[HISTORY: Adopted by the Suffolk County Legislature as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-13-1988 by Res. No. 1435-1988 (Ch. 815, Art. II,
of the 1985 Code)]
When the Suffolk County Legislature makes a State Environmental
Quality Review Act (SEQRA) finding for any capital budget and/or program
project for the County of Suffolk, alternate methods for the disposal
of stormwater runoff associated with the implementation of such a
project shall be identified and the plan or method to be utilized
for such a project shall be documented.
Any resolution which authorizes or purports to authorize a capital
budget and/or program project for the County of Suffolk shall contain
provisions identifying, describing and evaluating the range of feasible
alternatives for the disposal of stormwater runoff associated with
the implementation of such a project, if necessary, and shall explicitly
identify the plan or method to be utilized for such project to minimize
the discharge of stormwater runoff directly into surface waters, if
necessary.
A.
Any resolution, which actually appropriates funds or purports to
appropriate funds for the implementation of such a project, shall
also contain provisions approving the explicit plan or method to be
utilized, if necessary, for such project to minimize the discharge
of stormwater runoff directly into surface waters.
B.
Such an appropriating resolution shall include provisions that make
the following findings:
(1)
That, consistent with social, economic, fiscal and other considerations,
the plan or method selected, if necessary, is the one which to the
maximum extent practicable avoids or minimizes adverse environmental
impacts to surface waters; and
(2)
That the plan or method to be utilized is based upon the facts set
forth in the resolution which explain the rationale for utilizing
the particular method or plan.