required by N.J.S.A. 46:23-9.11 of the Map Filing Law, as amended, and shall be placed in accordance with the statute and indicated on the final map.
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76; 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-95; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10]
The following shade trees or trees of equal or better quality and suitability shall be planted in the following locations. (Only nursery grown, healthy, cultivated varieties of the following species shall be utilized. All plantings must be approved by the board of jurisdiction or the Township Landscape Architect):
A. 
Plantings along streets or areas to be dedicated to Stafford Township adjacent to brackish waters, rivers, bay or lagoons:
(1) 
Platanus acerfolia, London plane-tree.
(2) 
Pyrus calleryana, callery pear.
(3) 
Sophora japonica, scholartree.
B. 
Plantings along streets or areas to be dedicated to Stafford Township (uplands):
(1) 
Acer saccharum, sugar maple.
(2) 
Acer platanoides, Norway maple.
(3) 
Fraxinus americana, white ash.
(4) 
Pyrus calleryana, callery pear.
(5) 
Quercus borealis, red oak.
(6) 
Quercus phellos, willow oak.
(7) 
Sophora japonica, scholartree.
(8) 
Tilia cordata, littleleaf linden.
(9) 
Zelkova serrata, Zelkova.
C. 
Plantings along streets or areas to be dedicated to Stafford Township (adjacent to fresh water):
(1) 
Acer rubrum, red maple.
(2) 
Fraxinus lanceolata, green ash.
(3) 
Gleditsia triancanthos, honeylocust.
(4) 
Liquidambar styraciflua, sweetgum.
(5) 
Platanus acerfolia, London plane-tree.
(6) 
Quercus phellos, willow oak.
D. 
Site plantings (adjacent to fresh or brackish waters) other than areas to be dedicated to Stafford Township:
(1) 
Any tree permitted under Subsection A or D of this section.
(2) 
Betula populifolia, birch.
(3) 
Prunus serrulata, Japanese cherry.
(4) 
Crategus oxycantha, hawthorn.
(5) 
Quercus palustris, pin oak.
(6) 
Salix babylonica, willow.
E. 
Site plantings on uplands other than areas to be dedicated to Stafford Township:
(1) 
Any tree permitted under Subsection B of this section.
(2) 
Cornus florida, dogwood.
(3) 
Malus species, crab apple.
(4) 
Quercus alba, white oak.
(5) 
Pinus strobus, white pine.
(6) 
Pinus thunbergi, black pine.
(7) 
Ilex americana, holly.
F. 
All plantings shall be planted in accordance with the details provided herewith, and all landscape plans shall include planting details which conform to the details provided herewith and additional requirements as appropriate to assure the proper installation, survival and growth of all plantings. (See Detail Nos. 1 through 4.[1])
[Amended 2-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-15]
[1]
Editor's Note: Details Nos. 1 through 4 are included as attachments to this chapter.
G. 
All plantings shall conform to the standards of the American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., as set in the most recent addition of the American Standard for Nursery Stock (ANSI Z60.1). Trees which are diseased, damaged, exhibit irregular or undesirable branching, habit or form and trees with a cut or dead leader shall not be utilized.
[Added 11-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-66]
[Amended 10-8-1988 by Ord. No. 88-83; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
A. 
Nonresidential development. Sidewalks shall be required, except in the PA, PV and FA Zones. Sidewalks shall be at least four inches thick of Class B concrete having a twenty-eight-day compressive strength of 4,500 pounds per square inch. Expansion joints shall be provided at twenty-foot intervals in sidewalks, with construction joints at four-foot intervals. Expansion joints shall also be provided at all points where sidewalks intersect or abut concrete drive aprons and at all points where concrete drive aprons abut curbing. Concrete drive aprons shall have a thickness of at least six inches and shall be of Class B concrete having a twenty-eight-day compressive strength of 4,500 pounds per square inch and shall be air-entrained. Such driveway aprons shall be reinforced with six inches by six inches of 10/10 welded steel wire mesh. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 5.[1])
[1]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 5, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Residential Development.
(1) 
Sidewalks and graded areas shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
(2) 
Driveway aprons are required in residential developments and shall be constructed in accordance with the specifications of this chapter.
[Amended 9-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-74; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; 1-17-1994 by Ord. No. 94-15; 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51; 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99; 5-4-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-16]
A. 
Sight triangles shall be required at each quadrant of an intersection of streets and streets and driveways. The area within the sight triangles shall be maintained as part of the lot adjoining the street and set aside on any subdivision or site plan as a sight triangle easement. Within a sight triangle, no grading, planting or structure shall be erected or maintained between 30 inches and 84 inches above the center-line grade of each street or driveway intersection, excluding utility poles, street name signs and official traffic regulation signs. Where any street or driveway intersection involves earth banks or vegetation, including trees, the developer shall trim such vegetation and trees, as well as establish proper excavation and grading, to provide the sight triangle. Trees within a sight triangle or distance area shall be of sufficient size to be pruned to a seven-foot branching height upon planting. Planting within a sight triangle or distance area must be approved by the Township Engineer.
B. 
The sight point along the minor roadway shall be located 15 feet behind the extended edge of pavement of the major road in the center of the approaching travel lane. The sight point along a driveway shall be located 10 feet behind the extended edge of pavement of the intersecting road in the center of the approaching travel lane.
C. 
The "sight triangle" is that area inside the straight line connecting the sight point on the minor road with the center of the approaching travel lane along the major roadway. The length of the straight line between shall be dependent on the speed limit of the intersecting roadway and shall be as detailed in Figure 6.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Figure 6, Sight Triangles, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
D. 
A sight triangle easement dedication shall be expressed on the plat as follows: "Sight triangle easement subject to grading, planting and construction restrictions as provided for in the Township Land Development Ordinance." Portions of the lot set aside for the sight triangle may be calculated in determining the lot area and may be included in establishing the minimum setbacks required by the zoning provisions.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 211, Zoning.
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
Sight triangle easements shall be provided in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
[Amended 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 4-18-1989 by Ord. No. 89-31; 8-1-1989 by Ord. No. 89-53; 9-3-1996 by Ord. No. 96-62; 3-2-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-22]
All lots, open spaces and planting areas shall be graded to secure proper drainage, to prevent the collection of stormwater and to prevent an adverse impact on adjacent properties. The grading shall be performed in a manner which will minimize the damage to or destruction of trees growing on the land. This shall include the installation of protective barriers, such as four-foot-high snow fence or silt fence along the drip line of the tree or at a distance of not less than four feet from shrubs and not less than 10 feet from trees. These barriers shall not be supported by the plants they are protecting, but shall be self-supporting. Topsoil shall be provided and/or redistributed on the surface as cover and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting. Gradings shall be designed to prevent or minimize drainage to structures or improvements when major storms, exceeding the design basis of the storm drainage system, occur. Grading plans shall have been submitted with the preliminary and final plats, and any departure from these plans must be approved in accordance with the requirements of this section for the modification of improvements.
A. 
Wherever possible, the land shall be graded so that the stormwater and surface drainage from each lot shall drain directly to the street and be diverted to a storm sewer conveyance or other approved point of collection so as to not create a hazard. If impossible to drain directly to the street, it shall be directed to a system of interior yard drainage designed in accordance with this chapter.
[Amended 1-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-10]
B. 
Unless otherwise required by this chapter, all tree stumps, masonry and other obstructions shall be removed to a depth of two feet below existing or finished grade, whichever is lower.
C. 
The minimum slope for lawns and disturbed areas shall be 1 1/2% and, for smooth, hard-finished surfaces other than roadways, 4/10 of 1 1/2%.
D. 
Lots shall be graded so as to drain surface water away from foundation walls. The grade away from foundation walls shall fall a minimum of six inches within the first 10 feet. Where lot lines, walls, slopes or other physical barriers prohibit six inches of fall within 10 feet, drains or swales shall be provided to ensure drainage away from the structure. The maximum grade for lawn and disturbed areas more than 10 feet from a building shall be 25%, except that for driveways, the maximum grade shall be 15%.
[Amended 12-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-85; 1-20-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-10]
E. 
All roof leaders shall connect into a subsurface infiltration system in accordance with a detail entitled "Detail Residential Recharge Trench" on file with the Community Development office of the Township of Stafford. The builder shall have the option of submitting an alternate design for an infiltration system to the Township Engineer for review. The alternate design of a subsurface infiltration system shall be designed to retain the total runoff volume generated from any net increase in impervious surface created solely by the roof area of the building for the ten-year storm of twenty-four-hour duration, including credit for percolation. The side area of the subsurface infiltration system shall be the only area utilized in the percolation credit calculation. The rate of percolation shall be developed utilizing information contained in the Soil Survey of Ocean County New Jersey as prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. Storm water runoff volume calculations shall be developed using an acceptable method of determining discharge, as defined in United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds, Technical Release No. 55, latest edition, for Type III storms. Curve numbers shall be computed weighted averages for proposed conditions and not typical residential values as published in Technical Release No. 55. Predevelopment curve numbers shall be computed for the tract prior to any development and shall be representative of good-condition pasture land or woodlands. Calculations shall be submitted on a form acceptable to the Township Engineer.
[Amended 12-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-85]
F. 
Site grading and filling, if necessary, shall be performed such that the outside finished grade shall be above the crown of the roadway directly in front of the structure in accordance with the standards set forth in this section. All lots being filled shall be filled so as to allow complete surface draining of the lot to the street or natural drainage rights-of-way. No construction or regrading shall be permitted which creates or aggravates water stagnation, siltation or drainage problems on adjacent properties. Any topsoil disturbed during approved operations shall be redistributed throughout the site.
G. 
Sites requiring cuts or fills shall be designed with retaining walls and protective tile or masonry rings such that a minimum amount of trees will have to be removed in order to meet existing grades.
H. 
Retaining walls installed in slope-control areas shall be constructed of treated timber or logs, reinforced concrete, other reinforced masonry or of other construction acceptable to the Engineer and shall be adequately designed and detailed on the final plat to carry all earth pressures, including any surcharges. All retaining walls shall be constructed in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendation.
I. 
The subdivider shall take all necessary precautions to prevent any siltation of streams during the construction of the subdivision. The subdivider shall provide adequate provisions to prevent all deposition of silt or other eroded material in any stream or watercourse. Such provisions may include but are not limited to construction and maintenance of siltation basins or holding ponds and diversion berms throughout the course of construction and planting areas.
J. 
All lots, open space and planting areas shall be seeded with a suitable stabilizing ground cover approved by the Township Engineer. On any waterfront lots or open spaces, the Board may allow a suitable stabilizing ground cover other than seeding if approved by the Township Engineer.
K. 
No topsoil shall be removed from the site or used as soil. Topsoil moved during the course of construction shall be redistributed so as to provide at least four inches of spread cover to all seeding and planting areas of the site and shall be stabilized by seeding or planting. In the event that the quantity of topsoil at the site is insufficient to provide four inches of cover for all seeding and planting areas, the developer shall provide and distribute a sufficient quantity of topsoil to provide such a cover. Topsoil shall be approved by the Township Engineer.
L. 
This section shall be applicable to all subdivisions, site plans and all individual dwelling unit(s) site disturbances.
M. 
If, in the opinion of the Township Engineer, the requirements of this section cannot be met, a certification from a licensed engineer setting forth an acceptable drainage and grading plan shall be necessary prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy.
N. 
The subsurface infiltration system shall be installed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:10-12.13, entitled "Distances."
[Added 12-17-1996 by Ord. No. 96-85]
A. 
Flooding in the Township of Stafford occurs infrequently because of the low-runoff-generating character of the soil and the extensive areas of wetlands which absorb the impact of runoff. However, as land is developed, the permeable soils are replaced by impermeable surfaces which increase runoff volumes. All future development in Stafford Township shall utilize the best available technology to minimize off-site stormwater runoff, increase on-site infiltration, simulate natural drainage systems and minimize off-site discharge of pollutants to ground- or surface water and encourage natural filtration functions.
B. 
The runoff-control methods shall be to prevent the rate of off-site stormwater runoff during the construction and operation of a development under any storm conditions from exceeding the rate of runoff that would occur under the existing predeveloped conditions.
[Amended 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101]
C. 
General. All streets shall be provided with stormwater inlets and pipes where the same may be necessary for proper surface drainage. The system shall be adequate to carry off and/or store the stormwater and natural drainage water which originates beyond the development boundaries and passes through the development, calculated on the basis of maximum potential development permitted. No stormwater runoff or natural drainage water shall be so diverted as to overload existing drainage systems or to create flooding or the need for additional drainage structures on other lands without proper and approved provisions being made for taking care of these conditions, including off-tract improvements.
D. 
The Township recognizes the adverse effect improperly managed stormwater can have on the environment and as such will treat a nonresidential development site as a closed system within which drainage systems must be designed using the best available technology to contain runoff and ground- and surface water pollution increases within the site in order to minimize off-site impacts.
[Added 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44]
[Amended 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44]
A. 
Residential.
(1) 
All stormwater management for residential development west of the Garden State Parkway must comply with the RSIS as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:21-7 et seq. and the Pinelands Area development requirements.
[Amended 12-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-105; 12-4-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-113]
(2) 
All stormwater management for residential development east of the Garden State Parkway must comply with the special area standards as set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:21-7 et seq.
B. 
Nonresidential.
(1) 
All stormwater management for nonresidential development west of the Garden State Parkway must comply with the requirements as set forth in § 130-74A(1) and the remainder of the stormwater management sections of this chapter except § 130-76.
[Amended 12-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-105]
(2) 
All stormwater management for nonresidential development east of the Garden State Parkway must comply with the requirements as set forth in § 130-74A(2) and the remainder of the stormwater management sections of this chapter except § 130-76.1.
[Amended 12-4-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-113]
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Appendix A of this chapter, Special Area Standards for Stormwater Management, which is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Amended 1-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76; 11-21-1989 by 89-66; 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101; 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44]
No drainage pipe or easement shall be permitted within 25 feet of any existing or proposed individual sewage disposal system. At least two fee zero inches of minimum cover over the top of the pipe at all times, including during construction, must be provided.
[Added 12-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-105[1]; amended 12-15-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-41]
A. 
Scope and purpose.
(1) 
Policy statement. Flood control, groundwater recharge, and pollutant reduction shall be achieved through the use of stormwater management measures, including green infrastructure best management practices (GI BMPs) and nonstructural stormwater management strategies. GI BMPs and low-impact development (LID) should be utilized to meet the goal of maintaining natural hydrology to reduce stormwater runoff volume, reduce erosion, encourage infiltration and groundwater recharge, and reduce pollution. GI BMPs and LID should be developed based upon physical site conditions and the origin, nature and the anticipated quantity, or amount, of potential pollutants. To minimize the impact of development on the quality of the Township's groundwater resources and to limit the risk of contamination of the public water supply, nonstructural strategies must comply with the requirements set forth in § 130-83. Development located in the WPO (Wellhead Protection Overlay) zone must comply with the requirements set forth in § 211-25.1. Multiple stormwater management BMPs may be necessary to achieve the established performance standards for water quality, quantity, and groundwater recharge.
(2) 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls for "major development," as defined below in § 130-76B.
(3) 
Applicability.
(a) 
This section shall be applicable to the following major developments:
[1] 
Nonresidential major developments; and
[2] 
Aspects of residential major developments that are not preempted by the Residential Site Improvement Standards at N.J.A.C. 5:21.
(b) 
This section shall also be applicable to all major developments undertaken by Stafford Township east of the Garden State Parkway.
(4) 
Compatibility with other permit and ordinance requirements.
(a) 
Development approvals issued pursuant to this section are to be considered an integral part of development approvals and do not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to secure required permits or approvals for activities regulated by any other applicable code, rule, act, or ordinance. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this section shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare.
(b) 
This section is not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinances, rule or regulation, statute, or other provision of law except that, where any provision of this section imposes restrictions different from those imposed by any other ordinance, rule or regulation, or other provision of law, the more restrictive provisions or higher standards shall control.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or based on the corresponding definitions in the Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2.
CAFRA CENTERS, CORES OR NODES
Those areas with boundaries incorporated by reference or revised by the Department in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7-13.16.
CAFRA PLANNING MAP
The map used by the Department to identify the location of Coastal Planning Areas, CAFRA centers, CAFRA cores, and CAFRA nodes. The CAFRA Planning Map is available on the Department's Geographic Information System (GIS).
COMMUNITY BASIN
An infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate, standard constructed wetland, or wet pond, established in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.2(c)14, that is designed and constructed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, or an alternate design, approved in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), for an infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate, standard constructed wetland, or wet pond and that complies with the requirements of this chapter.
COMPACTION
An increase in soil bulk density.
CONTRIBUTORY DRAINAGE AREA
The area from which stormwater runoff drains to a stormwater management measure, not including the area of the stormwater management measure itself.
CORE
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving the surrounding municipality, generally including housing and access to public transportation.
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
An agency designated by the County Board of Chosen Freeholders to review municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinance(s). The county review agency may either be:
(1) 
A county planning agency; or
(2) 
A county water resource association created under N.J.S.A. 58:16A-55.5, if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinances.
DEPARTMENT
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DESIGNATED CENTER
A State Development and Redevelopment Plan Center as designated by the State Planning Commission such as urban, regional, town, village, or hamlet.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or structure, any mining excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land, for which permission is required under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
(1) 
In the case of development of agricultural land, development means: any activity that requires a state permit, any activity reviewed by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
DISTURBANCE
The placement or reconstruction of impervious surface or motor vehicle surface, or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Milling and repaving is not considered disturbance for the purposes of this definition.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
EMPOWERMENT NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhoods designated by the Urban Coordinating Council "in consultation and conjunction with" the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 55:19-69.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED AREA
The following areas where the physical alteration of the land is in some way restricted, either through regulation, easement, deed restriction or ownership such as: wetlands, floodplains, threatened and endangered species sites or designated habitats, and parks and preserves. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
An area or feature which is of significant environmental value, including but not limited to: stream corridors, natural heritage priority sites, habitats of endangered or threatened species, large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest, steep slopes, and well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
FILTER MATERIAL
Washed gravel, crushed stone, slag or clean bank run gravel ranging in size from 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches free of dust, ashes or clay.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
A stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by:
(1) 
Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil;
(2) 
Treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil; or
(3) 
Storing stormwater runoff for reuse.
HUC 14 or HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 14
An area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified by a fourteen-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
LEAD PLANNING AGENCY
One or more public entities having stormwater management planning authority designated by the regional stormwater management planning committee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:8-3.2, that serves as the primary representative of the committee.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
(1) 
An individual development, as well as multiple developments that individually or collectively result in:
(a) 
The disturbance of one or more acres of land since February 2, 2004;
(b) 
The creation of one-quarter acre or more of regulated impervious surface since February 2, 2004;
(c) 
The creation of one-quarter acre or more of regulated motor vehicle surface since March 2, 2021; or
(d) 
A combination of the conditions in (1)(b) and (c) above that totals an area of one-quarter acre or more. The same surface shall not be counted twice when determining if the combination area equals one-quarter acre or more.
(2) 
Major development includes all developments that are part of a common plan of development or sale (for example, phased residential development) that collectively or individually meet any one or more of Subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d) above. Projects undertaken by any government agency that otherwise meet the definition of "major development" but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., are also considered major development.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Land vehicles propelled other than by muscular power, such as automobiles, motorcycles, autocycles, and low-speed vehicles. For the purposes of this definition, motor vehicle does not include farm equipment, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, motorized wheelchairs, go-carts, gas buggies, golf carts, ski-slope grooming machines, or vehicles that run only on rails or tracks.
MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any pervious or impervious surface that is intended to be used by motor vehicles and/or aircraft, and is directly exposed to precipitation including, but not limited to, driveways, parking areas, parking garages, roads, racetracks, and runways.
MUNICIPALITY
Any city, borough, town, township, or village.
NEW JERSEY STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) MANUAL or BMP MANUAL
The manual maintained by the Department providing, in part, design specifications, removal rates, calculation methods, and soil testing procedures approved by the Department as being capable of contributing to the achievement of the stormwater management standards specified in this chapter. The BMP Manual is periodically amended by the Department as necessary to provide design specifications on additional best management practices and new information on already included practices reflecting the best available current information regarding the particular practice and the Department's determination as to the ability of that best management practice to contribute to compliance with the standards contained in this chapter. Alternative stormwater management measures, removal rates, or calculation methods may be utilized, subject to any limitations specified in this chapter, provided the design engineer demonstrates to the municipality, in accordance with § 130-76D(6) of this section and N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), that the proposed measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design and performance standards established by this chapter.
NODE
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, political subdivision of this state and any state, interstate or federal agency.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. § 2011 et seq.), thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
REGULATED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
(1) 
A net increase of impervious surface;
(2) 
The total area of impervious surface collected by a new stormwater conveyance system (for the purpose of this definition, a "new stormwater conveyance system" is a stormwater conveyance system that is constructed where one did not exist immediately prior to its construction or an existing system for which a new discharge location is created);
(3) 
The total area of impervious surface proposed to be newly collected by an existing stormwater conveyance system; and/or
(4) 
The total area of impervious surface collected by an existing stormwater conveyance system where the capacity of that conveyance system is increased.
REGULATED MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
(1) 
The total area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving water;
(2) 
A net increase in motor vehicle surface; and/or quality treatment either by vegetation or soil, by an existing stormwater management measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment plant, where the water quality treatment will be modified or removed.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which a major development is to occur or has occurred.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STATE DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT PLAN METROPOLITAN PLANNING AREA (PA1)
An area delineated on the State Plan Policy Map and adopted by the State Planning Commission that is intended to be the focus for much of the state's future redevelopment and revitalization efforts.
