It shall be a violation of this chapter to engage
in regulated construction activity except in accordance with this
chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter, and pursuant
to a valid stormwater construction approval issued by the City. A
stormwater construction approval shall be issued in a form and manner
approved by the City, and may be incorporated into a construction
permit or other approval issued under or required by another ordinance,
statute or regulation.
A.
Applicants shall submit a written application for
a stormwater construction approval to the City. The application shall
be made in a form and manner approved by the City, and shall include
all information and documentation required by the City pursuant to
this chapter or rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
B.
All proposed modifications to a stormwater management
system that has received a stormwater construction approval issued
by the City shall be submitted to the City in writing, together with
all information and all supporting documentation required by the City
pursuant to this chapter or rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter
to support the proposed modification. A person shall not commence
regulated construction activity associated with a proposed modification
without the approval of the City.
A.
The City may require an applicant to provide financial
assurance for regulated construction activity.
B.
Financial assurance provided pursuant to this section
shall be in the form of a performance bond, cash deposit, or unconditional
irrevocable letter of credit. The City may accept, with prior approval,
an equivalent instrument that guarantees that a stormwater management
system that has received stormwater construction approval from the
City is constructed in compliance with the stormwater construction
approval.
C.
The City may promulgate rules that establish the form
and amount of financial assurance to be provided; the events, circumstances,
or occurrences that will cause the City to release the financial assurance
mechanism; and other requirements for financial assurance to satisfy
the purposes of this chapter.