STATE PLAN POLICY MAP
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan's goals and statewide policies, and the official map of these goals and policies.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BMP
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management BMP may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration system), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
Any practice, technology, process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AGENCY
A public body authorized by legislation to prepare stormwater management plans.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AREA
The geographic area for which a stormwater management planning agency is authorized to prepare stormwater management plans, or a specific portion of that area identified in a stormwater management plan prepared by that agency.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
SUBSURFACE INFILTRATION SYSTEMS
A subsurface storage facility consisting of 360° perforated pipe enclosed in an envelope of filter material wrapped on top and sides with filter fabric that receives and temporarily stores stormwater runoff.
TIDAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA
A flood hazard area in which the flood elevation resulting from the two-, ten-, or 100-year storm, as applicable, is governed by tidal flooding from the Atlantic Ocean. Flooding in a tidal flood hazard area may be contributed to, or influenced by, stormwater runoff from inland areas, but the depth of flooding generated by the tidal rise and fall of the Atlantic Ocean is greater than flooding from any fluvial sources. In some situations, depending upon the extent of the storm surge from a particular storm event, a flood hazard area may be tidal in the 100-year storm, but fluvial in more frequent storm events.
URBAN COORDINATING COUNCIL EMPOWERMENT NEIGHBORHOOD
A neighborhood given priority access to state resources through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority.
URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONES
A zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60 et seq.
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA
Previously developed portions of areas:
(1) 
Delineated on the State Plan Policy Map (SPPM) as the Metropolitan Planning Area (PA1), Designated Centers, Cores or Nodes;
(2) 
Designated as CAFRA Centers, Cores or Nodes;
(3) 
Designated as Urban Enterprise Zones; and
(4) 
Designated as Urban Coordinating Council Empowerment Neighborhoods.
WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE
A structure within, or adjacent to, a water, which intentionally or coincidentally alters the hydraulic capacity, the flood elevation resulting from the two-, ten-, or 100-year storm, flood hazard area limit, and/or floodway limit of the water. Examples of a water control structure may include a bridge, culvert, dam, embankment, ford (if above grade), retaining wall, and weir.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands, and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
WETLANDS or WETLAND
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.
C. 
Design and performance standards for stormwater management measures.
(1) 
Stormwater management measures for major development shall be designed to provide erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity control, and stormwater runoff quality treatment as follows:
(a) 
The minimum standards for erosion control are those established under the Soil and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq., and implementing rules at N.J.A.C. 2:90.
(b) 
The minimum standards for groundwater recharge, stormwater quality, and stormwater runoff quantity shall be met by incorporating green infrastructure.
(2) 
The standards in this section apply only to new major development and are intended to minimize the impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and water quantity in receiving water bodies and maintain groundwater recharge. The standards do not apply to new major development to the extent that alternative design and performance standards are applicable under a regional stormwater management plan or water quality management plan adopted in accordance with Department rules.
D. 
Stormwater management requirements for major development.
(1) 
The development shall incorporate a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incoroorated into the design of a major development in accordance with § 130-76J.
(2) 
Stormwater management measures shall avoid adverse impacts of concentrated flow on habitat for threatened and endangered species as documented in the Department's Landscape Project or Natural Heritage Database established under N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.147 through 15.150, particularly Helonias bullata (swamp pink) and/or Clemmys muhlnebergi (bog turtle).
(3) 
The following linear development projects are exempt from the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity requirements of § 130-76D(16) through (18):
(a) 
The construction of an underground utility line provided that the disturbed areas are revegetated upon completion;
(b) 
The construction of an aboveground utility line provided that the existing conditions are maintained to the maximum extent practicable; and
(c) 
The construction of a public pedestrian access, such as a sidewalk or trail with a maximum width of 14 feet, provided that the access is made of permeable material.
(4) 
A waiver from strict compliance from the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity requirements of § 130-76D(16) through (18) may be obtained for the enlargement of an existing public roadway or railroad; or the construction or enlargement of a public pedestrian access, provided that the following conditions are met:
(a) 
The applicant demonstrates that there is a public need for the project that cannot be accomplished by any other means;
(b) 
The applicant demonstrates through an alternatives analysis, that through the use of stormwater management measures, the option selected complies with the requirements of § 130-76D(16) through (18) to the maximum extent practicable;
(c) 
The applicant demonstrates that, in order to meet the requirements of § 130-76D(16) through (18), existing structures currently in use, such as homes and buildings, would need to be condemned; and
(d) 
The applicant demonstrates that it does not own or have other rights to areas, including the potential to obtain through condemnation lands not falling in § 130-76D(3) above within the upstream drainage area of the receiving stream, that would provide additional opportunities to mitigate the requirements of § 130-76D(16) through (18) that were not achievable onsite.
(5) 
Tables 1 through 3 below summarize the ability of stormwater best management practices identified and described in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual to satisfy the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality and stormwater runoff quantity standards specified in § 130-76D(16) through (18). When designed in accordance with the most current version of the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, the stormwater management measures found at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2 (f) Tables 5-1, 5-2 and 5-3 and listed below in Tables 1,2 and 3 are presumed to be capable of providing stormwater controls for the design and performance standards as outlined in the tables below. Upon amendments of the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices to reflect additions or deletions of BMPs meeting these standards, or changes in the presumed performance of BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual, the Department shall publish in the New Jersey Registers a notice of administrative change revising the applicable table. The most current version of the BMP Manual can be found on the Department's website at: https://njstormwater.org/bmp_manual2.htm.
(6) 
Where the BMP tables in the NJ Stormwater Management Rule are different due to updates or amendments with the tables in this section, the BMP Tables in the Stormwater Management Rule at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(f) shall take precedence.
Table 1
Green Infrastructure BMPs for Groundwater Recharge, Stormwater Runoff Quality, and/or Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(feet)
Cistern
0%
Yes
No
—
Dry well(a)
0%
No
Yes
2
Grass swale
50% or
No
No
2(e)
Green roof
0%
Yes
No
—
Manufactured treatment
50% or
No
No
Dependent upon the
Pervious
Yes(b)
2(b)
Small-scale bioretention
80% or
Yes
Yes(b)
No(c)
2(b)
1(c)
Small-scale infiltration basin(a)
80%
Yes
Yes
2
Small-scale sand filter
80%
Yes
Yes
2
Vegetative filter strip
60% to 80%
No
No
—
Table 2
Green Infrastructure BMPs for Stormwater Runoff Quantity (or for Groundwater Recharge and/or Stormwater Runoff Quality with a Waiver or Variance from N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.3)
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(feet)
Bioretention
80 or 90
Yes
Yes(b)
2(b)
Infiltration
80
Yes
Yes
2
Standard constructed
90
Yes
No
N/A
Table 3
BMPs for Groundwater Recharge, Stormwater Runoff Quality, and/or Stormwater Runoff Quantity only with a Waiver or Variance from N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.3
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(feet)
Blue roof
0
Yes
No
N/A
Extended detention
40-60
Yes
No
1
Manufactured treatment device(h)
50 or 80
No
No
Dependent upon the device
Sand filter(c)
80
Yes
No
1
Subsurface gravel wetland
90
No
No
1
Wet pond
50-90
Yes
No
N/A
NOTES to Tables 1, 2, and 3:
(a)
Subject to the applicable contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 130-76D(15)(b);
(b)
Designed to infiltrate into the subsoil;
(c)
Designed with underdrains;
(d)
Designed to maintain at least a ten-foot wide area of native vegetation along at least 50% of the shoreline and to include a stormwater runoff retention component designed to capture stormwater runoff for beneficial reuse, such as irrigation;
(e)
Designed with a slope of less than 2%;
(f)
Designed with a slope of equal to or greater than 2%;
(g)
Manufactured treatment devices that meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 130-76B;
(h)
Manufactured treatment devices that do not meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 130-76D.
(7) 
An alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate may be used if the design engineer demonstrates the capability of the proposed alternative stormwater management measure and/or the validity of the alternative rate or method to the municipality. A copy of any approved alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate shall be provided to the Department in accordance with § 130-76F. Alternative stormwater management measures may be used to satisfy the requirements at § 130-76D(15) only if the measures meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 130-76B. Alternative stormwater management measures that function in a similar manner to a BMP listed at § 130-76D(15)(b) are subject to the contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 130-76D(15)(b) for that similarly functioning BMP. Alternative stormwater management measures approved in accordance with this subsection that do not function in a similar manner to any BMP listed at § 130-76D(15)(b) shall have a contributory drainage area less than or equal to 2.5 acres, except for alternative stormwater management measures that function similarly to cisterns, grass swales, green roofs, standard constructed wetlands, vegetative filter strips, and wet ponds, which are not subject to a contributory drainage area limitation. Alternative measures that function similarly to standard constructed wetlands or wet ponds shall not be used for compliance with the stormwater runoff quality standard unless a variance in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.6 or a waiver from strict compliance in accordance with § 130-76D(4) is granted from § 130-76D(15).
(8) 
Whenever the stormwater management design includes one or more BMPs that will infiltrate stormwater into subsoil, the design engineer shall assess the hydraulic impact on the groundwater table and design the site, so as to avoid adverse hydraulic impacts. Potential adverse hydraulic impacts include, but are not limited to, exacerbating a naturally or seasonally high water table, so as to cause surficial ponding, flooding of basements, or interference with the proper operation of subsurface sewage disposal systems or other subsurface structures within the zone of influence of the groundwater mound, or interference with the proper functioning of the stormwater management measure itself.
(9) 
Design standards for stormwater management measures are as follows:
(a) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to take into account the existing site conditions, including, but not limited to, environmentally critical areas; wetlands; flood-prone areas; slopes; depth to seasonal high water table; soil type, permeability, and texture; drainage area and drainage patterns; and the presence of solution-prone carbonate rocks (limestone);
(b) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to minimize maintenance, facilitate maintenance and repairs, and ensure proper functioning. Trash racks shall be installed at the intake to the outlet structure, as appropriate, and shall have parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars to the elevation of the water quality design storm. For elevations higher than the water quality design storm, the parallel bars at the outlet structure shall be spaced no greater than one-third the width of the diameter of the orifice or one-third the width of the weir, with a minimum spacing between bars of one inch and a maximum spacing between bars of six inches. In addition, the design of trash racks must comply with the requirements of § 130-76H(3);
(c) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed, constructed, and installed to be strong, durable, and corrosion resistant. Measures that are consistent with the relevant portions of the Residential Site Improvement Standards at N.J.A.C. 5:21-7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 shall be deemed to meet this requirement;
(d) 
Stormwater management BMPs shall be designed to meet the minimum safety standards for stormwater management BMPs at § 130-76H; and
(e) 
The size of the orifice at the intake to the outlet from the stormwater management BMP shall be a minimum of 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
(10) 
Manufactured treatment devices may be used to meet the requirements of this subchapter, provided the pollutant removal rates are verified by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology and certified by the Department. Manufactured treatment devices that do not meet the definition of "green infrastructure" at § 130-76B may be used only under the circumstances described at § 130-76D(15)(b).
(11) 
Any application for a new agricultural development that meets the definition of major development at § 130-76B shall be submitted to the Soil Conservation District for review and approval in accordance with the requirements at § 130-76D(15) through (18) and any applicable Soil Conservation District guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For purposes of this subsection, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber, and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacture of agriculturally related products.
(12) 
If there is more than one drainage area, the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76D(16) through (18) shall be met in each drainage area, unless the runoff from the drainage areas converge onsite and no adverse environmental impact would occur as a result of compliance with any one or more of the individual standards being determined utilizing a weighted average of the results achieved for that individual standard across the affected drainage areas.
(13) 
Any stormwater management measure authorized under the municipal stormwater management plan or ordinance shall be reflected in a deed notice recorded in the Office of the Ocean County Clerk.
(a) 
A form of deed notice shall be submitted to the municipality for approval prior to filing. The deed notice shall contain a description of the stormwater management measure(s) used to meet the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76D(15) through (18) and shall identify the location of the stormwater management measure(s) in NAD 1983 State Plane New Jersey FIPS 2900 US Feet or Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees. The deed notice shall also reference the maintenance plan required to be recorded upon the deed pursuant to § 130-76J(2)(e). Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality. Proof that the required information has been recorded on the deed shall be in the form of either a copy of the complete recorded document or a receipt from the clerk or other proof of recordation provided by the recording office. However, if the initial proof provided to the municipality is not a copy of the complete recorded document, a copy of the complete recorded document shall be provided to the municipality within 180 calendar days of the authorization granted by the municipality.
(14) 
A stormwater management measure approved under the municipal stormwater management plan or ordinance may be altered or replaced with the approval of the municipality, if the municipality determines that the proposed alteration or replacement meets the design and performance standards pursuant to § 130-76D of this section and provides the same level of stormwater management as the previously approved stormwater management measure that is being altered or replaced. If an alteration or replacement is approved, a revised deed notice shall be submitted to the municipality for approval and subsequently recorded with the Office of the Ocean County Clerk and shall contain a description and location of the stormwater management measure, as well as reference to the maintenance plan, in accordance with Subsection D(13) above. Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality in accordance with Subsection D(13) above.
(15) 
Green infrastructure standards.
(a) 
This subsection specifies the types of green infrastructure BMPs that may be used to satisfy the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards.
(b) 
To satisfy the groundwater recharge and stormwater runoff quality standards at § 130-76D(16) and (17) the design engineer shall utilize green infrastructure BMPs identified in Table 1 at § 130-76D(6) and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76D(7). The following green infrastructure BMPs are subject to the following maximum contributory drainage area limitations:
Best Management Practice
Maximum Contributory Drainage Area
Dry well
1 acre
Manufactured treatment device
2.5 acres
Pervious pavement systems
Area of additional inflow cannot exceed three times the area occupied by the BMP
Small-scale bioretention systems
2.5 acres
Small-scale infiltration basin
2.5 acres
Small-scale sand filter
2.5 acres
(c) 
To satisfy the stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76D(18), the design engineer shall utilize BMPs from Table 1 or from Table 2 and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76D(7).
(d) 
If a variance in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.6 or a waiver from strict compliance in accordance with § 130-76D(4) is granted from the requirements of this subsection, then BMPs from Table 1, 2, or 3, and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76D(7) may be used to meet the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76D(16) through (18).
(e) 
For separate or combined storm sewer improvement projects, such as sewer separation, undertaken by a government agency or public utility (for example, a sewerage company), the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to areas owned in fee simple by the government agency or utility, and areas within a right-of-way or easement held or controlled by the government agency or utility; the entity shall not be required to obtain additional property or property rights to fully satisfy the requirements of this subsection. Regardless of the amount of area of a separate or combined storm sewer improvement project subject to the green infrastructure requirements of this subsection, each project shall fully comply with the applicable groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality control, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76D(16) through (18), unless the project is granted a waiver from strict compliance in accordance with § 130-76D(4).
(16) 
Groundwater recharge standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards for groundwater recharge as follows.
(b) 
The design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge calculations at § 130-76E, either:
[1] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the site and its stormwater management measures maintain 100% of the average annual pre-construction groundwater recharge volume for the site; or
[2] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the increase of stormwater runoff volume from pre-construction to post-construction for the two-year storm is infiltrated.
(c) 
This groundwater recharge requirement does not apply to projects within the urban redevelopment area, or to projects subject to Subsection D(16)(d) below.
(d) 
The following types of stormwater shall not be recharged:
[1] 
Stormwater from areas of high pollutant loading. High pollutant loading areas are areas in industrial and commercial developments where solvents and/or petroleum products are loaded/unloaded, stored, or applied, areas where pesticides are loaded/unloaded or stored; areas where hazardous materials are expected to be present in greater than "reportable quantities" as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 302.4; areas where recharge would be inconsistent with Department-approved remedial action work plan or landfill closure plan and areas with high risks for spills of toxic materials, such as gas stations and vehicle maintenance facilities; and
[2] 
Industrial stormwater exposed to source material. "Source material" means any material(s) or machinery, located at an industrial facility, that is directly or indirectly related to process, manufacturing or other industrial activities, which could be a source of pollutants in any industrial stormwater discharge to groundwater. Source materials include, but are not limited to, raw materials; intermediate products; final products; waste materials; byproducts; industrial machinery and fuels, and lubricants, solvents, and detergents that are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities that are exposed to stormwater.
(17) 
Stormwater runoff quality standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards to control stormwater runoff quality impacts of major development. Stormwater runoff quality standards are applicable when the major development results in an increase of one-quarter acre or more of regulated motor vehicle surface.
(b) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids (TSS) in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm as follows:
[1] 
80% TSS removal of the anticipated load, expressed as an annual average, shall be achieved for the stormwater runoff from the net increase of motor vehicle surface.
[2] 
If the surface is considered regulated motor vehicle surface because the water quality treatment for an area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving water quality treatment either by vegetation or soil, by an existing stormwater management measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment plant is to be modified or removed, the project shall maintain or increase the existing TSS removal of the anticipated load expressed as an annual average.
(c) 
The requirement to reduce TSS does not apply to any stormwater runoff in a discharge regulated under a numeric effluent limitation for TSS imposed under the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14A, or in a discharge specifically exempt under a NJPDES permit from this requirement. Every major development, including any that discharge into a combined sewer system, shall comply with Subsection 2 above, unless the major development is itself subject to a NJPDES permit with a numeric effluent limitation for TSS or the NJPDES permit to which the major development is subject exempts the development from a numeric effluent limitation for TSS.
(d) 
The water quality design storm is 1.25 inches of rainfall in two hours. Water quality calculations shall take into account the distribution of rain from the water quality design storm, as reflected in Table 4, below. The calculation of the volume of runoff may take into account the implementation of stormwater management measures.
Table 4 - Water Quality Design Storm Distribution
Time
(minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(inches)
Time
(minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(inches)
Time
(minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(inches)
1
0.00166
41
0.1728
81
1.0906
2
0.00332
42
0.1796
82
1.0972
3
0.00498
43
0.1864
83
1.1038
4
0.00664
44
0.1932
84
1.1104
5
0.00830
45
0.2000
85
1.1170
6
0.00996
46
0.2117
86
1.1236
7
0.01162
47
0.2233
87
1.1302
8
0.01328
48
0.2350
88
1.1368
9
0.01494
49
0.2466
89
1.1434
10
0.01660
50
0.2583
90
1.1500
11
0.01828
51
0.2783
91
1.1550
12
0.01996
52
0.2983
92
1.1600
13
0.02164
53
0.3183
93
1.1650
14
0.02332
54
0.3383
94
1.1700
15
0.02500
55
0.3583
95
1.1750
16
0.03000
56
0.4116
96
1.1800
17
0.03500
57
0.4650
97
1.1850
18
0.04000
58
0.5183
98
1.1900
19
0.04500
59
0.5717
99
1.1950
20
0.05000
60
0.6250
100
1.2000
21
0.05500
61
0.6783
101
1.2050
22
0.06000
62
0.7317
102
1.2100
23
0.06500
63
0.7850
103
1.2150
24
0.07000
64
0.8384
104
1.2200
25
0.07500
65
0.8917
105
1.2250
26
0.08000
66
0.9117
106
1.2267
27
0.08500
67
0.9317
107
1.2284
28
0.09000
68
0.9517
108
1.2300
29
0.09500
69
0.9717
109
1.2317
30
0.10000
70
0.9917
110
1.2334
31
0.10660
71
1.0034
111
1.2351
32
0.11320
72
1.0150
112
1.2367
33
0.11980
73
1.0267
113
1.2384
34
0.12640
74
1.0383
114
1.2400
35
0.13300
75
1.0500
115
1.2417
36
0.13960
76
1.0568
116
1.2434
37
0.14620
77
1.0636
117
1.2450
38
0.15280
78
1.0704
118
1.2467
39
0.15940
79
1.0772
119
1.2483
40
0.16600
80
1.0840
120
1.2500
(e) 
If more than one BMP in series is necessary to achieve the required 80% TSS reduction for a site, the applicant shall utilize the following formula to calculate TSS reduction:
R = A + B - (A x B)/100
Where:
R
=
total TSS percent load removal from application of both BMPs, and
A
=
the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the first BMP
B
=
the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the second BMP.
(f) 
Stormwater management measures shall also be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, the post-construction nutrient load of the anticipated load from the developed site in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm. In achieving reduction of nutrients to the maximum extent feasible, the design of the site shall include green infrastructure BMPs that optimize nutrient removal while still achieving the performance standards in § 130-76D(16) through (18).
(g) 
In accordance with the definition of FW1 at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.4, stormwater management measures shall be designed to prevent any increase in stormwater runoff to waters classified as FW1.
(h) 
The Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:13-4.1(c)1 establish 300-foot riparian zones along Category One waters, as designated in the Surface Water Quality Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9B, and certain upstream tributaries to Category One waters. A person shall not undertake a major development that is located within or discharges into a 300-foot riparian zone without prior authorization from the Department under N.J.A.C. 7:13.
(i) 
Pursuant to the Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:13-11.2(j)3.i, runoff from the water quality design storm that is discharged within a 300-foot riparian zone shall be treated in accordance with this subsection to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids by 95% of the anticipated load from the developed site, expressed as an annual average.
(j) 
This stormwater runoff quality standards do not apply to the construction of one individual single-family dwelling, provided that it is not part of a larger development or subdivision that has received preliminary or final site plan approval prior to December 3, 2018, and that the motor vehicle surfaces are made of permeable material(s) such as gravel, dirt, and/or shells.
(18) 
Stormwater runoff quantity standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts of major development.
(b) 
In order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations at § 130-76E, complete the following:
[1] 
Open ended, underground infiltration systems shall be provided to handle stormwater runoff. They shall store the difference between the postdevelopment and the predevelopment runoff for the 100-year, twenty-four-hour storm.
[a] 
Where high water table, soil permeability or configuration of the site make infiltration impractical, the Township may approve a combination system or waive this requirement.
[b] 
Where the soil infiltration rate is less than 0.50 inches per hour, then other methods of stormwater runoff control shall be used.
[c] 
Where a combination system is permitted, it should be designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. In designing the combination stormwater management system for a particular project, the existing physical site conditions shall be carefully considered. Slopes, depth to seasonal high water table relative to proposed grades, soil type, texture and permeability of the watershed area and the site are all critical to the selection of a suitable combination of stormwater management techniques.
[d] 
Where a combination system is used, it shall be designed to provide nonpoint source pollutant removal efficiencies equivalent to the underground system when evaluated in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual.
[e] 
Where detention is permitted by this section, it shall be designed to store the difference between the postdevelopment runoff and the predevelopment runoff, less the amount infiltrated by the underground system and any appropriate credits for percolation and infiltration associated with any other measures employed in the system and the postpeak percolation credit. Detention and rate of discharge control shall not be required on any site where the discharge will be to tidal waters which includes:
[i] 
All water bodies named on the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5 feet topographic maps as "bays," "canals," "coves," "guts," "harbors," "inlets," "sounds," "thoroughfares," "channels."
[ii] 
Any man-made lagoons and canals discharging into the water bodies listed above.
[iii] 
All sections of the intercoastal waterway.
[iv] 
All watercourses not specifically identified in Subsection § 130-76D(18)(b)[1][e][i] through [iii] above that flow into the tidal water bodies listed above, upstream to the first bridge or culvert or upstream to the point where 100-year design flood exceeds the 100-year tidal elevation, whichever is closest to the mouth.
[f] 
The stormwater management system, whether subsurface, surface, or a combination thereof, shall be designed to fully contain the design storm or to infiltrate it as required by this section. All stormwater management systems shall be designed and maintained such that all runoff will be recharged and/or discharged within 72 hours of the end of the storm event.
[g] 
Discharge of runoff into lakes, ponds, reservoirs and wetlands is discouraged as these sites have severely limited ability to flush pollutants, owing to limited fresh water flow and lack of tidal inundation.
[h] 
Discharge, where required, shall be designed to ensure stability of the stream or other body of water into which discharge is made at a rate discharge calculated for the full 100-year, twenty-four-hour storm, without taking credit for amounts infiltrated, in order to limit the potential for downstream erosion.
[i] 
The construction of any facility utilized to control on-site runoff or drainage shall be designed to create a natural and aesthetically pleasing environment. Plants and soil native to the area shall be used for landscaping, to the maximum extent feasible. Special preference should be given to those species of trees and plants which have known pollutant-removal abilities. When other ornamental plants are used, they shall be types compatible with the natural environment.
[j] 
Where depth to groundwater or other physical conditions preclude the use of subsurface or surface infiltration and recharge as required by this section, then the applicant may request an exception. Any such request for an exception shall be accompanied by an engineering report explaining in detail why an exception is required and including all of the information required by this section which demonstrates the maximum feasible degree of compliance with these requirements.
[k] 
Subsurface infiltration systems shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the following requirements:
[i] 
All inlets from which collected runoff is conveyed to a subsurface infiltration system shall be equipped with oil/grease and sediment separators designed in accordance with the standard detail, which is Figure 8, Basin with trap when required, to this chapter.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Said figure is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[ii] 
All subsurface infiltration systems shall conform to the detail for trench recharge systems, which is Figure 9 to this chapter,[3] and shall conform to the following requirements:
[A] 
Filter material shall cover the subsurface infiltration systems and extend the full width of the trench or bed, shall not be less than 12 inches deep beneath the bottom of the distribution line and shall extend at least six inches above the top of the line. The filter material shall be washed gravel, crushed stone, slag or clean bank-run gravel ranging in size from 1 1/2 inches to 2 1/2 inches; free of fines, dust, ashes or clay. If used in the calculations of storage capacity, the void volume of the stone shall be considered as 40%. The filter material shall be installed within an envelope of filter fabric of such mesh designed to inhibit migration of fines through the fabric. The fabric shall be installed along the sides and top of the trench. Fabric is not required on the bottom of the trench.
[B] 
Perforated pipe shall be constructed true to line and grade with open joints or perforations, except that at least one tight joint at each bend or other fitting shall be provided to prevent slippage. Bell-and-spigot pipe shall be laid with one-half-inch open joints at two-foot intervals, and the bottom of each joint shall contain a minimum of cement mortar to maintain an even flow line. For single-wall pipe only, perforated pipe shall be wrapped with filter fabric such as mesh design to inhibit migration of fines through the fabric and into the filter material.
[C] 
Perforated pipe shall not be laid at depths less then 24 inches below finished grade. The bottom of the trench may be deepened to within two feet of the seasonal high-water tables or bedrock.
[D] 
Excavation for disposal beds or trenches may be made by machinery, provided that the adjacent soil will not be compacted. No excavation machinery shall be permitted in the excavation. When an excavation is carried below the required depth, it shall be brought up to the proper elevation with filter material, as specified in this standard.
[E] 
The subsurface infiltration system shall be designed to provide a minimum three-foot separation between the bottom of the system and the seasonal high water table. There may be a lesser separation when it is demonstrated that the separation, either due to soil conditions or when considered in combination with other stormwater management techniques, is adequate to protect groundwater quality.
[F] 
Subsurface infiltration systems shall not be constructed over impervious ground formations where such formations are less than 10 feet below the bottom elevation of the filter material of the subsurface infiltration system.
[G] 
Subsurface infiltration systems shall not be built up by fill to more than two feet, unless an adequate grading plan has been approved. When subsurface infiltration systems are built up by fill to a depth exceeding two feet, the area of such fill shall extend at least 20 feet beyond the limits of subsurface infiltration systems, and the fill shall be of earth having a percolation value approximately equal to that of the ground over which the fill is placed. The percolation rates used for the design of a system infill shall be the volume found in the ground over which the fill is placed.
[H] 
When perforated pipe must be laid with changes in either horizontal or vertical alignment, manholes must be installed at each changed alignment.
[I] 
The percolating area of subsurface infiltration systems shall be considered as the total side area of the system in square feet, except that any section of trench containing pipe laid with tight joints other then fittings as required in this section shall not be considered in determining the percolating areas. Bottom or top areas shall not be included.
[J] 
Catch basin inlets or manholes shall be constructed at the end of each subsurface infiltration system and at intervals not to exceed 600 feet. Catch basins shall be perforated bottoms or sumps.
[K] 
Precast concrete leaching pits are permitted for use as subsurface infiltration systems in site plans. When used, each pit shall include a manhole cover and frame to permit access.
[L] 
The overflow structure in the terminus manhole shall be removable to facilitate maintenance.
[3]
Editor's Note: Said figure is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[l] 
The maintenance of the subsurface infiltration system shall comply with the requirements of § 130-79.
(c) 
Where the Township has either approved a combination system or waived the underground infiltration system requirement as set forth in § 130-76D(18)(b) in order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations set forth in Subsection E, complete one of the following:
[1] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that for stormwater leaving the site, post-construction runoff hydrographs for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events do not exceed, at any point in time, the pre-construction runoff hydrographs for the same storm events;
[2] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that there is no increase, as compared to the pre-construction condition, in the peak runoff rates of stormwater leaving the site for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events and that the increased volume or change in timing of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damage at or downstream of the site. This analysis shall include the analysis of impacts of existing land uses and projected land uses assuming full development under existing zoning and land use ordinances in the drainage area;
[3] 
Design stormwater management measures so that the post-construction peak runoff rates for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events are 50%, 75% and 80%, respectively, of the pre-construction peak runoff rates. The percentages apply only to the post-construction stormwater runoff that is attributable to the portion of the site on which the proposed development or project is to be constructed;
[4] 
In tidal flood hazard areas, stormwater runoff quantity analysis in accordance with Subsection D(18)(c)[i], [ii] and [iii] above is required unless the design engineer demonstrates through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the increased volume, change in timing, or increased rate of the stormwater runoff, or any combination of the three will not result in additional flood damage below the point of discharge of the major development. No analysis is required if the stormwater is discharged directly into any ocean, bay, inlet, or the reach of any watercourse between its confluence with an ocean, bay, or inlet and downstream of the first water control structure;
[5] 
Design of wet ponds as a stormwater management measure shall establish a complete ecosystem capable of supporting a healthy aquatic habitat.
(d) 
Any application for a new agricultural development that meets the definition of major development at Subsection B shall be submitted to the appropriate soil conservation district for review and approval in accordance with the requirements of this section and any applicable soil conservation district guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For the purposes of this section, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacturing of agriculturally related products.
(e) 
The stormwater runoff quantity standards shall be applied at the site's boundary to each abutting lot, roadway, watercourse, or receiving storm sewer system.
E. 
Calculation of stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge:
(1) 
Stormwater runoff shall be calculated in accordance with the following:
(a) 
The design engineer shall calculate runoff using one of the following methods:
[1] 
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) methodology, including the NRCS Runoff Equation and Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph, as described in Chapters 7, 9, 10, 15 and 16 Part 630, Hydrology National Engineering Handbook, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. This methodology is additionally described in Technical Release 55, Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds (TR-55), dated June 1986, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the Natural Resources Conservation Service website at: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb104 4171.pdf, or at United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 220 Davison Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey 08873; or
[2] 
The Rational Method for peak flow and the Modified Rational Method for hydrograph computations. The rational and modified rational methods are described in "Appendix A-9 Modified Rational Method" in the Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New Jersey, January 2014. This document is available from the State Soil Conservation Committee or any of the Soil Conservation Districts listed at N.J.A.C. 2:90-1.3(a)3. The location, address, and telephone number for each Soil Conservation District is available from the State Soil Conservation Committee, PO Box 330, Trenton, New Jersey 08625. The document is also available at: http://www.nj.gov/agriculture/divisions/anr/pdf/2014NJSoilErosionC ontrolStandardsComplete.pdf.
[3] 
For the purpose of calculating runoff coefficients and groundwater recharge, there is a presumption that the pre-construction condition of a site or portion thereof is a wooded land use with good hydrologic condition. The term "runoff coefficient" applies to both the NRCS methodology above at § 130-76E(1)(a)[1] and the Rational and Modified Rational Methods at § 130-76E(1)(a)[2]. A runoff coefficient or a groundwater recharge land cover for an existing condition may be used on all or a portion of the site if the design engineer verifies that the hydrologic condition has existed on the site or portion of the site for at least five years without interruption prior to the time of application. If more than one land cover has existed on the site during the five years immediately prior to the time of application, the land cover with the lowest runoff potential shall be used for the computations. In addition, there is the presumption that the site is in good hydrologic condition (if the land use type is pasture, lawn, or park), with good cover (if the land use type is woods), or with good hydrologic condition and conservation treatment (if the land use type is cultivation).
[4] 
In computing pre-construction stormwater runoff, the design engineer shall account for all significant land features and structures, such as ponds, wetlands, depressions, hedgerows, or culverts, that may reduce pre-construction stormwater runoff rates and volumes.
[5] 
In computing stormwater runoff from all design storms, the design engineer shall consider the relative stormwater runoff rates and/or volumes of pervious and impervious surfaces separately to accurately compute the rates and volume of stormwater runoff from the site. To calculate runoff from unconnected impervious cover, urban impervious area modifications as described in the NRCS Technical Release 55, Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds, or other methods may be employed.
[6] 
If the invert of the outlet structure of a stormwater management measure is below the flood hazard design flood elevation as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:13, the design engineer shall take into account the effects of tailwater in the design of structural stormwater management measures.
(2) 
Groundwater recharge may be calculated in accordance with the following:
(a) 
The New Jersey Geological Survey Report GSR-32, A Method for Evaluating Groundwater-Recharge Areas in New Jersey, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual; at the New Jersey Geological Survey website at: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/pricelst/gsreport/gsr32.pdf, or at New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, 29 Arctic Parkway, PO Box 420 Mail Code 29-01, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.
F. 
Sources for technical guidance:
(1) 
Technical guidance for stormwater management measures can be found in the documents listed below, which are available to download from the Department's website at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/stormwater/bmp_manual2.htm.
(2) 
Guidelines for stormwater management measures are contained in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, as amended and supplemented. Information is provided on stormwater management measures such as, but not limited to, those listed in Tables 1, 2, and 3.
(3) 
Additional maintenance guidance is available on the Department's website at: https://www.njstormwater.org/maintenance_guidance.htm.
(4) 
Submissions required for review by the Department should be mailed to: The Division of Water Quality, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Mail Code 401-02B, PO Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.
G. 
Solids and floatable materials control standards:
(1) 
Site design features identified under § 130-76D(6) above, or alternative designs in accordance with § 130-76D(7) above, to prevent discharge of trash and debris from drainage systems shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see § 130-76G(1)(b) below.
(a) 
Design engineers shall use one of the following grates whenever they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body under that grate:
[1] 
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines; or
[2] 
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or is no greater than 0.5 inches across the smallest dimension.
[a] 
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater system floors used to collect stormwater from the surface into a storm drain or surface water body.
[3] 
For curb-opening inlets, including curb-opening inlets in combination inlets, the clear space in that curb opening, or each individual clear space if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces, shall have an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or be no greater than 2.0 inches across the smallest dimension.
(b) 
The standard in Subsection E(1)(a) above does not apply:
[1] 
Where each individual clear space in the curb opening in existing curb-opening inlet does not have an area of more than 9.0 square inches;
[2] 
Where the municipality agrees that the standards would cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets;
[3] 
Where flows from the water quality design storm as specified in N.J.A.C. 7:8 are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:
[a] 
A rectangular space 4.625 inches long and 1.5 inches wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities); or
[b] 
A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inches.
[i] 
Note that these exemptions do not authorize any infringement of requirements in the Residential Site Improvement Standards for bicycle safe grates in new residential development (N.J.A.C. 5:21-4.18(b)2 and 7.4(b)1).
[4] 
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars, to the elevation of the water quality design storm as specified in N.J.A.C. 7:8; or
[5] 
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.
H. 
Safety standards for stormwater management basins:
(1) 
This section sets forth requirements to protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater management BMPs. This section applies to any new stormwater management BMP.
(2) 
The provisions of this section are not intended to preempt more stringent municipal or county safety requirements for new or existing stormwater management BMPs. Municipal and county stormwater management plans and ordinances may, pursuant to their authority, require existing stormwater management BMPs to be retrofitted to meet one or more of the safety standards in § 130-76H(3)(a) through (c) for trash racks, overflow grates, and escape provisions at outlet structures.
(3) 
Requirements for trash racks, overflow grates and escape provisions.
(a) 
A trash rack is a device designed to catch trash and debris and prevent the clogging of outlet structures. Trash racks shall be installed at the intake to the outlet from the stormwater management BMP to ensure proper functioning of the BMP outlets in accordance with the following:
[1] 
The trash rack shall have parallel bars, with no greater than six-inch spacing between the bars;
[2] 
The trash rack shall be designed so as not to adversely affect the hydraulic performance of the outlet pipe or structure;
[3] 
The average velocity of flow through a clean trash rack is not to exceed 2.5 feet per second under the full range of stage and discharge. Velocity is to be computed on the basis of the net area of opening through the rack; and
[4] 
The trash rack shall be constructed of rigid, durable, and corrosion-resistant material and designed to withstand a perpendicular live loading of 300 pounds per square foot.
(b) 
An overflow grate is designed to prevent obstruction of the overflow structure. If an outlet structure has an overflow grate, such grate shall meet the following requirements:
[1] 
The overflow grate shall be secured to the outlet structure but removable for emergencies and maintenance.
[2] 
The overflow grate spacing shall be no less than two inches across the smallest dimension.
[3] 
The overflow grate shall be constructed and installed to be rigid, durable, and corrosion-resistant, and shall be designed to withstand a perpendicular live loading of 300 pounds per square foot.
(c) 
Stormwater management BMPs shall include escape provisions as follows:
[1] 
If a stormwater management BMP has an outlet structure, escape provisions shall be incorporated in or on the structure. Escape provisions include the installation of permanent ladders, steps, rungs, or other features that provide easily accessible means of egress from stormwater management BMPs. With the prior approval of the municipality pursuant to § 130-76H(3) a free-standing outlet structure may be exempted from this requirement;
[2] 
Safety ledges shall be constructed on the slopes of all new stormwater management BMPs having a permanent pool of water deeper than 2 1/2 feet. Safety ledges shall be comprised of two steps. Each step shall be four to six feet in width. One step shall be located approximately 2 1/2 feet below the permanent water surface, and the second step shall be located one to 1 1/2 feet above the permanent water surface. See § 130-76H(5) for an illustration of safety ledges in a stormwater management BMP; and
[3] 
In new stormwater management BMPs, the maximum interior slope for an earthen dam, embankment, or berm shall not be steeper than three horizontal to one vertical.
(4) 
Variance or exemption from safety standard.
(a) 
A variance or exemption from the safety standards for stormwater management BMPs may be granted only upon a written finding by the municipality that the variance or exemption will not constitute a threat to public safety.
(5) 
Safety ledge illustration.
Elevation View-Basin Safety Ledge Configuration
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I. 
Requirements for a site development stormwater plan:
(1) 
Submission of site development stormwater plan.
(a) 
Whenever an applicant seeks municipal approval of a development subject to this section, the applicant shall submit all of the required components of the checklist for the site development stormwater plan at § 130-76I(3) below as part of the submission of the application for approval.
(b) 
The applicant shall demonstrate that the project meets the standards set forth in this section.
(c) 
The applicant shall submit five copies of the materials listed in the checklist for site development stormwater plans in accordance with § 130-76I(3) of this section.
(2) 
Site development stormwater plan approval. The applicant's site development project shall be reviewed as a part of the review process by the municipal board or official from which municipal approval is sought. That municipal board or official shall consult the municipality's review engineer to determine if all of the checklist requirements have been satisfied and to determine if the project meets the standards set forth in this section.
(3) 
Submission of site development stormwater plan. The following information shall be required:
(a) 
Topographic base map. The reviewing engineer may require upstream tributary drainage system information as necessary. It is recommended that the topographic base map of the site be submitted which extends a minimum of 200 feet beyond the limits of the proposed development, at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet or greater, showing two-foot contour intervals. The map as appropriate may indicate the following: existing surface water drainage, shorelines, steep slopes, soils, erodible soils, perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of the Category One waters, wetlands and floodplains along with their appropriate buffer strips, marshlands and other wetlands, pervious or vegetative surfaces, existing man-made structures, roads, bearing and distances of property lines, and significant natural and man-made features not otherwise shown.
(b) 
Environmental site analysis. A written and graphic description of the natural and man-made features of the site and its surroundings should be submitted. This description should include a discussion of soil conditions, slopes, wetlands, waterways and vegetation on the site. Particular attention should be given to unique, unusual, or environmentally sensitive features and to those that provide particular opportunities or constraints for development.
(c) 
Project description and site plans. A map (or maps) at the scale of the topographical base map indicating the location of existing and proposed buildings roads, parking areas, utilities, structural facilities for stormwater management and sediment control, and other permanent structures. The map(s) shall also clearly show areas where alterations will occur in the natural terrain and cover, including lawns and other landscaping, and seasonal high groundwater elevations. A written description of the site plan and justification for proposed changes in natural conditions shall also be provided.
(d) 
Land use planning and source control plan. This plan shall provide a demonstration of how the goals and standards of § 130-76C through D are being met. The focus of this plan shall be to describe how the site is being developed to meet the objective of controlling groundwater recharge, stormwater quality and stormwater quantity problems at the source by land management and source controls whenever possible.
(e) 
Stormwater management facilities map. The following information, illustrated on a map of the same scale as the topographic base map, shall be included:
[1] 
Total area to be disturbed, paved or built upon, proposed surface contours, land area to be occupied by the stormwater management facilities and the type of vegetation thereon, and details of the proposed plan to control and dispose of stormwater.
[2] 
Details of all stormwater management facility designs, during and after construction, including discharge provisions, discharge capacity for each outlet at different levels of detention and emergency spillway provisions with maximum discharge capacity of each spillway.
(f) 
Calculations.
[1] 
Comprehensive hydrologic and hydraulic design calculations for the pre-development and post-development conditions for the design storms specified in § 130-76D of this section.
[2] 
When the proposed stormwater management control measures depend on the hydrologic properties of soils or require certain separation from the seasonal high water table, then a soils report shall be submitted. The soils report shall be based on onsite boring logs or soil pit profiles. The number and location of required soil borings or soil pits shall be determined based on what is needed to determine the suitability and distribution of soils present at the location of the control measure.
(g) 
Maintenance and repair plan. The design and planning of the stormwater management facility shall meet the maintenance requirements of § 130-76J.
(h) 
Waiver from submission requirements. The municipal official or board reviewing an application under this section may, in consultation with the municipality's review engineer, waive submission of any of the requirements in § 130-76I(3)(a) through § 130-76I(3)(f) of this section when it can be demonstrated that the information requested is impossible to obtain or it would create a hardship on the applicant to obtain and its absence will not materially affect the review process.
J. 
Maintenance and repair.
(1) 
Applicability. Projects subject to review as in § 130-76A(3) of this section shall comply with the requirements of § 130-76J(2) and § 130-76J(3).
(2) 
General maintenance.
(a) 
The design engineer shall prepare a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a major development.
(b) 
The maintenance plan shall contain specific preventative maintenance tasks and schedules; cost estimates, including estimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash removal; and the name, address, and telephone number of the person or persons responsible for preventative and corrective maintenance (including replacement). The plan shall contain information on BMP location, design, ownership, maintenance tasks and frequencies, and other details as specified in Chapter 8 of the NJ BMP Manual, as well as the tasks specific to the type of BMP, as described in the applicable chapter containing design specifics.
(c) 
If the maintenance plan identifies a person other than the property owner (for example, a developer, a public agency or homeowners' association) as having the responsibility for maintenance, the plan shall include documentation of such person's or entity's agreement to assume this responsibility, or of the owner's obligation to dedicate a stormwater management facility to such person under an applicable ordinance or regulation.
(d) 
Responsibility for maintenance shall not be assigned or transferred to the owner or tenant of an individual property in a residential development or project, unless such owner or tenant owns or leases the entire residential development or project. The individual property owner may be assigned incidental tasks, such as weeding of a green infrastructure BMP, provided the individual agrees to assume these tasks; however, the individual cannot be legally responsible for all of the maintenance required.
(e) 
If the party responsible for maintenance identified under § 130-76J(2)(a) above is not a public agency, the maintenance plan and any future revisions based on § 130-76J(2)(g) below shall be recorded upon the deed of record for each property on which the maintenance described in the maintenance plan must be undertaken.
(f) 
Preventative and corrective maintenance shall be performed to maintain the functional parameters (storage volume, infiltration rates, inflow/outflow capacity, etc.) of the stormwater management measure, including, but not limited to, repairs or replacement to the structure; removal of sediment, debris, or trash; restoration of eroded areas; snow and ice removal; fence repair or replacement; restoration of vegetation; and repair or replacement of nonvegetated linings.
(g) 
The party responsible for maintenance identified under § 130-76J(2)(c) above shall perform all of the following requirements:
[1] 
Maintain a detailed log of all preventative and corrective maintenance for the structural stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of the development, including a record of all inspections and copies of all maintenance-related work orders;
[2] 
Evaluate the effectiveness of the maintenance plan at least once per year and adjust the plan and the deed as needed; and
[3] 
Retain and make available, upon request by any public entity with administrative, health, environmental, or safety authority over the site, the maintenance plan and the documentation required by § 130-76J(2)(f) and (g) above.
(3) 
The requirements of § 130-76J(2)(c) and (d) do not apply to stormwater management facilities that are dedicated to and accepted by the municipality or another governmental agency, subject to all applicable municipal stormwater general permit conditions, as issued by the Department.
(a) 
Maintenance and inspection guidance can be found on the Department's website at: https://www.njstormwater.org/maintenance_guidance.htm.
(4) 
In the event that the stormwater management facility becomes a danger to public safety or public health, or if it is in need of maintenance or repair, the municipality shall so notify the responsible person in writing. Upon receipt of that notice, the responsible person shall have 14 days to effect maintenance and repair of the facility in a manner that is approved by the municipal engineer or his designee. The municipality, in its discretion, may extend the time allowed for effecting maintenance and repair for good cause. If the responsible person fails or refuses to perform such maintenance and repair, the municipality or county may immediately proceed to do so and shall bill the cost thereof to the responsible person. Nonpayment of such bill may result in a lien on the property.
(5) 
Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the municipality in which the major development is located from requiring the posting of a performance or maintenance guarantee in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.
[1]
Editor's Note: Editor's Note: Ordinance No. 2005-89, adopted 10-4-2005, originally added §§ 130-76 through 130-76.3 dealing with storm sewer systems. This Ord. No. 2005-105 provided for the deletion of those sections from this chapter and their inclusion as a new Ch. 185, Stormwater System.
[Added 11-20-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-108; amended 8-22-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-24]
A. 
Scope and purpose.
(1) 
Policy statement. Flood control, groundwater recharge, erosion control and pollutant reduction shall be achieved using stormwater management measures, including green infrastructure best management practices (BMPs) and nonstructural stormwater management strategies. Green infrastructure BMPs and low-impact development should be utilized to meet the goal of maintaining natural hydrology to reduce stormwater runoff volume, reduce erosion, encourage infiltration and groundwater recharge, and reduce pollution. Green infrastructure BMPs and low-impact development should be developed based upon physical site conditions and the origin, nature and the anticipated quantity, or amount, of potential pollutants. Multiple stormwater management BMPs may be necessary to achieve the established performance standards for water quality, quantity, and groundwater recharge contained in this section.
(2) 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to establish, within the Pinelands Area portion of Stafford Township, minimum stormwater management requirements and controls as authorized by the Pinelands Protection Act (N.J.S.A. 13:18A-1 et seq.) and consistent with the Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP) (N.J.A.C. 7:50-1.1 et seq.) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Stormwater Management Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.1 et seq.). The standards in this Section are intended to minimize the adverse impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and water quantity, to facilitate groundwater recharge, and to control and minimize soil erosion, stream channel erosion, sedimentation and pollution associated with stormwater runoff. Moreover, Pinelands Area resources are to be protected in accordance with the antidegradation policies contained in the New Jersey Surface Water Quality Standards (N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.1 et seq.). Additionally, this section is intended to ensure the adequacy of existing and proposed culverts and bridges and to protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater BMPs. If there are any conflicts between a provision required by the Pinelands CMP and a provision required by the NJDEP, the Pinelands CMP provision shall apply.
(3) 
Applicability.
(a) 
The terms "development," "major development" and "minor development" are defined in § 130-76.1B in accordance with the Pinelands CMP (N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11) and differ from the definitions of "development" and "major development" contained in the NJDEP Stormwater Management Regulations (N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2).
(b) 
This section shall apply within the Pinelands Area to all major development, and to minor development meeting the following criteria:
[1] 
Development involving the construction of four or fewer dwelling units;
[2] 
Development involving any nonresidential use and resulting in an increase of greater than 1,000 square feet of regulated motor vehicle surfaces; and
[3] 
Development involving the grading, clearing, or disturbance of an area in excess of 5,000 square feet within any five-year period. For development meeting this criterion, the stormwater management standards for major development set forth in this section shall apply.
(c) 
This section shall apply to all development meeting the criteria of Subsection C(3)(b) above that is undertaken by Stafford Township.
(d) 
Except as provided in § 130-76.1J, the exemptions, exceptions, applicability standards, and waivers of strict compliance contained in the NJDEP Stormwater Management Regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.1 et seq. shall not apply within the Pinelands Area.
(4) 
Compatibility with other permit and ordinance requirements.
(a) 
Development approvals issued pursuant to this section are to be considered an integral part of development approvals and do not relieve the applicant of the responsibility to secure required permits or approvals for activities regulated by any other applicable code, rule, act, or ordinance. In their interpretation and application, the provisions of this section shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, and general welfare.
(b) 
This section is not intended to interfere with, abrogate, or annul any other ordinances, rule or regulation, statute, or other provision of law except that, where any provision of this section imposes restrictions different from those imposed by any other ordinance, rule or regulation, or other provision of law, the more restrictive provisions or higher standards shall control.
(c) 
In the event that a regional stormwater management plan(s) is prepared and formally adopted pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.1 et seq. for any drainage area(s) or watershed(s) of which Stafford Township is a part, the stormwater provisions of such a plan(s) shall be adopted by Stafford Township within one year of the adoption of a Regional Stormwater Management Plan (RSWMP) as an amendment to an Areawide Water Quality Management Plan. Local ordinances proposed to implement the RSWMP shall be submitted to the Pinelands Commission for certification within six months of the adoption of the RSWMP per N.J.A.C. 7:8 and the Pinelands CMP.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or based on the corresponding definitions in the NJDEP Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2 unless otherwise defined in the Pinelands CMP at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11 in which case the definition corresponds to the CMP definition.
COMPACTION
The increase in soil bulk density.
CONTRIBUTORY DRAINAGE AREA
The area from which stormwater runoff drains to a stormwater management measure, not including the area of the stormwater management measure itself.
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
An agency designated by the County Commissioners to review municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinance(s). The county review agency may either be:
(1) 
A county planning agency; or
(2) 
A county water resource association created under N.J.S.A 58:16A-55.5, if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinances.
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DEVELOPMENT
The change of or enlargement of any use or disturbance of any land, the performance of any building or mining operation, the division of land into two or more parcels, and the creation or termination of rights of access or riparian rights, including, but not limited to:
(1) 
A change in type of use of a structure or land;
(2) 
A reconstruction, alteration of the size, or material change in the external appearance of a structure or land;
(3) 
A material increase in the intensity of use of land, such as an increase in the number of businesses, manufacturing establishments, offices or dwelling units in a structure or on land;
(4) 
Commencement of resource extraction or drilling or excavation on a parcel of land;
(5) 
Demolition of a structure or removal of trees;
(6) 
Commencement of forestry activities;
(7) 
Deposit of refuse, solid or liquid waste or fill on a parcel of land;
(8) 
In connection with the use of land, the making of any material change in noise levels, thermal conditions, or emissions of waste material; and
(9) 
Alteration, either physically or chemically, of a shore, bank, or floodplain, seacoast, river, stream, lake, pond, wetlands or artificial body of water.
In the case of development on agricultural land, i.e., lands use for an agricultural use or purpose as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11, development means: any activity that requires a state permit, any activity reviewed by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
DISTURBANCE
The placement or reconstruction of impervious surface or motor vehicle surface, or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Milling and repaving is not considered disturbance for the purposes of this definition.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater runoff, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
An area or feature which is of significant environmental value, including, but not limited to: stream corridors, natural heritage priority sites, habitats of endangered or threatened species, large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest, steep slopes, and well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the NJDEP Landscape Project as approved by the NJDEP Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
A stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by:
(1) 
Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil;
(2) 
Treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil; or
(3) 
Storing stormwater runoff for reuse.
HIGH POLLUTANT LOADING AREAS
Areas in industrial and commercial developments where solvents and/or petroleum products are loaded/unloaded, stored, or applied, areas where pesticides are loaded/unloaded or stored; areas where hazardous materials are expected to be present in greater than "reportable quantities" as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 302.4; areas where recharge would be inconsistent with NJDEP approved remedial action work plan or landfill closure plan and areas with high risks for spills of toxic materials, such as gas stations and vehicle maintenance facilities.
HUC-11 or HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 11
An area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified by an eleven-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
HUC 14 or HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 14
An area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified by a fourteen-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any surface that has been compacted or covered with a layer of material so that it prevents, impedes or slows infiltration or absorption of fluid, including stormwater directly into the ground, and results in either reduced groundwater recharge or increased stormwater runoff sufficient to be classified as impervious in Urban Areas by the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service Title 210 - Engineering, 210-3-1 - Small Watershed Hydrology (WINTR-55) Version 1.0, incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, available with user guide and tutorials at http://www.wsi.nrcs.usda.gov/products/W2Q/H&H/Tools_Models/WinTr55.html or at Natural Resources Conservation Service, 220 Davidson Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873. Such surfaces may have varying degrees of permeability.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
Any division of land into five or more lots; any construction or expansion of any housing development of five or more dwelling units; any construction or expansion of any commercial or industrial use or structure on a site of more than three acres; or any grading, clearing or disturbance of an area in excess of 5,000 square feet.
MINOR DEVELOPMENT
All development other than major development.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Land vehicles propelled other than by muscular power, such as automobiles, motorcycles, autocycles, and low-speed vehicles. For the purposes of this definition, motor vehicle does not include farm equipment, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, motorized wheelchairs, go-carts, gas buggies, golf carts, ski-slope grooming machines, or vehicles that run only on rails or tracks.
MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any pervious or impervious surface that is intended to be used by "motor vehicles" and/or aircraft, and is directly exposed to precipitation, including, but not limited to, driveways, parking areas, parking garages, roads, racetracks, and runways.
NEW JERSEY STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) MANUAL or BMP MANUAL
The manual maintained by the NJDEP providing, in part, design specifications, removal rates, calculation methods, and soil testing procedures approved by the NJDEP as being capable of contributing to the achievement of the stormwater management standards specified in this section. The BMP Manual is periodically amended by the NJDEP as necessary to provide design specifications on additional best management practices and new information on already included practices reflecting the best available current information regarding the particular practice and the NJDEP's determination as to the ability of that best management practice to contribute to compliance with the standards contained in this section. Alternative stormwater management measures, removal rates, or calculation methods may be utilized, subject to any limitations specified in this section, provided the design engineer demonstrates to the municipality, in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6) and N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), that the proposed measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design and performance standards established by this section.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
PERMEABILITY
The rate at which water moves through a unit area of soil, rock, or other material at hydraulic gradient of one.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, public agency, business trust, partnership, association, two or more persons having a joint or common interest, or any other legal entity.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance [except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)], thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, groundwaters or surface waters of the state, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
REGULATED MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
(1) 
A net increase in motor vehicle surface; and/or
(2) 
The total area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving water quality treatment either by vegetation or soil, by an existing stormwater management measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment plant, where the water quality treatment will be modified or removed.
SEASONAL HIGH WATER TABLE
The level below the natural surface of the ground to which water seasonally rises in the soil in most years.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which development is to occur or has occurred.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
SOURCE MATERIAL
Any material(s) or machinery, located at an industrial facility, that is directly or indirectly related to process, manufacturing or other industrial activities, which could be a source of pollutants in any industrial stormwater discharge to groundwater. Source materials include, but are not limited to, raw materials; intermediate products; final products; waste materials; by-products; industrial machinery and fuels, and lubricants, solvents, and detergents that are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities that are exposed to stormwater.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BMP
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management BMP may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration system), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
Any practice, technology, process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands, and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
WETLANDS or WETLAND
Lands which are inundated or saturated by water at a magnitude, duration and frequency sufficient to support the growth of hydrophytes. Wetlands include lands with poorly drained or very poorly drained soils as designated by the National Cooperative Soils Survey of the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Wetlands include coastal wetlands and inland wetlands, including submerged lands. The "New Jersey Pinelands Commission Manual for Identifying and Delineating Pinelands Area Wetlands—a Pinelands Supplement to the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands," dated January, 1991, as amended, may be utilized in delineating the extent of wetlands based on the definitions of wetlands and wetlands soils contained in N.J.A.C. 7:50-2.11, 6.3, 6.4 and 6.5.
WETLAND TRANSITION AREA
An area within 300 feet of any wetland.
C. 
Stormwater management requirements.
(1) 
Stormwater management measures for development regulated under this section shall be designed to provide erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity control and stormwater runoff quality treatment in accordance with this section:
(a) 
Major development shall meet the minimum design and performance standards for erosion control established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq., and implementing rules at N.J.A.C. 2:90 and 16:25A.
(b) 
All development regulated under this section shall meet the minimum design and performance standards for groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity at § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17) by incorporating green infrastructure as provided at § 130-76.1C(14).
(2) 
All development regulated under this section shall incorporate a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures in accordance with § 130-76.1I.
(3) 
Stormwater management measures shall avoid adverse impacts of concentrated flow on habitat for threatened and endangered species in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(c) and N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.27 and 6.33.
(4) 
Tables 1, 2, and 3 below summarize the ability of stormwater best management practices identified and described in the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual to satisfy the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality and stormwater runoff quantity standards specified in § 130-76.1C(14), (15), (16), and (17). When designed in accordance with the most current version of the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual and this section, the stormwater management measures found in Tables 1, 2, and 3 are presumed to be capable of providing stormwater controls for the design and performance standards as outlined in the tables below. Upon amendments of the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual to reflect additions or deletions of BMPs meeting these standards, or changes in the presumed performance of BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual, the NJDEP shall publish in the New Jersey Registers a notice of administrative change revising the applicable table. The most current version of the BMP Manual can be found on the NJDEP website at: https://njstormwater.org/bmp_manual2.htm.
(5) 
Where the BMP tables at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(f) differ with Tables 1, 2 and 3 below due to amendment, the BMP Tables at N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(f) shall take precedence, except that in all cases the lowest point of infiltration must maintain a minimum separation of two feet to seasonal high water table as required by § 130-76.1C(8)(b), unless otherwise noted.
Table 1: Green Infrastructure BMPs for Groundwater Recharge, Stormwater Runoff Quality, and/or Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
(percent)
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(Feet)
Cistern
0
Yes
No
—
Dry well(a)
0
No
Yes
2
Grass swale
50 or less
No
No
2(e)
1(f)
Green roof
0
Yes
No
—
Manufactured treatment device(a), (g)
50 or 80
No
No
Dependent upon the device
Pervious paving system(a)
80
Yes
Yes(b)
No(c)
2(b)
2(c)
Small-scale bioretention basin(a)
80 or 90
Yes
Yes(b)
No(c)
2(b)
1(c)
Small-scale infiltration basin(a)
80
Yes
Yes
2
Small scale sand filter(a)
80
Yes
Yes
2
Vegetative filter strip
60-80
No
No
—
Table 2: Green Infrastructure BMPs for Stormwater Runoff Quantity (or for Groundwater Recharge and/or Stormwater Runoff Quality with a Variance from N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.3)
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
(percent)
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(Feet)
Bioretention system
80 or 90
Yes
Yes(b)
No(c)
2(b)
1(c)
Infiltration basin
80
Yes
Yes
2
Sand filter(b)
80
Yes
Yes
2
Standard constructed wetland
90
Yes
No
2(i)
Wet pond(d)
50-90
Yes
No
2(i)
Table 3: BMPs for Groundwater Recharge, Stormwater Runoff Quality, and/or Stormwater Runoff Quantity only with a Variance from N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.3
Best Management Practice
Stormwater Runoff Quality TSS Removal Rate
(percent)
Stormwater Runoff Quantity
Groundwater Recharge
Minimum Separation from Seasonal High Water Table
(Feet)
Blue roof
0
Yes
No
N/A
Extended detention basin
40-60
Yes
No
2
Manufactured treatment device(h)
50 or 80
No
No
Dependent upon the device
Sand filter(c)
80
Yes
No
2
Subsurface gravel wetland
90
No
No
2
Wet pond
50-90
Yes
No
2(i)
Footnotes to Tables 1, 2, and 3:
(a)
Subject to the applicable contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 130-76.1C(14)(b).
(b)
Designed to infiltrate into the subsoil.
(c)
Designed with underdrains, where stormwater percolates into the underdrain through the soils and is not directed to the underdrain by an outlet control structure.
(d)
Designed to maintain at least a ten-foot-wide area of native vegetation along at least 50% of the shoreline and to include a stormwater runoff retention component designed to capture stormwater runoff for beneficial reuse, such as irrigation.
(e)
Designed with a slope of less than 2%.
(f)
Designed with a slope of equal to or greater than 2%.
(g)
Manufactured treatment devices that meet the definition of green infrastructure at § 130-76.1B.
(h)
Manufactured treatment devices that do not meet the definition of green infrastructure at § 130-76.1B.
(i)
The top elevation of the impermeable layer or liner must maintain this two-foot minimum separation to the seasonal high-water table.
(6) 
An alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate may be used if the design engineer demonstrates the capability of the proposed alternative stormwater management measure and/or the validity of the alternative rate or method to the municipality. A copy of any approved alternative stormwater management measure, alternative removal rate, and/or alternative method to calculate the removal rate shall be provided to the NJDEP and the Pinelands Commission in accordance with § 130-76.1E(2). Alternative stormwater management measures may be used to satisfy the requirements at § 130-76.1C(14) only if the measures meet the definition of green infrastructure at § 130-76.1B. Alternative stormwater management measures that function in a similar manner to a BMP listed at § 130-76.1C(14)(b) are subject to the contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 130-76.1C(14)(b) for that similarly functioning BMP. Alternative stormwater management measures approved in accordance with this subsection that do not function in a similar manner to any BMP listed at § 130-76.1C(14)(b) shall have a contributory drainage area less than or equal to 2.5 acres, except for alternative stormwater management measures that function similarly to cisterns, grass swales, green roofs, standard constructed wetlands, vegetative filter strips, and wet ponds, which are not subject to a contributory drainage area limitation. Alternative measures that function similarly to standard constructed wetlands or wet ponds shall not be used for compliance with the stormwater runoff quality standard unless a variance in accordance with § 130-76.1J is granted from § 130-76.1C(14).
(7) 
Hydraulic impacts.
(a) 
For all major development, groundwater mounding analysis shall be required for purposes of assessing the hydraulic impacts of mounding of the water table resulting from infiltration of stormwater runoff from the maximum storm designed for infiltration. The mounding analysis shall provide details and supporting documentation on the methodology used. Groundwater mounds shall not cause stormwater or groundwater to breakout to the land surface or cause adverse impacts to adjacent water bodies, wetlands, or subsurface structures, including, but not limited to, basements and septic systems. Where the mounding analysis identifies adverse impacts, the stormwater management measure shall be redesigned or relocated, as appropriate.
(b) 
For all applicable minor development, a design engineer's certification that each green infrastructure stormwater management measure will not adversely impact basements or septic systems of the proposed development shall be required.
(8) 
Design standards for stormwater management measures are as follows:
(a) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to take into account the existing site conditions, including, but not limited to, environmentally critical areas; wetlands; wetland transition areas; flood-prone areas; slopes; depth to seasonal high water table; soil type, permeability, and texture; drainage area and drainage patterns; and the presence of solution-prone carbonate rocks (limestone);
(b) 
Stormwater management measures designed to infiltrate stormwater shall be designed, constructed, and maintained to provide a minimum separation of at least two feet between the elevation of the lowest point of infiltration and the seasonal high water table;
(c) 
Stormwater management measures designed to infiltrate stormwater shall be sited in suitable soils verified by testing to have permeability rates between one inch and 20 inches per hour. A factor of safety of two shall be applied to the soil's permeability rate in determining the infiltration measure's design permeability rate. If such soils do not exist on the parcel proposed for development or if it is demonstrated that it is not practical for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons to site the stormwater infiltration measure(s) in such soils, the stormwater infiltration measure(s) may be sited in soils verified by testing to have permeability rates in excess of 20 inches per hour, provided that stormwater is routed through a bioretention system prior to infiltration. Said bioretention system shall be designed, installed, and maintained in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual;
(d) 
The use of stormwater management measures that are smaller in size and distributed spatially throughout a parcel, rather than the use of a single, larger stormwater management measure shall be required;
(e) 
Methods of treating stormwater prior to entering any stormwater management measure shall be incorporated into the design of the stormwater management measure to the maximum extent practical;
(f) 
To avoid sedimentation that may result in clogging and reduction of infiltration capability and to maintain maximum soil infiltration capacity, the construction of stormwater management measures that rely upon infiltration shall be managed in accordance with the following standards:
[1] 
No stormwater management measure shall be placed into operation until its drainage area has been completely stabilized. Instead, upstream runoff shall be diverted around the measure and into separate, temporary stormwater management facilities and sediment basins. Such temporary facilities and basins shall be installed and utilized for stormwater management and sediment control until stabilization is achieved in accordance with N.J.A.C. 2:90;
[2] 
If, for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons, temporary stormwater management facilities and sediment basins cannot be constructed on the parcel in accordance with Subsection C(8)(f)[1] above, the stormwater management measure may be placed into operation prior to the complete stabilization of its drainage area provided that the measure's bottom during this period is constructed at a depth at least two feet higher than its final design elevation. When the drainage area has been completely stabilized, all accumulated sediment shall be removed from the stormwater management measure, which shall then be excavated to its final design elevation; and
[3] 
To avoid compacting the soils below a stormwater management measure designed to infiltrate stormwater, no heavy equipment, such as backhoes, dump trucks, or bulldozers shall be permitted to operate within the footprint of the stormwater management measure. All excavation required to construct a stormwater management measure that relies on infiltration shall be performed by equipment placed outside the footprint of the stormwater management measure. If this is not possible, the soils within the excavated area shall be renovated and tilled after construction is completed. Earthwork associated with stormwater management measure construction, including excavation, grading, cutting, or filling, shall not be performed when soil moisture content is above the lower plastic limit;
(g) 
Dry wells shall be designed to prevent access by amphibian and reptiles;
(h) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to minimize maintenance, facilitate maintenance and repairs, and ensure proper functioning. Trash racks shall be installed at the intake to the outlet structure, as appropriate, and shall have parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars to the elevation of the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d). For elevations higher than the water quality design storm, the parallel bars at the outlet structure shall be spaced no greater than 1/3 the width of the diameter of the orifice or 1/3 the width of the weir, with a minimum spacing between bars of one inch and a maximum spacing between bars of six inches. In addition, the design of trash racks must comply with the requirements of § 130-76.1G(3)(a);
(i) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed, constructed, and installed to be strong, durable, and corrosion resistant. Measures that are consistent with the relevant portions of the Residential Site Improvement Standards at N.J.A.C. 5:21-7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 shall be deemed to meet this requirement;
(j) 
Stormwater management BMPs shall be designed to meet the minimum safety standards for stormwater management BMPs at § 130-76.1G; and
(k) 
The size of the orifice at the intake to the outlet from the stormwater management BMP shall be a minimum of 2 1/2 inches in diameter.
(9) 
Manufactured treatment devices may be used to meet the requirements of this section, provided the pollutant removal rates are verified by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology and certified by the NJDEP. Manufactured treatment devices that do not meet the definition of green infrastructure at § 130-76.1B may be used only under the circumstances described at § 130-76.1C(14)(d).
(10) 
Any application for a new agricultural development that meets the definition of major development at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2 shall be submitted to the Soil Conservation District for review and approval in accordance with the requirements at § 130-76.1C(14), (15), (16), and (17) and any applicable Soil Conservation District guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For purposes of this subsection, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber, and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacture of agriculturally related products.
(11) 
If there is more than one drainage area, the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17) shall be met in each drainage area, unless the runoff from the drainage areas converge on-site and no adverse environmental impact would occur as a result of compliance with any one or more of the individual standards being determined utilizing a weighted average of the results achieved for that individual standard across the affected drainage areas.
(12) 
Any stormwater management measure authorized under the municipal stormwater management plan or this section shall be reflected in a deed notice recorded in the Ocean County Clerk's Office. A form of deed notice shall be submitted to the municipality for approval prior to filing. The deed notice shall contain a description of the stormwater management measure(s) used to meet the green infrastructure, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(14), (15), (16), and (17) and shall identify the location of the stormwater management measure(s) in NAD 1983 State Plane New Jersey FIPS 2900 US Feet or Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees. The deed notice shall also reference the maintenance plan required to be recorded upon the deed pursuant to § 130-76.1I(2)(e). Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality. Proof that the required information has been recorded on the deed shall be in the form of either a copy of the complete recorded document or a receipt from the Clerk or other proof of recordation provided by the recording office. However, if the initial proof provided to the municipality is not a copy of the complete recorded document, a copy of the complete recorded document shall be provided to the municipality within 180 calendar days of the authorization granted by the municipality.
(13) 
A stormwater management measure approved under the municipal stormwater management plan or this section may be altered or replaced with the approval of the municipality, if the municipality determines that the proposed alteration or replacement meets the design and performance standards contained in § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17) and provides the same level of stormwater management as the previously approved stormwater management measure that is being altered or replaced. If an alteration or replacement is approved, a revised deed notice shall be submitted to the municipality for approval and subsequently recorded with the Ocean County Clerk's Office and shall contain a description and location of the stormwater management measure, as well as reference to the maintenance plan, in accordance with Subsection C(12) above. Prior to the commencement of construction, proof that the above required deed notice has been filed shall be submitted to the municipality in accordance with Subsection C(12) above.
(14) 
Green infrastructure standards.
(a) 
This subsection specifies the types of green infrastructure BMPs that may be used to satisfy the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards of this section.
(b) 
To satisfy the groundwater recharge and stormwater runoff quality standards at § 130-76.1C(15) and (16), the design engineer shall utilize BMPs identified in Table 1 at § 130-76.1C(5) and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6). The following green infrastructure BMPs are subject to the following maximum contributory drainage area limitations:
Best Management Practice
Maximum Contributory Drainage Area
Dry well
1 acre
Manufactured treatment device
2.5 acres
Pervious pavement system
Area of additional inflow cannot exceed three times the area occupied by the BMP
Small-scale bioretention systems
2.5 acres
Small-scale infiltration basin
2.5 acres
Small-scale sand filter
2.5 acres
(c) 
To satisfy the stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(17), the design engineer shall utilize BMPs identified in Table 1 or 2 at § 130-76.1C(5) and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6).
(d) 
If a variance in accordance with § 130-76.1J is granted from the requirements of this subsection, then BMPs from Table 1, 2, or 3 at § 130-76.1C(5) and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6) may be used to meet the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17).
(e) 
For separate or combined storm sewer improvement projects, such as sewer separation, undertaken by a government agency or public utility (for example, a sewerage company), the requirements of this subsection shall only apply to areas owned in fee simple by the government agency or utility, and areas within a right-of-way or easement held or controlled by the government agency or utility; the entity shall not be required to obtain additional property or property rights to fully satisfy the requirements of this subsection. Regardless of the amount of area of a separate or combined storm sewer improvement project subject to the green infrastructure requirements of this subsection, each project shall fully comply with the applicable groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quality control, and stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17).
(15) 
Groundwater recharge standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards for groundwater recharge as follows:
(b) 
For all major development, the total runoff volume generated from the net increase in impervious surfaces by a ten-year, twenty-four-hour storm shall be retained and infiltrated on-site.
(c) 
For minor development that involves the construction of four or fewer dwelling units, the runoff generated from the total roof area of the dwelling(s) by a ten-year, twenty-four-hour storm shall be retained and infiltrated through installation of one or more green infrastructure stormwater management measures designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual. Appropriate green infrastructure stormwater management measures include, but are not limited to, dry wells, pervious pavement systems, and small scale bioretention systems, including rain gardens.
(d) 
For minor development that involves any nonresidential use and will result in an increase of greater than 1,000 square feet of regulated motor vehicle surfaces, the water quality design storm volume generated from these surfaces shall be recharged on-site.
(e) 
Stormwater from areas of high pollutant loading and/or industrial stormwater exposed to source material shall only be recharged in accordance with § 130-76.1C(16)(h).
(16) 
Stormwater runoff quality standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards to control stormwater runoff quality impacts of:
[1] 
Major development;
[2] 
Minor development that involves any nonresidential use and will result in an increase of greater than 1,000 square feet of regulated motor vehicle surfaces; and
[3] 
Any development involving the grading, clearing, or disturbance of an area in excess of 5,000 square feet within any five-year period.
(b) 
Stormwater management measures shall be designed to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids (TSS) in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d) as follows:
[1] 
Eighty percent TSS removal of the anticipated load, expressed as an annual average shall be achieved for the stormwater runoff from the net increase of motor vehicle surface.
[2] 
If the surface is considered regulated motor vehicle surface because the water quality treatment for an area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving water quality treatment either by vegetation or soil, by an existing stormwater management measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment plant is to be modified or removed, the project shall maintain or increase the existing TSS removal of the anticipated load expressed as an annual average.
(c) 
The requirement to reduce TSS does not apply to any stormwater runoff in a discharge regulated under a numeric effluent limitation for TSS imposed under the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14A, or in a discharge specifically exempt under a NJPDES permit from this requirement. Every major development, including any that discharge into a combined sewer system, shall comply with Subsection C(16)(b) above, unless the major development is itself subject to a NJPDES permit with a numeric effluent limitation for TSS or the NJPDES permit to which the major development is subject exempts the development from a numeric effluent limitation for TSS.
(d) 
The water quality design storm is 1.25 inches of rainfall in two hours. Water quality calculations shall take into account the distribution of rain from the water quality design storm, as reflected in Table 4, below. The calculation of the volume of runoff may take into account the implementation of stormwater management measures.
Table 4: Water Quality Design Storm Distribution
Time
(Minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(Inches)
Time
(Minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(Inches)
Time
(Minutes)
Cumulative Rainfall
(Inches)
1
0.00166
41
0.1728
81
1.0906
2
0.00332
42
0.1796
82
1.0972
3
0.00498
43
0.1864
83
1.1038
4
0.00664
44
0.1932
84
1.1104
5
0.0083
45
0.2
85
1.117
6
0.00996
46
0.2117
86
1.1236
7
0.01162
47
0.2233
87
1.1302
8
0.01328
48
0.235
88
1.1368
9
0.01494
49
0.2466
89
1.1434
10
0.0166
50
0.2583
90
1.15
11
0.01828
51
0.2783
91
1.155
12
0.01996
52
0.2983
92
1.16
13
0.02164
53
0.3183
93
1.165
14
0.02332
54
0.3383
94
1.17
15
0.025
55
0.3583
95
1.175
16
0.03
56
0.4116
96
1.18
17
0.035
57
0.465
97
1.185
18
0.04
58
0.5183
98
1.19
19
0.045
59
0.5717
99
1.195
20
0.05
60
0.625
100
1.2
21
0.055
61
0.6783
101
1.205
22
0.06
62
0.7317
102
1.21
23
0.065
63
0.785
103
1.215
24
0.07
64
0.8384
104
1.22
25
0.075
65
0.8917
105
1.225
26
0.08
66
0.9117
106
1.2267
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1.2284
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0.9717
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1.2317
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0.1
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0.9917
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1.2334
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1.2351
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1.015
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1.2367
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1.0267
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1.2384
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0.1264
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1.0383
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1.05
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1.2417
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1.0568
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1.2483
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1.084
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1.25
(e) 
If more than one BMP in series is necessary to achieve the required 80% TSS reduction for a site, the applicant shall utilize the following formula to calculate TSS reduction:
R = A + B - (A x B)/100
Where
R
=
total TSS Percent Load Removal from application of both BMPs, and
A
=
the TSS Percent Removal Rate applicable to the first BMP
B
=
the TSS Percent Removal Rate applicable to the second BMP
(f) 
Stormwater management measures shall also be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, the post-construction nutrient load of the anticipated load from the developed site in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d). In achieving reduction of nutrients to the maximum extent feasible, the design of the site shall include green infrastructure BMPs that optimize nutrient removal while still achieving the performance standards in § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17).
(g) 
For all major development, stormwater management measures shall be designed to achieve a minimum of 65% reduction of the post-construction total nitrogen load from the developed site, including those permanent lawn or turf areas that are specifically intended for active human use as described at N.J.A.C. 7:50-6.24(c)3, in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d). In achieving a minimum 65% reduction of total nitrogen, the design of the site shall include green infrastructure in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual and shall optimize nutrient removal. The minimum 65% total nitrogen reduction may be achieved by using a singular stormwater management measure or multiple stormwater management measures in series.
(h) 
In high-pollutant loading areas (HPLAs) and/or areas where stormwater runoff is exposed to source material, as defined in § 130-76.1B, the following additional water quality standards shall apply:
[1] 
The areal extent and amount of precipitation falling directly on or flowing over HPLAs and/or areas where stormwater is exposed to source material shall be minimized through the use of roof covers, canopies, curbing or other physical means to the maximum extent practical in order to minimize the quantity of stormwater generated from HPLA areas and areas where stormwater runoff is exposed to source material;
[2] 
The stormwater runoff originating from HPLAs and/or areas where stormwater runoff is exposed to source material shall be segregated and prohibited from comingling with stormwater runoff originating from the remainder of the parcel unless it is first routed through one or more stormwater management measures required at Subsection C(16)(h)[3] below;
[3] 
The stormwater runoff from HPLAs and/or areas where stormwater runoff is exposed to source material shall incorporate stormwater management measures designed to reduce the post-construction load of TSS by at least 90% in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d) using one or more of the measures identified at Subsection C(16)(h)[3][a] or [b] below. In meeting this requirement, the minimum 90% removal of total suspended solids may be achieved by utilizing multiple stormwater management measures in series:
[a] 
Any measure designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual to remove total suspended solids. Any such measure must be constructed to ensure that the lowest point of infiltration within the measure maintains a minimum of two feet of vertical separation from the seasonal high-water table; and
[b] 
Other measures certified by the NJDEP, including a Media Filtration System manufactured treatment device with a minimum 80% removal of total suspended solids as verified by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology; and
[4] 
If the potential for contamination of stormwater runoff by petroleum products exists onsite, prior to being conveyed to the stormwater management measure required at Subsection C(16)(h)[3] above, the stormwater runoff from the HPLAs and areas where stormwater runoff is exposed to source material shall be conveyed through an oil/grease separator or other equivalent manufactured filtering device providing for the removal of petroleum hydrocarbons. The applicant shall provide the review agency with sufficient data to demonstrate acceptable performance of the device.
(i) 
The Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:13-4.1(c)1 establish 300-foot riparian zones along Category One waters, as designated in the Surface Water Quality Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9B, and certain upstream tributaries to Category One waters. A person shall not undertake a major development that is located within or discharges into a 300-foot riparian zone without prior authorization from the Department under N.J.A.C. 7:13.
(j) 
Pursuant to the Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:13-11.2(j)3.i, runoff from the water quality design storm that is discharged within a 300-foot riparian zone shall be treated in accordance with this subsection to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids by 95% of the anticipated load from the developed site, expressed as an annual average.
(17) 
Stormwater runoff quantity standards.
(a) 
This subsection contains the minimum design and performance standards to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts related to applicable major and minor development.
(b) 
In order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations at § 130-76.1D, complete one of the following:
[1] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that for stormwater leaving the site, post-construction runoff hydrographs for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events do not exceed, at any point in time, the pre-construction runoff hydrographs for the same storm events;
[2] 
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that there is no increase, as compared to the pre-construction condition, in the peak runoff rates of stormwater leaving the site for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events and that the increased volume or change in timing of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damage at or downstream of the site. This analysis shall include the analysis of impacts of existing land uses and projected land uses assuming full development under existing zoning and land use ordinances in the drainage area;
[3] 
Design stormwater management measures so that the post-construction peak runoff rates for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events are 50%, 75% and 80%, respectively, of the pre-construction peak runoff rates. The percentages apply only to the post-construction stormwater runoff that is attributable to the portion of the site on which the proposed development or project is to be constructed; or
[4] 
In tidal flood hazard areas, stormwater runoff quantity analysis in accordance with Subsection C(17)(b)[1], [2], and [3] above is required unless the design engineer demonstrates through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the increased volume, change in timing, or increased rate of the stormwater runoff, or any combination of the three will not result in additional flood damage below the point of discharge of the major development. No analysis is required if the stormwater is discharged directly into any ocean, bay, inlet, or the reach of any watercourse between its confluence with an ocean, bay, or inlet and downstream of the first water control structure.
(c) 
The stormwater runoff quantity standards shall be applied at the site's boundary to each abutting lot, roadway, watercourse, or receiving storm sewer system.
(d) 
There shall be no direct discharge of stormwater runoff from any point or nonpoint source to any wetland, wetlands transition area, or surface waterbody. In addition, stormwater runoff shall not be directed in such a way as to increase the volume and rate of discharge into any wetlands, wetlands transition area, or surface water body from that which existed prior to development of the parcel.
(e) 
To the maximum extent practical, there shall be no direct discharge of stormwater runoff onto farm fields to protect farm crops from damage due to flooding, erosion, and long-term saturation of cultivated crops and cropland.
(18) 
As-built requirements for major development are as follows:
(a) 
After all construction activities have been completed on the parcel and finished grade has been established in each stormwater management measure designed to infiltrate stormwater, replicate post-development permeability tests shall be conducted to determine if as-built soil permeability rates are consistent with design permeability rates. The results of such tests shall be submitted to the municipal engineer or other appropriate reviewing engineer. If the results of the post-development permeability tests fail to achieve the minimum required design permeability rate, utilizing a factor of safety of two, the stormwater management measure shall be renovated and retested until the required permeability rates are achieved; and
(b) 
After all construction activities and required testing have been completed on the parcel, as-built plans, including as-built elevations of all stormwater management measures shall be submitted to the municipal engineer or other appropriate reviewing engineer to serve as a document of record. Based upon that engineer's review of the as-built plans, all corrections or remedial actions deemed necessary due to the failure to comply with design standards and/or for any reason concerning public health or safety, shall be completed by the applicant. In lieu of review by the municipal engineer, the municipality may engage a licensed professional engineer to review the as-built plans and charge the applicant for all costs associated with such review.
D. 
Calculation of stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge.
(1) 
Stormwater runoff shall be calculated by the design engineer using the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) methodology, including the NRCS Runoff Equation and Dimensionless Unit Hydrograph, as described in Chapters 7, 9, 10, 15 and 16 Part 630, Hydrology National Engineering Handbook, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented, except that the Rational Method for peak flow and the Modified Rational Method for hydrograph computations shall not be used. This methodology is additionally described in Technical Release 55 - Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds (TR-55), dated June 1986, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the Natural Resources Conservation Service website at: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb1044171.pdf or at United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, 220 Davison Avenue, Somerset, New Jersey 08873.
(2) 
In calculating stormwater runoff using the NRCS methodology, the appropriate twenty-four-hour rainfall depths as developed for the parcel by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, https://hdsc.nws.noaa.gov/hdsc/pfds/pfds_map_cont.html?bkmrk=nj, shall be utilized.
(3) 
For the purpose of calculating runoff coefficients and groundwater recharge, there is a presumption that the pre-construction condition of a site or portion thereof is a wooded land use with good hydrologic condition. A runoff coefficient or a groundwater recharge land cover for an existing condition may be used on all or a portion of the site if the design engineer verifies that the hydrologic condition has existed on the site or portion of the site for at least five years without interruption prior to the time of application. If more than one land cover has existed on the site during the five years immediately prior to the time of application, the land cover with the lowest runoff potential shall be used for the computations. In addition, there is the presumption that the site is in good hydrologic condition (if the land use type is pasture, lawn, or park), with good cover (if the land use type is woods), or with good hydrologic condition and conservation treatment (if the land use type is cultivation).
(4) 
In computing pre-construction stormwater runoff, the design engineer shall account for all significant land features and structures, such as ponds, wetlands, depressions, hedgerows, or culverts, that may reduce pre-construction stormwater runoff rates and volumes.
(5) 
In computing stormwater runoff from all design storms, the design engineer shall consider the relative stormwater runoff rates and/or volumes of pervious and impervious surfaces separately to accurately compute the rates and volume of stormwater runoff from the site. To calculate runoff from unconnected impervious cover, urban impervious area modifications as described in the NRCS Technical Release 55 - Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds or other methods may be employed.
(6) 
If the invert of the outlet structure of a stormwater management measure is below the flood hazard design flood elevation as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:13, the design engineer shall take into account the effects of tailwater in the design of structural stormwater management measures.
(7) 
Groundwater recharge may be calculated in accordance with the New Jersey Geological Survey Report GSR-32, A Method for Evaluating Groundwater-Recharge Areas in New Jersey, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual; at the New Jersey Geological Survey website at: https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/pricelst/gsreport/gsr32.pdf or at New Jersey Geological and Water Survey, 29 Arctic Parkway, PO Box 420 Mail Code 29-01, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.
E. 
Sources for technical guidance.
(1) 
Technical guidance for stormwater management measures can be found in the documents listed below, which are available to download from the NJDEP's website at: http://www.nj.gov/dep/stormwater/bmp_manual2.htm.
(a) 
Guidelines for stormwater management measures are contained in the New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual, as amended and supplemented. Information is provided on stormwater management measures such as, but not limited to, those listed in Tables 1, 2, and 3 of § 130-76.1C(5). The New Jersey Stormwater BMP Manual may be utilized as a guide in determining the extent to which stormwater management activities and measures meet the standards of this section.
(b) 
Additional maintenance guidance is available on the NJDEP's website at: https://www.njstormwater.org/maintenance_guidance.htm.
(2) 
Submissions.
(a) 
Submissions required for review by the NJDEP should be mailed to:
The Division of Water Quality, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Mail Code 401-02B, PO Box 420, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0420.
(b) 
Submissions required for review by the Pinelands Commission should be emailed to appinfo@pinelands.nj.gov.
F. 
Solids and floatable materials control standards.
(1) 
Site design features identified under § 130-76.1C(5), or alternative designs in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6), to prevent discharge of trash and debris from drainage systems shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see Subsection F(1)(b) below.
(a) 
Design engineers shall use one of the following grates whenever they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body under that grate:
[1] 
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines; or
[2] 
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater than 0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater system floors used to collect stormwater from the surface into a storm drain or surface water body.
[3] 
For curb-opening inlets, including curb-opening inlets in combination inlets, the clear space in that curb opening, or each individual clear space if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces, shall have an area of no more than seven square inches, or be no greater than two inches across the smallest dimension.
(b) 
The standard in Subsection F(1)(a) above does not apply:
[1] 
Where each individual clear space in the curb opening in existing curb-opening inlet does not have an area of more than nine square inches;
[2] 
Where the municipality agrees that the standards would cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets;
[3] 
Where flows from the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d) are conveyed through any device (e.g., end-of-pipe netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:
[a] 
A rectangular space 4.625 inches long and 1.5 inches wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities); or
[b] 
A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inch.
Note that these exemptions do not authorize any infringement of requirements in the Residential Site Improvement Standards for bicycle safe grates in new residential development [N.J.A.C. 5:21-4.18(b)2 and 7.4(b)1].
[4] 
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars, to the elevation of the Water Quality Design Storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d); or
[5] 
Where the NJDEP determines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.
G. 
Safety standards for stormwater management basins.
(1) 
This section sets forth requirements to protect public safety through the proper design and operation of stormwater management BMPs. This section applies to any new stormwater management BMP.
(2) 
The provisions of this section are not intended to preempt more stringent municipal or county safety requirements for new or existing stormwater management BMPs. Municipal and county stormwater management plans and ordinances may, pursuant to their authority, require existing stormwater management BMPs to be retrofitted to meet one or more of the safety standards in Subsection G(3)(a), (b) or (c) below for trash racks, overflow grates, and escape provisions at outlet structures.
(3) 
Requirements for trash racks, overflow grates and escape provisions.
(a) 
A trash rack is a device designed to catch trash and debris and prevent the clogging of outlet structures. Trash racks shall be installed at the intake to the outlet from the Stormwater management BMP to ensure proper functioning of the BMP outlets in accordance with the following:
[1] 
The trash rack shall have parallel bars, with no greater than six-inch spacing between the bars;
[2] 
The trash rack shall be designed so as not to adversely affect the hydraulic performance of the outlet pipe or structure;
[3] 
The average velocity of flow through a clean trash rack is not to exceed 2.5 feet per second under the full range of stage and discharge. Velocity is to be computed on the basis of the net area of opening through the rack; and
[4] 
The trash rack shall be constructed of rigid, durable, and corrosion-resistant material and designed to withstand a perpendicular live loading of 300 pounds per square foot.
(b) 
An overflow grate is designed to prevent obstruction of the overflow structure. If an outlet structure has an overflow grate, the grate shall comply with the following requirements:
[1] 
The overflow grate shall be secured to the outlet structure but removable for emergencies and maintenance.
[2] 
The overflow grate spacing shall be no greater than two inches across the smallest dimension.
[3] 
The overflow grate shall be constructed of rigid, durable, and corrosion-resistant material, and shall be designed to withstand a perpendicular live loading of 300 pounds per square foot.
(c) 
Stormwater management BMPs shall include escape provisions as follows:
[1] 
If a stormwater management BMP has an outlet structure, escape provisions shall be incorporated in or on the structure. Escape provisions include the installation of permanent ladders, steps, rungs, or other features that provide easily accessible means of egress from stormwater management BMPs. With the prior approval of the municipality pursuant to Subsection G(4) below, a freestanding outlet structure may be exempted from this requirement;
[2] 
Safety ledges shall be constructed on the slopes of all new stormwater management BMPs having a permanent pool of water deeper than 2 1/2 feet. Safety ledges shall be comprised of two steps. Each step shall be four feet to six feet in width. One step shall be located approximately 2 1/2 feet below the permanent water surface, and the second step shall be located one to 1 1/2 feet above the permanent water surface. See Subsection G(5) below for an illustration of safety ledges in a stormwater management BMP; and
[3] 
In new stormwater management BMPs, the maximum interior slope for an earthen dam, embankment, or berm shall not be steeper than three horizontal to one vertical.
(4) 
Variance or exemption from safety standard. A variance or exemption from the safety standards for stormwater management BMPs may be granted only upon a written finding by the municipality that the variance or exemption will not constitute a threat to public safety.
(5) 
Safety ledge illustration.
Figure 1. Elevation View — Basin Safety Ledge Configuration
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H. 
Requirements for a site development stormwater plan.
(1) 
Submission of site development stormwater plan.
(a) 
Any application for major development approval shall include a Site Development Stormwater Plan containing all information required in § 130-76.1H(3).
(b) 
Any application for minor development approval that is subject to this section shall include a Site Development Stormwater Plan containing all information required in § 130-76.1H(4).
(c) 
The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall demonstrate that the proposed development meets the standards of this section.
(d) 
The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain comprehensive hydrologic and hydraulic design calculations for the pre-development and post-development conditions for the design storms specified in § 130-76.1C(16)(d). The standards for groundwater recharge and stormwater runoff rate, volume and quality required by § 130-76.1C(15), (16), and (17) and shall be met using the methods, calculations and assumptions provided in § 130-76.1D.
(e) 
The application submission requirements of Subsection H(1)(a) and (b) above shall be in addition to all other applicable application submission requirements of the municipality's land development regulations.
(f) 
The applicant shall submit 12 copies of the Site Development Stormwater Plan. All required engineering plans shall be in CAD Format 15 or higher, registered and rectified to NAD 1983 State Plane New Jersey FIPS 2900 US Feet or Shape Format NAD 1983 State Plane New Jersey FIPS 2900 US Feet. All other required documents shall be submitted in both paper and commonly used electronic file formats such as .pdf, word processing, database or spreadsheet files.
(2) 
Site development stormwater plan approval. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall be reviewed as a part of the development review process by the municipal board or official from whom municipal approval is sought. That municipal board or official shall consult the engineer retained by the Planning and/or Zoning Board (as appropriate) to determine if all the checklist requirements have been satisfied and to determine if the project meets the standards set forth in this section.
(3) 
Checklist requirements for major development. Any application for major development approval shall include a Site Development Stormwater Plan containing, at minimum, the following information.
(a) 
Topographic base map. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a topographic base map of the site that extends a minimum of 300 feet beyond the limits of the proposed development, at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet or greater, showing one-foot contour intervals. The map shall indicate the following: existing surface water drainage, shorelines, steep slopes, soils, highly erodible soils, perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of any Category One or Pinelands Waters, wetlands and floodplains along with any required wetlands transition areas, marshlands and other wetlands, pervious or vegetative surfaces, existing surface and subsurface human-made structures, roads, bearing and distances of property lines, and significant natural and manmade features not otherwise shown. Stafford Township or the Pinelands Commission may require upstream tributary drainage system information as necessary.
(b) 
Environmental site analysis. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a written description along with the drawings of the natural and human-made features of the site and its environs. This description shall include:
[1] 
A discussion of environmentally critical areas, soil conditions, slopes, wetlands, waterways and vegetation on the site. Particular attention shall be given to unique, unusual or environmentally sensitive features and to those features that provide particular opportunities for or constraints on development; and
[2] 
Detailed soil and other environmental conditions on the portion of the site proposed for installation of any stormwater management measures, including, at a minimum:
[a] 
A soils report based on on-site soil tests;
[b] 
Location and spot elevations in plan view of all test pits and permeability tests;
[c] 
Permeability test data and calculations;
[d] 
Any other required soil or hydrogeologic data (e.g., mounding analyses results) correlated with location and elevation of each test site;
[e] 
A cross-section of all proposed stormwater management measures with side-by-side depiction of soil profile drawn to scale and seasonal high water table elevation identified; and
[f] 
Any other information necessary to demonstrate the suitability of the specific proposed stormwater management measures relative to the environmental conditions on the portion(s) of the site proposed for implementation of those measures.
(c) 
Project description and site plan(s). The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a map (or maps), at the same scale as the topographical base map, indicating the location of existing and proposed buildings, roads, parking areas, utilities, structural facilities for stormwater management and sediment control, and other permanent structures. The map(s) shall also clearly show areas where alterations will occur in the natural terrain and cover, including lawns and other landscaping, and seasonal high groundwater elevations. A written description of the site plan and justification for proposed changes in natural conditions shall also be provided.
(d) 
Land Use Planning and Source Control Plan. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a Land Use Planning and Source Control Plan demonstrating compliance with the erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity control and stormwater quality treatment required by this section. This shall include, but is not limited to:
[1] 
Information demonstrating that the proposed stormwater management measures are able to achieve a minimum 65% reduction of the post-construction total nitrogen load, in accordance with § 130-76.1C(16)(g).
[2] 
Where any stormwater generated from high-pollutant loading areas or where stormwater will be exposed to source material, information demonstrating that the proposed stormwater management measures are consistent with § 130-76.1C(16)(h).
(e) 
Stormwater Management Facilities Map. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a Stormwater Management Facilities Map, at the same scale as the topographic base map, depicting the following information:
[1] 
The total area to be disturbed, paved and/or built upon, proposed surface contours, land area to be occupied by the stormwater management facilities and the type of vegetation thereon, and details of the proposed plan to manage and recharge stormwater; and
[2] 
Details of all stormwater management facility designs, during and after construction, including discharge provisions, discharge capacity for each outlet at different levels of detention (if applicable) and emergency spillway provisions with maximum discharge capacity of each spillway.
(f) 
Groundwater mounding analysis. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain a groundwater mounding analysis in accordance with § 130-76.1C(7)(a).
(g) 
Inspection, maintenance and repair plan. The Site Development Stormwater Plan shall contain an inspection, maintenance and repair plan containing information meeting the requirements of § 130-76.1I(2) of this section.
(4) 
Checklist requirements for minor development. Any application for minor development approval that is subject to this section shall include a Site Development Stormwater Plan, certified by a design engineer, containing, at minimum, the following information:
(a) 
All existing and proposed development, including limits of clearing and land disturbance.
(b) 
All existing and proposed lot lines.
(c) 
All wetlands and required wetland transition areas.
(d) 
The type and location of each green infrastructure stormwater management measure.
(e) 
A cross sectional drawing of each stormwater management measure showing the associated:
[1] 
Soil profile;
[2] 
Soil permeability test elevation;
[3] 
Soil permeability rate; and
[4] 
The elevation of, and vertical separation to, the seasonal high water table.
(f) 
A design engineer's certification that each green infrastructure stormwater management measure will not adversely impact basements or septic systems of the proposed development, in accordance with § 130-76.1C(7)(b).
(g) 
A Maintenance Plan containing information meeting the requirements of § 130-76.1I(2) of this section.
(5) 
Exception from submission requirements. With the exception of Subsection H(3)(g) and (4)(g) above, the municipality may modify or waive any required element of the Site Development Stormwater Plan, provided that sufficient information can be provided to demonstrate compliance with the standards of this section. However, application information required in accordance with the Pinelands CMP [N.J.A.C. 7:50-4.2(b)] shall be submitted to the Pinelands Commission, unless the Executive Director of the Pinelands Commission waives or modifies the application requirements.
I. 
Maintenance and repair.
(1) 
All development regulated under this section shall incorporate a maintenance plan, prepared by the design engineer, consistent with Subsection I(2) below. Maintenance and repair shall be implemented in accordance with maintenance plan and Subsection I(3) below.
(2) 
The maintenance plan shall include the following:
(a) 
Specific preventative maintenance tasks and schedules; cost estimates, including estimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash removal; and the name, address, and telephone number of the person or persons responsible for preventative and corrective maintenance (including replacement). The plan shall contain information on BMP location, design, ownership, maintenance tasks and frequencies, and other details as specified in Chapter 8 of the NJ BMP Manual, as well as the tasks specific to the type of BMP, as described in the applicable chapter containing design specifics.
(b) 
Responsibility for maintenance of stormwater management measures approved as part of an application for major development shall not be assigned or transferred to the owner or tenant of an individual property, unless such owner or tenant owns or leases the entire site subject to the major development approval. The individual property owner may be assigned incidental tasks, such as weeding of a green infrastructure BMP, provided the individual agrees to assume these tasks; however, the individual cannot be legally responsible for all the maintenance required.
(c) 
Responsibility for maintenance of stormwater management measures approved as part of an application for minor development may be assigned or transferred to the owner or tenant of the parcel.
(d) 
If the maintenance plan identifies a person other than the property owner (for example, a developer, a public agency or homeowners' association) as having the responsibility for maintenance, the plan shall include documentation of such person's or entity's agreement to assume this responsibility, or of the owner's obligation to dedicate a stormwater management facility to such person under an applicable ordinance or regulation.
(e) 
If the person responsible for maintenance identified under Subsection I(2)(a) above is not a public agency, the maintenance plan and any future revisions based on § 130-76.1I(3)(b)[2] shall be recorded upon the deed of record for each property on which the maintenance described in the maintenance plan must be undertaken.
(f) 
For all major development, the following additional standards apply:
[1] 
The maintenance plan shall include accurate and comprehensive drawings of all stormwater management measures on a parcel, including the specific latitude and longitude and block/lot number of each stormwater management measure. Maintenance plans shall specify that an inspection, maintenance, and repair report will be updated and submitted annually to the municipality;
[2] 
Stormwater management measure easements shall be provided by the property owner as necessary for facility inspections and maintenance and preservation of stormwater runoff conveyance, infiltration, and detention areas and facilities. The purpose of the easement shall be specified in the maintenance agreement; and
[3] 
An adequate means of ensuring permanent financing of the inspection, maintenance, repair, and replacement plan shall be implemented and shall be detailed in the maintenance plan. Financing methods shall include, but not be limited to:
[a] 
The assumption of the inspection and maintenance program by a municipality, county, public utility, or homeowners' association;
[b] 
The required payment of fees to a municipal stormwater fund in an amount equivalent to the cost of both ongoing maintenance activities and necessary structural replacements.
(g) 
For all minor development, maintenance plans shall be required for all stormwater management measures installed in accordance with this section and shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
[1] 
A copy of the certified plan required pursuant to § 130-76.1H(4);
[2] 
A description of the required maintenance activities for each stormwater management measure; and
[3] 
The frequency of each required maintenance activity.
(3) 
General maintenance and repair.
(a) 
Preventative and corrective maintenance shall be performed to maintain the function of the stormwater management measure, including, but not limited to, repairs or replacement to the structure; removal of sediment, debris, or trash; restoration of eroded areas; snow and ice removal; fence repair or replacement; restoration of vegetation; and repair or replacement of non-vegetated linings.
(b) 
The person responsible for maintenance identified under § 130-76.1I(2)(b) shall perform all of the following requirements:
[1] 
Maintain a detailed log of all preventative and corrective maintenance for the structural stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of the development, including a record of all inspections and copies of all maintenance-related work orders;
[2] 
Evaluate the effectiveness of the maintenance plan at least once per year and adjust the plan and the deed as needed; and
[3] 
Retain and make available, upon request by any public entity with administrative, health, environmental, or safety authority over the site, the maintenance plan and the documentation required by Subsection I(3)(b)[1] and [2] above.
(c) 
The requirements of Subsection I(2)(b), (c), and (d) above do not apply to stormwater management facilities that are dedicated to and accepted by the municipality or another governmental agency, subject to all applicable municipal stormwater general permit conditions, as issued by the Department.
(d) 
In the event that the stormwater management facility becomes a danger to public safety or public health, or if it is in need of maintenance or repair, the municipality shall so notify the responsible person in writing. Upon receipt of that notice, the responsible person shall have 14 days to effect maintenance and repair of the facility in a manner that is approved by the municipal engineer or his designee. The municipality, in its discretion, may extend the time allowed for effecting maintenance and repair for good cause. If the responsible person fails or refuses to perform such maintenance and repair, the municipality or County may immediately proceed to do so and shall bill the cost thereof to the responsible person. Nonpayment of such bill may result in a lien on the property.
(4) 
Nothing in this section shall preclude the municipality in which the major development is located from requiring the posting of a performance or maintenance guarantee in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-53.
J. 
Variances.
(1) 
The exemptions, exceptions, applicability standards, and waivers of strict compliance contained in the NJDEP Stormwater Management Regulations at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.1 et seq. shall not apply within the Pinelands Area except in accordance with this section.
(2) 
The municipal review agency may grant a variance from the design and performance standards for stormwater management measures set forth in its municipal stormwater management plan and this section, provided that:
(a) 
No variances shall be granted from § 130-76.1C(17)(d), which prohibits the direct discharge of stormwater runoff to any wetlands, wetlands transition area, or surface waterbody and the direction of stormwater runoff in such a way as to increase in volume and rate of discharge into any wetlands, wetlands transition area, or surface water body from that which existed prior to development of the parcel;
(b) 
The municipal stormwater plan includes a mitigation plan in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.2(c)11 and N.J.A.C. 7:50-3.39(a)2viii;
(c) 
The applicant demonstrates that it is technically impracticable to meet any one or more of the design and performance standards on-site. For the purposes of this analysis, technical impracticability exists only when the design and performance standard cannot be met for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons. A municipality's approval of a variance shall apply to an individual drainage area and design and performance standard and shall not apply to an entire site or project, unless an applicant provides the required analysis for each drainage area within the site and each design and performance standard;
(d) 
The applicant demonstrates that the proposed design achieves the maximum possible compliance with the design and performance standards of this section on-site; and
(e) 
A mitigation project is implemented, in accordance with the following:
[1] 
All mitigation projects shall be located in the Pinelands Area and in the same HUC-14 as the parcel proposed for development. If the applicant demonstrates that no such mitigation project is available, the municipality may approve a variance that provides for mitigation within the same HUC-11 as the parcel proposed for development, provided the mitigation project is located in the Pinelands Area.
[2] 
The proposed mitigation project shall be consistent with the municipal stormwater management plan certified by the Pinelands Commission. If said stormwater management plan does not identify appropriate parcels or projects where mitigation may occur, the applicant may propose a mitigation project that meets the criteria in Subsection J(2)(e)[1] above.
[3] 
The mitigation project shall be approved no later than preliminary or final site plan approval of the major development.
[4] 
The mitigation project shall be constructed prior to, or concurrently with, the development receiving the variance.
[5] 
The mitigation project shall comply with the green infrastructure standards at Subsection C(14).
[6] 
If the variance that resulted in the mitigation project being required is from the green infrastructure standards at § 130-76.1C(14), then the mitigation project must use green infrastructure BMPs in Table 1 contained at § 130-76.1C(5), and/or an alternative stormwater management measure approved in accordance with § 130-76.1C(6) that meets the definition of green infrastructure to manage an equivalent or greater area of impervious surface and an equivalent or greater area of motor vehicle surface as the area of the major development subject to the variance. Grass swales and vegetative filter strips may only be used in the mitigation project if the proposed project additionally includes a green infrastructure BMP other than a grass swale or vegetative filter strip. The green infrastructure used in the mitigation project must be sized to manage the water quality design storm established at § 130-76.1C(16)(d), at a minimum, and is subject to the applicable contributory drainage area limitation specified at § 130-76.1C(14)(b), as applicable.
[7] 
A variance from the groundwater recharge standards at § 130-76.1C(15) may be granted provided that the total volume of stormwater infiltrated by the mitigation project equals or exceeds the volume required at § 130-76.1C(15).
[8] 
A variance from the stormwater runoff quality standards at § 130-76.1C(16) may be granted if the following are met:
[a] 
The total drainage area of motor vehicle surface managed by the mitigation project(s) must equal or exceed the drainage area of the area of the major development subject to the variance and must provide sufficient TSS removal to equal or exceed the deficit resulting from granting the variance for the major development; and
[b] 
The mitigation project must remove nutrients to the maximum extent feasible in accordance with § 130-76.1C(16)(g).
[9] 
A variance from the stormwater runoff quantity standards at § 130-76.1C(17) may be granted if the following are met:
[a] 
The applicant demonstrates, through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, including the effects of the mitigation project, that the variance will not result in increased flooding damage below each point of discharge of the major development;
[b] 
The mitigation project indirectly discharges to the same watercourse and is located upstream of the major development subject to the variance; and
[c] 
The mitigation project provides peak flow rate attenuation in accordance with § 130-76.1C(17)(b)[3] for an equivalent or greater area than the area of the major development subject to the variance. For the purposes of this demonstration, equivalent includes both size of the area and percentage of impervious surface and/or motor vehicle surface.
[10] 
The applicant or the entity assuming maintenance responsibility for the associated major development shall be responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance (including replacement) of the mitigation project and shall be identified as such in the maintenance plan established in accordance with § 130-76.1I. This responsibility is not transferable to any entity other than a public agency, in which case a written agreement with that public agency must be submitted to the review agency.
(3) 
Any approved variance shall be submitted by the municipal review agency to the county review agency and the NJDEP, by way of a written report describing the variance, as well as the required mitigation, within 30 days of the approval.
K. 
Enforcement. The Construction/Zoning Official of Stafford Township or their designee is charged with the primary duty of enforcement of the section.
L. 
Penalties. Any person(s) who erects, constructs, alters, repairs, converts, maintains, or uses any building, structure or land in violation of this section shall be subject to the following penalties: subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, to imprisonment for a term of not more than 90 days, and/or to a period of community service of not more than 90 days, in the discretion of the court before whom a conviction is had.
[Amended 9-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-74; 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76; 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-83; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 2-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-20; 3-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-26; 7-11-1989 by Ord. No. 89-48; 9-5-1989 by Ord. No. 89-56; 11-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-66; 3-6-1990 by Ord. No. 90-21; 3-20-1990 by Ord. No. 90-23; 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-63; 2-19-1991 by Ord. No. 91-13; 11-26-1991 by Ord. No. 91-68; 5-2-1995 by Ord. No. 95-46; 6-13-1995 by Ord. No. 95-54; 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 95-95; 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101; 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44]
A. 
The off-site stormwater sewers may not discharge into sanitary sewer systems. The sanitary sewer system may not discharge into the stormwater system.
B. 
Nonpoint source pollution from urban runoff can be minimized by eliminating direct discharge into surface waters. Recharging stormwater to the ground helps maintain groundwater supplies but may have an impact on groundwater quality if not properly treated. The amount of pollutants in the stormwater runoff discharge to surface water bodies shall be minimized, and the impact of the discharge shall satisfy the applicable Department of Environmental Protection established surface water quality standards of the receiving water body, using measures such as sediment traps, oil skimmers and vacuum street cleaners. Pollutants of major concern include petrochemicals and heavy metals from vehicle spillage, deicing salts, aromatic hydrocarbons from blacktop paving, pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers from lawn and garden areas. Separation of stormwater shall be required to allow for direct recharge using dry wells of pollutant-free runoff from places such as rooftops. Runoff contaminated with metals, oils, grease or animal waste should be treated by vegetal filtration prior to recharge.
C. 
If off-site discharge is permitted by the Board, then the volume and quality of stormwater discharged off site shall be controlled so as not to cause any adverse impacts to the receiving water body and must conform to the requirements of the Department of Environmental Protection Stream Encroachment Permit Program and rules. Where practical, stormwater should not be recharged into soils which are classified as excessively or somewhat excessively drained nor into areas identified as deep aquifer recharge areas. The application of road oil, which is sometimes used as a dust control measure, shall be prohibited.
D. 
Coastal development shall avoid discharging of runoff to groundwater on high-permeability moist soils to the maximum extent possible.
E. 
All stormwater management for nonresidential development must be developed in accordance with RSIS as set forth in § 130-74B. However, no applicant for a nonresidential development shall be compelled to exceed a maximum of 60% of the capacity of the stormwater infiltration system as underground infiltration.
F. 
Approval of any swale, holding pond or basin will be contingent upon approval of the Mosquito Commission.
G. 
The construction of any facility utilized to control on-site runoff or drainage should be designed to create a more aesthetic and pleasing environment. To accomplish this, the municipality will require that plants native to the area and soil be used for landscaping to the maximum extent feasible. Special preference will be given to those species of trees and plants which have known pollutant removal abilities. When other ornamental plants are used, they should be of types which are compatible with the natural environment. Terrestrial vegetation stabilizes soil, retards erosion and runoff, promotes infiltration of surface water, reduces the force of wind and adds to aesthetic values for recreation and domestic life. Trees release life-giving oxygen, filter particulate soluble pollutants and provide foods and fuel with no energy input by man.
H. 
A revegetation or landscaping plan is to be submitted with each application site plan utilizing any runoff or drainage control. This plan must include information on the size of the area to be cleared, soil conditions, a description of the existing vegetation and a description of the vegetation which will be planted following clearing of any subsequent development. Season permitting, revegetation shall follow immediately after clearing or development is completed. Soil stabilization is required.
I. 
Surface water runoff shall not be directed in such a way as to increase the volume and rate of discharge into any surface water body or adjoining property from that which existed prior to development of the parcel.
J. 
All development that utilizes wet ponds for stormwater detention/retention purposes shall be required to utilize the water supply in said wet pond for lawn irrigation, if proposed.
[Added 9-17-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-80]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 130-77.1, Stormwater design calculations, added 7-11-1989 by Ord. No. 89-48, as amended 9-5-1989 by Ord. No. 89-56, was repealed 11-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-65.
[Added 4-19-2010 by Ord. No. 2010-12]
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to require the retrofitting of existing storm drain inlets which are in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction, resurfacing or alterations of facilities on private property, to prevent the discharge of solids and floatables (such as plastic bottles, cans, food wrappers and other litter) to the municipal separate storm sewer system operated by the Township, so as to protect public health, safety and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
B. 
Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township or other public body and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
STORM DRAIN INLET
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet, slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
C. 
Prohibited conduct. No person in control of private property (except a residential lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing (excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that property unless the storm drain inlet either:
(1) 
Already meets the design standard below to control passage of solid and floatable materials; or
(2) 
Is retrofitted or replaced to meet the standards in Subsection D below prior to the completion of the project.
D. 
Design standard. Storm drain inlets identified in Subsection C above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this subsection, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard, see Subsection D(3) below.
(1) 
Grates.
(a) 
Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body under that grate:
[1] 
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle-safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996); or
[2] 
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or is no greater than 0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
(b) 
Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater basin floors.
(2) 
Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or be no greater than 2.0 inches across the smallest dimension.
(3) 
This standard does not apply:
(a) 
When the Municipal Engineer agrees that this standard would cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards; or
(b) 
When flows are conveyed through any device (e.g., end-of-pipe netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:
[1] 
A rectangular space 4 5/8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities); or
[2] 
A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inch; or
(c) 
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars; or
(d) 
Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.
E. 
Enforcement. This section shall be enforced by the Township Police Department and/or other municipal officials of the Township.
F. 
Penalties. Any person(s) who is found to be in violation of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each storm drain inlet that is not retrofitted to meet the design standard.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 130-78, Stormwater disposal system standards, as amended, was repealed 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44.
[Amended 10-17-1995 by Ord. No. 95-95; 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101; 6-23-1998 by Ord. No. 98-44]
A. 
Responsibility for operation and maintenance of stormwater facilities, including periodic removal and disposal of accumulated particulate material and debris, but not limited to the following: visual inspection of all system components at least twice each year; vacuuming of all storm sewer inlets once every six months (frequency of vacuuming may be adjusted to once a year if first year maintenance records indicate that sediment and debris accumulation is insignificant); reverse flushing and vacuuming if system inspections indicate significant accumulation of sediment in the pipes; and periodic removal and disposal of other material and debris, shall remain with the owner or owners of the property, with permanent arrangements that it shall pass to any successive owner, unless assumed by a governmental agency. If portions of the land are to be sold, legally binding arrangements shall be made to pass the basic responsibility to successors in title. These arrangements shall designate for each project the property owner, governmental agency or other legally established entity to be permanently responsible for maintenance, hereinafter in this section referred to as the "responsible person."
B. 
Prior to granting approval to any project subject to review under this article, the applicant shall enter into an agreement with the municipality to ensure the continued operation and maintenance of the facility. This agreement shall be in a form satisfactory to the Municipal Attorney and may include but may not necessarily be limited to personal guaranties, deed restrictions, covenants and bonds. In cases where property is subdivided and sold separately, a homeowners' association or similar permanent entity should be established as the responsible entity, absent an agreement by a governmental agency to assume responsibility.
C. 
In the event that the facility becomes a danger to public safety or public health, or if it is in need of maintenance, the municipality shall so notify, in writing, the responsible person. From that notice, the responsible person shall have 14 days to effect such maintenance and repair of the facility in a manner that is approved by the Township Engineer or his designee. If the responsible person fails or refuses to perform such maintenance and repair, the municipality may immediately proceed to do so and shall bill the cost thereof to the responsible person.
D. 
In the Pinelands Area, all applicants shall provide a four-year maintenance guaranty for the entire stormwater management system.
E. 
In the Pinelands Area, the agreement required pursuant to § 130-79B above shall include a requirement for annual inspections and shall provide for an inspection and maintenance program of at least 10 years in duration.
A. 
Traffic circulation. The site plan shall provide a safe and efficient circulation system for the movement of vehicles and pedestrians off the site and on the tract.
B. 
Access driveways.
(1) 
All entrance and exit driveways shall be located so as to afford maximum safety and minimum disruption of traffic on the street.
(2) 
The dimensions of entrance and exit driveways and internal roads shall be adequate to accommodate the volume and character of vehicles anticipated to be using the site. The required dimensions for driveways and interior roads shall be as follows:
[Amended 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-63]
(a) 
Twelve feet minimum for one-way operation.
(b) 
Twenty-four feet minimum for two-way operation.
(c) 
Twenty-eight feet minimum for fire lanes.
(3) 
Driveways serving a development having 50 or fewer parking spaces may use a one-and-one-half-inch-high depressed curb and concrete apron driveway and concrete walk. Those having more than 50 parking spaces, however, shall use curb returns of not less than 15 feet minimum nor 30 feet maximum in radius, except as otherwise directed by the New Jersey Department of Transportation or as necessary to accommodate the large-wheel-base vehicles associated with the safety or operation of the site.
[Amended 8-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-69; 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-63; 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99]
(4) 
Any vertical curve on a driveway shall be flat enough to prevent the dragging of any vehicle undercarriage.
(5) 
Driveway grades shall adhere to the following: 3/4% minimum to 10% maximum. A maximum slope of 2% for the first 20 feet from the street line shall be maintained.
(6) 
Curb cuts to a public street shall not be closer than 25 feet to the point of curvature or point of tangent of the corner radius curb of an intersecting street, or, if required parking spaces exceed 100, then the driveway curb cuts shall not be closer than 100 feet to the point of curvature or point of tangent of the corner radius of the intersecting street.
(7) 
The number of permitted driveways provided from a site shall be related to the type of street and traffic volume thereon and the number and location of other access points therefrom.
(8) 
Driveway pavement shall extend to the paved portion of the street with which it connects and shall be constructed with a minimum of two inches of stabilized base course and 1 1/2 inches of FABC surface course or an approved equal.
(9) 
Driveways are to be curbed on both sides.
(10) 
Within all residential zones within the Township, with exception of the RR Zones, the minimum side yard setback for a driveway shall be:
[Amended 6-14-1994 by Ord. No. 94-51]
(a) 
Five feet where the garage doors front a public street or where the garage is detached from the principal structure; or
(b) 
Three feet where the garage doors do not front a public street (i.e., side load garage).
(11) 
All pavement area shall be constructed with six inches of Type 2, Class A or B, gravel subbase, in addition to bituminous stabilized base course and FABC surface course as specified, or an approved equal.
(12) 
In parking lots having a capacity of more than 100 cars, a main access drive shall be provided from points of ingress and egress. No parking shall be permitted on the main access drive, nor shall it serve as an access aisle to adjacent parking spaces.
(13) 
All access drives shall provide a minimum outside turning radius of 30 feet, unless as a fire lane, in which case they shall provide a minimum outside turning radius of 50 feet.
[Amended 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-63]
(14) 
In R-75 and R-90 Zones, the maximum width of a driveway depression for a two-car capacity driveway shall be 23 feet, in accordance with the provisions of § 187-13. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 14 and 15.[1])
[Added 1-16-1996 by Ord. No. 96-11; amended 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101]
[1]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 14 and 15, are included as attachments to this chapter.
C. 
Access Management Plan consistency. The design and location of all access driveways to Route 72 shall be consistent with the Route 72 Access Management Plan adopted by the Township Council on June 10, 1997, and as may be amended.
[Added 6-10-1997 by Ord. No. 97-47]
A. 
Design requirements.
(1) 
The number and size of all parking and loading spaces shall meet the requirements of this section. All residential development shall comply with § 130-81E with regard to the number of parking spaces, parking space size, parking lot access and circulation and aisle widths. All remaining design requirements of residential parking lots, including but not limited to lighting, landscaping, location and setbacks, shall be in compliance with this section and this chapter,
[Amended 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
(2) 
Any off-street loading spaces shall have a minimum height clearance of 15 feet and be designed in accordance with the following criteria:
Loading Space
Apron/Aisle Length
Length
(feet)
Width
(feet)
(90º)
(feet)
(60º)
(feet)
60
10
72
66
60
12
62
57
60
14
60
54
(3) 
Ingress to and egress from a parking or loading area shall be paved and shall include turning areas to assure ease of mobility, ample clearance and the safety of vehicles and pedestrians.
(4) 
Parking areas serving light-duty vehicles shall be constructed with a minimum of two inches of stabilized base course and 1 1/2 inches of FABC surface course, or an approved equal, and shall be sufficiently drained so as to prevent an accumulation of water on the site.
(5) 
All pavement areas shall be constructed with six-inch-thick Type 2, Class A or B, gravel subbase, in addition to the bituminous stabilized base course and FABC surface course as specified.
(6) 
A parking area shall be illuminated if used after sunset, and such illumination shall provide a minimum of five tenths (0.5) lumen per square foot throughout the area and be shielded from adjoining streets or properties. The location of the parking lot light structure shall be in accordance with the requirements of § 130-51G(6).
[Amended 9-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-53]
(7) 
Off-street parking and loading areas shall be designed to prevent the maneuvering of vehicles into or out of parking or loading spaces within any portion of any street.
(7.1)
The plan shall include both inside curve radius and outside curve radius for all curves on the site. This is to include the entrances to and exits from fire lanes, loading areas, parking aisles and all entrances and exits from the site. The minimum curve radius shall meet the requirements as outlined in the Design Vehicles and Minimum Turning Path Chart. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 10.[1])
[Added 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; amended 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101]
[1]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figure 10, is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(8) 
Parking dimensions shall meet the following standards:
(a) 
Each dead-storage bay of an off-street parking space may be perpendicular with the aisle, parallel with the aisle or at any angle between 60º and 90º.
(b) 
No angle parking layout shall be permitted with an angle less than 60º. The following are minimum stall and aisle dimensions:
[Amended 8-21-1990 by Ord. No. 90-46; 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-63; 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99]
Type
Aisle Width
(feet)
Stall
Dimensions
(feet)
90-degree parking
24
9 x 18
60-degree parking
18
9 x 18
Parallel parking
  1-way operation
12
7 x 23
  2-way operation
24
7 x 23
(9) 
Parking and loading space stripes shall be four inches wide using white reflective paint. Hatch lines shall be on an angle of 45° and shall consist of stripes four inches wide, two feet on center. The hatch lines shall be white reflective paint, except those hatch lines utilized to separate directions of traffic, which shall be yellow reflective paint.
[Amended 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99]
(10) 
All parking and loading areas are to be curbed.
(11) 
No paved area shall be closer to any property line than 15 feet, unless otherwise prohibited herein.
(12) 
The maximum grade permitted in parking areas shall be 6%; the minimum grade permitted in parking areas shall be three-fourths percent (3/4%).
(13) 
Location of parking. Where parking is permitted between the front building line and the street line, a safety island or raised median separating the public street from the parking area shall be provided for intermediate and large parking in accordance with the following minimum requirements:
(a) 
The width of the safety island shall be that width between the proposed street curbline and a point five feet inside the property line. When this width is less than 25 feet, the parking area shall be reduced to provide a minimum width for the safety island of 15 feet. All required tree and shrub plantings shall be planted on the on-site portion of the safety island, with the exception of streetscape plantings as required herein.
[Amended 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10]
(b) 
Safety islands shall be raised a minimum of six inches above the adjacent parking area.
(c) 
Safety islands shall be topsoiled and seeded or otherwise landscaped as required by § 130-51.
[Amended 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10]
(14) 
Small parking areas. Parking lots having 10 or fewer spaces shall comply with all applicable requirements of this chapter and shall also be bordered by a fifteen-foot unbroken, landscaped strip along side property lines from the street line to the rear lot line, unless the Board, for good cause, shall waive such requirements; provided, however, that for parking lots having 10 or fewer spaces, only a two-inch compacted thickness bituminous concrete FABC surface course on six-inch compacted gravel base course will be required.
(15) 
Intermediate-size parking areas. Parking areas having more than 10 spaces but fewer than 101 spaces shall be designed to fulfill the following minimum requirements:
[Amended 2-20-1996 by Ord. No. 96-27]
(a) 
A safety island or raised median shall be provided as herein described.
(b) 
Not more than one two-way access driveway or two one-way access driveways shall be provided on any one street unless approval otherwise is obtained from the body, agency or official having jurisdiction over the plan.
(c) 
Design of the parking area shall include planting islands which shall be a minimum of 10% of the total parking area. These islands shall include planting as required by § 130-51. Parking bays shall be separated from access or circulation drives by a planting island (of ten-foot minimum width) or area for the full width of a bay at the ends of rows.
[Added 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76; amended 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10]
(16) 
Large parking areas. Parking lots which have a capacity for parking more than 100 vehicles shall incorporate the following minimum design standards:
[Amended 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76; 1-31-1989 by Ord. No. 89-10; 9-19-1995 by Ord. No. 95-91]
(a) 
No parking stalls which shall require the use of the entrance and exit driveways as access aisles shall be permitted.
(b) 
(Reserved)[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection A(16)(b), concerning access driveways located along one-way streets or divided highways, was repealed 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99.
(c) 
All directional (one-way) driveways shall be marked by appropriate signs facing all peripheral service roads serving the property as well as the parking area.
(d) 
No driveway shall be located less than 30 feet from the existing drive.
(e) 
The design of the parking area shall include planting islands which shall be a minimum of 10% of the total parking area. These islands shall include planting as required by § 130-51. Parking bays shall be separated from access or circulation drives by a planting island (of ten-foot minimum width) or area for the full width of a bay at the ends of rows. The parking lot shall, where possible, be subdivided into modular parking bays or lots of not greater than 50 spaces each. These modules shall be separated by a landscape island of a minimum ten-foot width. When appropriate, pedestrian walkways shall be provided on these islands. A single line or row within a bay should be no more than 20 spaces in length.
(f) 
The parking area shall contain location markers clearly visible from all areas of the parking lot. Location markers shall be placed, at a minimum, at one marker per 25 parking stalls.
(17) 
Intermediate and large parking areas shall be designed so as to provide for a fire zone adjacent to the building(s). Parking shall not be permitted in a fire zone. Fire zones shall be at least 20 feet in width and may be used for on-site traffic circulation but shall have a turning radius of 50 feet at any entrance and exit of the site. These zones shall be labeled "Fire Zones, No Stopping or Standing."
(18) 
Parking for the handicapped. (See Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 11, 12 and 13[3].)
[Amended 3-7-1989 by Ord. No. 89-25; 2-1-1994 by Ord. No. 94-17; 12-16-1997 by Ord. No. 97-101]
(a) 
Parking spaces for the handicapped shall be located to provide convenient access to building entrances by way of depressed curbs and ramps in accordance with state regulations. All handicapped spaces shall comply with state design standards. The number of spaces to be provided shall be determined by the following table:
Total
Parking in Lot
Required Minimum Number of
Accessible Spaces
1 to 25
1
26 to 50
2
51 to 75
3
76 to 100
4
101 to 150
5
151 to 200
6
201 to 300
7
301 to 400
8
401 to 500
9
501 to 1,000
2% of total
1,001 and over
20, plus 1 for each
100 over 1,000
[1] 
One in every eight accessible spaces, but not less than one, shall be served by an access aisle 96 inches wide minimum and shall be designated "Van-Accessible" as required by Subsection A(18)(e). The vertical clearance at such spaces shall comply with Subsection A(18)(f). All such spaces may be grouped on one level of a parking structure.
[2] 
If passenger loading zones are provided, then at least one passenger loading zone shall comply with Subsection A(18)(g).
[3] 
At facilities providing medical care and other services for persons with mobility impairments, parking spaces complying with Subsection A(18)(b) through (g) shall be provided in accordance with Subsection A(18)(a), except as follows:
[a] 
Outpatient units and facilities: 10% of the total number of parking spaces provided serving each such outpatient unit or facility.
[b] 
Units and facilities that specialize in treatment or services for persons with mobility impairments: 20% of the total number of parking spaces provided serving each such unit or facility.
[4] 
Valet parking. Valet parking facilities shall provide a passenger loading zone complying with Subsection A(18)(g) located on an accessible route to the entrance of the facility. Subsections A(18)(a), (a)[1] and (a)[3] in this section do not apply to valet parking facilities.
(b) 
Minimum number. Parking spaces required to be accessible by Subsection A(18)(a) shall comply with Subsection A(18)(c) through (f). Passenger loading zones required to be accessible by Subsection A(18)(a) shall comply with Subsection A(18)(f) and (g).
(c) 
Location. Accessible parking spaces serving a particular building shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel from adjacent parking to an accessible entrance. In parking facilities that do not serve a particular building, accessible parking shall be located on the shortest accessible route of travel to an accessible pedestrian entrance of the parking facility. In buildings with multiple accessible entrances with adjacent parking, accessible parking spaces shall be dispersed and located closest to the accessible entrances.
(d) 
Parking spaces. Accessible parking spaces shall be at least eight feet wide. Parking access aisles shall be part of an accessible route to the building or facility entrance and shall comply with accessible route requirements of the Barrier Free Subcode of the New Jersey Uniform Construction Code (UCC). Two accessible parking spaces may share a common aisle (see Figure 11[4]). Parked vehicle overhangs shall not reduce the clear width of an accessible route. Parking spaces and access aisles shall be level with surface slopes not exceeding one to fifty (1:50) [2%] in all directions.
[4]
Editor's Note: Figure 11 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
(e) 
Signage. Accessible parking spaces shall be designated as reserved by a sign showing the symbol of accessibility. Spaces complying with Subsection A(18)(a) shall have an additional sign "Van-Accessible" mounted below the symbol of accessibility. Such signs shall be located so they cannot be obscured by a vehicle parking in the space.
(f) 
Vertical clearance. A minimum vertical clearance of 9.5 feet shall be provided at accessible passenger loading zones and along at least one vehicle access route to such areas from site entrance(s) and exit(s). At parking spaces complying with Subsection A(18)(a), a minimum vertical clearance of 98 inches at the parking space and along at least one vehicle access route to such spaces from site entrance(s) and exit(s) shall be provided.
(g) 
Passenger loading zones. Passenger loading zones shall provide an access aisle at least five feet wide and 20 feet long adjacent and parallel to the vehicle pull-up space (see Figure 11[5]). If there are curbs between the access aisle and the vehicle pull-up space, then a curb ramp complying with the New Jersey UCC shall be provided. Vehicle standing spaces and access aisles shall be level with surface slopes not exceeding one to fifty (1:50) [2%] in all directions.
[5]
Editor's Note: Figure 11 is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[3]
Editor's Note: Engineering Plat Detail, Figures 11 and 12, are included as attachments to this chapter; Figure 13 was repealed 12-6-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-105.
(19) 
Landscaping. Landscaping in parking and loading areas shall be shown on the landscaping plan. Trees shall be staggered and/or spaced so as not to interfere with driver vision and have branches no lower than six feet. All areas between the parking area and the building shall be landscaped.
[Added 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-76]
(20) 
Any parking area constructed of crushed stone or crushed shell material shall provide a concrete apron. The concrete apron shall extend the full width of driveway and extend at least 20 feet behind sidewalk in order to minimize the tracking of material from parking area onto the sidewalk and roadway.
[Added 11-5-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-99]
B. 
Minimum parking requirements shall be as follows:
[Amended 9-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-74; 10-18-1988 by Ord. No. 88-83; 2-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-21; 3-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-28; 4-4-1989 by Ord. No. 89-29; 8-1-1989 by Ord. No. 89-53; 11-1-1990 by Ord. No. 90-62; 1-19-1993 by Ord. No. 93-01; 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51; 7-3-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-52]
(1) 
Automotive repair garage or body shop: four parking spaces per each bay.
(2) 
Automotive sales and service: three parking spaces per bay, plus one parking space for each 400 square feet of gross floor area shall be provided for customer and employee parking. These areas shall be in addition to areas utilized for display and storage of vehicles. Site plans shall specify which parking spaces are designated for customers, employees, display and storage.
(3) 
Automotive service station:
(a) 
Gas only: four parking spaces.
(b) 
Gas and convenience store: four parking spaces, plus two parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(c) 
Gas, convenience store and service bays: four parking spaces, plus two parking spaces for each bay, plus two parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(d) 
Gas, convenience store and car wash: four parking spaces, plus two parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus six vehicle storage for the car wash.
(4) 
Banks: five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet, plus seven vehicle storage per window for drive up.
(5) 
Bar: 15 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or 0.5 parking spaces per seat.[6]
[6]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(6) 
Barber- and beauty shop: three parking spaces for each beautician chair or two parking spaces for each barber chair (if known), but not fewer than one parking space per 200 square feet of gross floor area of gross floor area.[7]
[7]
Editor's Note: "An Approach to Determining Parking Demand," Robert J. Boyland and Neil S. Konig.
(7) 
Car washes: four parking spaces, plus off-street vehicle storage (space equal to at least 10 spaces per washing lane). For self-wash or self-service car washes, off-street storage shall be three spaces per washing lane.
(8) 
Church, synagogue temple or mosque: 0.33 parking space per seat.[8]
[8]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(9) 
Long-term care, assisted living and residential health care facilities and continuing care retirement communities.
(a) 
Long term care, assisted living, residential health care facilities: one parking space for each three beds based on its licensed bed capacity.
(b) 
Parking facilities for the residents, employees, visitors of the continuing care requirement community shall be based on the following:
[1] 
Five-tenths parking space per unit per independent living unit.
[2] 
One parking space per five beds for health care beds.
[3] 
One parking space per employee for day shift employees.
[4] 
One tenth space per 10 independent living units for visitors for independent living units.
(9.1)
Convenience store: 6.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
[Added 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96]
(10) 
Fast-food establishment: one parking space for each 75 square feet of gross floor area.[9] If located within a shopping center, then one parking space for each 100 square feet of gross floor area.[10]
(a) 
With drive-through: 0.3 parking spaces per seat, plus eight vehicle storage per drive-through lane.[11]
[11]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(b) 
Without drive-through: 0.5 parking spaces per seat.[12]
[12]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
[9]
Editor's Note: "Recommended Zoning Ordinance Provisions for Parking," National Parking Association.
[10]
Editor's Note: "Parking Principals," Highway Research Board.
(11) 
Funeral home: five spaces, plus one parking space per 75 square feet of gross floor area of public area.
(12) 
(Reserved)[13]
[13]
Editor's Note: Former Subsection B(12), Furniture or carpet store, was repealed 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96.
(13) 
Hospital: three spaces per bed, plus six spaces per 1,000 square feet of outpatient clinic and/or emergency services area, plus four spaces per 1,000 square feet of professional and/or administrative office space.
[Amended 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96]
(14) 
Hotel or motel or bed-and-breakfast: one parking space per room, plus 0.33 parking space per employee, plus 0.33 parking space per seat in a banquet/conference room.
(15) 
Industrial uses:
(a) 
Assembly operations: 1.25 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.[14]
[14]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(b) 
Industrial, light: 2.1 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or 1.5 parking spaces per employee of largest shift.[15]
[15]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(c) 
Manufacturing: 1.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or 0.75 parking space per employee of largest shift.
(d) 
Research lab: 2.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area or 1.5 parking space per employee of largest shift.
(e) 
Warehouse/high tech or flex space: one parking space per 5,000 square feet of gross floor area or 1.5 parking space per employee.
(16) 
Library or museum: 3.3 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.[16]
[16]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(17) 
Motor vehicle rental facility: four spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus one space per 2,000 square feet of vehicle storage area, plus adequate storage for rental vehicles.
[Added 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96]
(18) 
Office uses:
(a) 
General: four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(b) 
Medical office/surgery center: for facilities less than 5,000 square feet, 10 spaces, plus four spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. For facilities 5,000 square feet or greater, six spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
[Amended 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96]
(18.1)
Pharmacy: 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area. Pharmacies with a drive-through, 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area, plus storage for three vehicles at the drive-through.
[Added 11-1-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-96]
(19) 
Recreational uses:
(a) 
Bowling alley: six parking spaces per lane.
(b) 
Golf course: eight parking spaces per hole.[17]
[17]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(c) 
Health club: 8.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.[18]
[18]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(d) 
Marina: 1.5 parking space per boat slip.
(e) 
Miniature golf: 1.5 parking space per hole.[19]
[19]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(f) 
Pool hall/arcade: four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.[20]
[20]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(g) 
Skating rink: 4.75 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.[21]
[Amended 12-20-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-109]
[21]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(h) 
Stadium: 0.33 parking space per seat.[22]
[22]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(i) 
Swimming pool: 0.25 parking space per person in pool.[23]
[23]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(j) 
Tennis court: three parking spaces per court.[24]
[24]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(20) 
Restaurant:
(a) 
High turnover: 0.75 parking space per seat.
(b) 
Lower turnover: 0.5 parking space per seat.
(21) 
Retail store, freestanding: four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area.[25]
[25]
Editor's Note: "Nonresidential Site Plan Model Ordinance and Commentary," Carol Walker, David Listokin, Howard Schoor, Carolyn Neighbor and Henry Ney, Rutgers, The State University for Urban Policy Research, prepared for the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
(22) 
Schools:
(a) 
Nursery/day care: one space per employee, plus one space per 10 students, plus one dropoff space per 10 students.
(b) 
Elementary: one space per employee, plus one space per five seats in auditorium.
(c) 
High school: one space per employee, plus one space per five students.
(d) 
College: one space per staff, plus 0.75 space per student.
(23) 
Shopping center (includes neighborhood, community, regional and superregional):[26]
(a) 
Less than or equal to 400,000 square feet of gross floor area: four parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area; adjust upward for theaters and restaurants.
(b) 
Greater than 400,000 square feet of gross floor area; 4.5 parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area.
[26]
Editor's Note: "Parking Requirements for Shopping Centers" Urban Land Institute.
(24) 
Storage, self:
(a) 
Internal: one parking space per employee, plus one parking space per 75 units.
(b) 
External: one parking space available at each unit (access aisle must be kept clear.)
(25) 
Supermarket: six parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(26) 
Theater: 0.4 spaces per seat.
(27) 
Veterinary clinics or hospitals or animal care facilities: one space per 333 square feet of gross floor area.
(28) 
The parking space required for a use not specifically mentioned herein shall be the same as required for a use of similar nature as determined by the Board, based upon that use or enumerated herein which is most similar to the proposed use. If there is no use enumerated herein having sufficient similarity to the proposed use to enable the Board to establish rational parking requirements, the Board may, in its discretion, direct the applicant to furnish the Board with such data as may be necessary to enable the Board to establish rational parking requirements.
(29) 
Off-street parking requirements for residential land uses:[27]
Residential Use
Requirements
Off-Street Parking
(spaces)
Single family
  2 bedroom
1.5
  3 bedroom
2
  4 bedroom
2.5
  5 bedroom
3
Garden apartment
  1 bedroom
1.8
  2 bedroom
2
  3 bedroom
2.1
Townhouse
  1 bedroom
1.8
  2 bedroom
2.3
  3 bedroom
2.4
Mobile home
  1 bedroom
1.8
  2 bedroom
2
[27]
Editor's Note: "Residential Site Improvement Standards" New Jersey Site Improvement Advisory Board.
(30) 
Miscellaneous criteria calculating the amount of parking required. In computing the number of above-required parking spaces, the following rules shall govern:
(a) 
Where fractional space results, the required number shall be construed to be the nearest whole number.
(b) 
Nothing in the above requirements shall be construed to prevent the joint use of off-street parking facilities by two or more uses, provided that the total of such spaces shall not be fewer than the sum of the requirements for various individual uses computed separately by the above requirements.
(c) 
All required parking facilities shall be located on the same lot or parcel as the structure or use they shall serve. In the case of nonresidential uses, parking facilities may be provided on other lots or parcels but shall not be greater than 300 feet from the structure or use they shall serve.
(d) 
Where special traffic problems exist, the Planning Board may require a special survey of conditions, at the applicant's cost, and require the location of entrances and exits in the parking lot to be altered to minimize congestion and hazards.
C. 
Minimum loading requirements. Adequate off-street loading and maneuvering space shall be provided for every retail or wholesale commercial and/or industrial use. The following standards shall be applied:
(1) 
Required number of off-street loading spaces:
(a) 
Schools: one loading space.
(b) 
Hospitals with gross floor area:
[1] 
Under 10,000 square feet: one loading space.
[2] 
From 10,000 to 30,000 square feet of gross floor area: two loading spaces.
(c) 
Funeral homes: one loading space.
(d) 
Office, hotel, retail service, wholesale, warehouse, manufacturing or processing or repairing uses with a gross floor area:
[1] 
Under 10,000 square feet: one loading space required.
[2] 
From 10,000 to 25,000 square feet of gross floor area: two loading spaces.
[3] 
From 25,001 to 60,000 square feet of gross floor area: three loading spaces.
[4] 
From 60,001 to 100,000 square feet of gross floor area: four loading spaces.
(e) 
Off-street loading facilities for separate uses may be provided jointly if the total number of spaces so provided is not less than the sum of the separate requirements for each use, and provided that all regulations governing the location of accessory spaces in relation to the use served are adhered to and that no accessory space or portion thereof shall serve as a required space for more than one use.
(2) 
There shall be a minimum of one trash/refuse enclosure and collection location, separate from any parking or loading area and located in a separate enclosure area. The refuse collection or enclosure area shall be totally enclosed and screened from view in accordance with the requirements in § 130-62C, screening of refuse area. The refuse enclosure area may be located adjacent or within the general loading area(s), provided that containers or enclosures in no way interfere with or restrict loading and unloading.
[Amended 12-20-1988 by Ord. No. 88-95]
(3) 
Where any use is located on a tract of at least 50 acres and no portion of a loading area, including maneuvering areas, is closer than 200 feet to any property line and where the length of the driveway connecting the loading area to the street is at least 300 feet, the number of off-street loading spaces may be less than the number required by the schedule above, provided that the applicant, as part of the site plan, shall document to the approving authority how the number of spaces to be provided will be adequate to meet the needs of the specific use proposed.
(4) 
Access to truck standing, loading and unloading areas may be provided directly from a public street or alley or from any right-of-way that will not interfere with public convenience and will permit orderly and safe movement of truck vehicles.
(5) 
Unless otherwise permitted, fire zones shall not be used as standing, loading or unloading areas.
(6) 
Loading areas, as required under this section, shall be provided in addition to off-street parking spaces and shall not be considered as supplying off-street parking spaces.
(7) 
No off-street loading or unloading area shall be permitted in any required front yard area.
D. 
Location of parking and loading areas.
(1) 
Loading spaces shall be located on the same lot as the use being served, may abut the building being served rather than requiring a setback from the building and shall be located to directly serve the building for which the space is being provided. Loading spaces shall be located at least 20 feet from any building being served. No off-street parking or loading space shall have direct access from a street.
(2) 
No loading and parking spaces shall be located in any required buffer area.
(3) 
No parking shall be permitted in fire lanes, streets, driveways, aisles, sidewalks or turning areas.
(4) 
Off-street loading spaces shall have 15 feet of vertical clearance and be designed in accordance with the following criteria:
Loading Space
Apron/Aisle Length
Length
(feet)
Width
(feet)
(90º)
(feet)
(60º)
(feet)
60
10
72
66
60
12
62
57
60
14
60
54
E. 
Residential parking. Parking requirements for residential development applications shall be in compliance with and parking areas shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.JA.C 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 130-82, Fences, as amended, was repealed 8-18-1998 by Ord. No. 98-57.
[Added 10-15-1996 by Ord. No. 96-56]
The following principals, measures and guidelines shall be utilized, to the maximum extent practicable, to minimize the impact of development and/or activities on the quality of the Township's groundwater resources and to limit the risk of contamination of the Township's potable water supply:
A. 
All commercial and residential development shall minimize impervious coverage and maximize the amount of natural unoccupied open space. In WPO Zones the amount of impervious coverage should be a minimum of 10% less than that permitted by the underlying zoning.
B. 
The preservation of naturally vegetated areas and landscaped areas utilizing native plant material requiring minimal fertilization and pesticide and herbicide application are encouraged.
C. 
Substantial lawn areas requiring fertilization and pesticide and herbicide application are discouraged.
D. 
Storage of hazardous materials shall, except as otherwise regulated by state or federal regulation, allow access for physical inspection and monitoring and shall utilize the best available technology to provide for automatic and immediate alarm or detection of releases.
E. 
Users of hazardous materials shall have a plan to detect and control hazardous material leaks and spills, including but not limited to inspections, notification procedures and emergency containment and cleanup procedure.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 130-83, Signs, as amended 8-16-1988 by Ord. No. 88-68, was repealed 11-21-1989 by Ord. No. 89-67.
A. 
All exterior lighting shall be designed to provide a minimum lighting intensity of five-tenths (0.5) lumen per square foot. Lighting shall be of a soft or glare-free type and shall not cast an illumination color which shall be distractive, obliterate or obscure the view, be ultraviolet, strobic, pulsating, flashing or of any unnatural kind or create a public nuisance, discomfort or hazard.
B. 
All exterior lighting fixtures shall be designed, manufactured, installed and aimed in such manner as to shield glare from reflecting onto adjacent streets, properties, residences or public areas.
C. 
All lighting fixtures shall conform with all applicable requirements of the BOCA Basic Energy Conservation Code and the Lighting Power Budget Determination Procedure, EMS-1, of the Illuminating Engineer's Society.
D. 
All site plans or other development plans proposing the use of exterior lighting, either freestanding or building-mounted, shall include complete data regarding the proposed exterior illumination, including the proposed direction and location of illumination; intensity of illumination, as expressed either in horizontal footcandles or lumens per square foot; the hours of illumination; detail drawings and specifications of lighting fixtures, including but not limited to the type of lighting, fixture details, mounting details, mounting height and lighting isobar patterns; illumination areas as shown on the site plan; and provisions to shield glare from reflecting onto adjacent thoroughfares and properties; and, in addition, any additional specific and special detailed data deemed appropriate for the particular lighting application as required by the Township Engineer, Construction Code Official, Zoning Officer, Planning Board, Environmental Commission, Electrical Subcode Official, Police Department, Zoning Board of Adjustment or other agency.
E. 
The location of the parking lot light structure shall be in accordance with the requirements of § 130-51G(6).
[Added 9-18-1990 by Ord. No. 90-53]
[Added 6-24-1997 by Ord. No. 97-51]
If required, bikeways shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subchapter 4 (Streets and Parking) of N.J.A.C. 5:21 (Residential Site Improvement Standards), as amended.
[Added 9-18-2007 by Ord. No. 2007-88]
A. 
Standards. The Township shall designate a Police Radio Communications Officer who shall determine whether the construction or modification of any nonresidential structure may result in interference, interruption, or degradation of the Township's communications system. If it is determined by the Police Radio Communications Officer that said construction or modification of a nonresidential structure results in interference, interruption, or degradation of the Township's communications system, it shall be a condition of site plan approval that the applicant provide the following facilities, services and/or fees:
(1) 
The applicant shall be required to provide sufficient space, up to 1,000 square feet, in the new or modified nonresidential structure to install radio transmitting and receiving equipment as may be necessary to correct all radio system degradation or interference resulting directly or indirectly from the construction or modification.
(2) 
The applicant shall provide power sources, including that provided by an emergency electric power generator, adequate to operate all radio and ancillary equipment installed by the Township in the proposed nonresidential structure or modification to a nonresidential structure. Such power sources shall be secure and free from the possibility of disconnection, to the satisfaction of the Police Radio Communications Officer.
(3) 
The applicant shall provide an antenna mounting space and antenna cable pass, as necessary, to permit the erection of transmitting and receiving antennas in a manner consistent with the radio system's operational and coverage needs.
(4) 
The applicant shall provide free and easy access to the radio equipment, antenna system, and power sources 24 hours per day, seven days per week, by the Township and its authorized officials.
(5) 
The applicant shall provide such space, power and other services and access at applicant's own cost.
(6) 
The Township shall be responsible for the maintenance and cleaning of the interior equipment room areas it uses in accordance with these conditions and requirements. The owner of the structure shall be responsible for the maintenance and access to these areas and all roof areas.
(7) 
The Township shall have the right to install and maintain such security devices as it deems necessary for the protection of its equipment. Such devices shall include, but not be limited to, door locks, intrusion alarms, fire and smoke alarms, sprinkler systems and fire extinguishers. Where appropriate, in the Township's discretion, fire and smoke alarms may be interconnected with other building, fire and smoke alarms to assure maximum protection and safety to those working in or occupying the structure.
(8) 
If the Police Radio Communications Officer determines that the proposed structure or modification to the structure either causes interference or degradation of the Township's radio system and the structure is physically not capable of supporting radio communications equipment, the applicant shall be responsible for the cost of the work required to mitigate and restore necessary and secure communications and radio services. Such costs shall include leasing, purchasing, or otherwise acquiring space in other buildings, erecting radio towers, acquiring building equipment shelters, and any other work deemed necessary by the Police Radio Communications Officer. The applicant shall also pay the cost of radio control wire lines and other circuits leased from the appropriate utility company that are necessary for the control and operation of the radio equipment at the site. The applicant shall be obligated to pay such recurring costs for leased sites and/or equipment for a period of at least 10 years or until such time the Township vacates the premises, whichever event occurs first.
(9) 
The applicant shall provide, install and maintain signal distribution and/or other communications facilities that will assure portable radio coverage throughout the structure and between the inside of the structure and the outside free air. Such facilities shall be at the expense of the applicant when determined by the Township as necessary for the public welfare.
B. 
Escrow fees. The applicant for any preliminary or final site plan application for a nonresidential structure or modification to a nonresidential structure which has been determined by the Police Radio Communications Officer to be a potential cause of interference, interruption, or severe degradation of the Township's Public Safety and Municipal Communication System, shall be required to submit professional service escrow fees at the time of the application submission sufficient to cover the cost of the additional work to determine whether the proposed construction is likely to interfere with the Township's radio communications system. The applicant shall be required to replenish the escrow account on an as-needed basis.