The Village Board of the Village of Rothschild finds that uncontrolled
post-construction runoff has a significant impact upon water resources
and the health, safety and general welfare of the community and diminishes
the public enjoyment and use of natural resources. Specifically, uncontrolled
erosion and post-construction runoff can:
A. Degrade physical stream, lake, and river habitat by increasing bank
erosion, increasing streambed, lake bed, and riverbed scour, diminishing
groundwater recharge, diminishing stream base flows and increasing
water temperatures.
B. Diminish the capacity of lakes, streams, and rivers to support fish,
aquatic life, and recreational and water supply uses by increasing
pollutant loading of sediment, suspended solids, nutrients, heavy
metals, bacteria, pathogens and other urban pollutants.
C. Alter wetland communities by changing wetland hydrology and by increasing
pollutant loads.
D. Reduce the quality of groundwater by increasing pollutant loading.
E. Threaten public health, safety, property and general welfare by overtaxing
storm sewers, drainageways, and other minor drainage facilities.
F. Threaten public health, safety, property and general welfare by increasing
major flood peaks and volumes.
G. Undermine floodplain management efforts by increasing the incidence
and levels of flooding.
The intent of this article is to reduce the amount of erosion
and post-construction stormwater and associated pollutants reaching
waters of the state. Use of this article by municipalities will foster
the consistent statewide application of post-construction performance
standards for new development and redevelopment contained in Subchapters
III and IV of Ch. NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY
The Administrator of Public Works of the Zoning Committee
and/or the Village Board empowered under § 61.354, Wis.
Stats., that is designated by the Village of Rothschild Board to administer
this article.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE or BMP
Structural or nonstructural measures, practices, techniques
or devices employed to avoid or minimize sediment or pollutants carried
in runoff to waters of the state.
BUSINESS DAY
A day the office of the Administrator of Public Works, or
the designee, is routinely and customarily open for business.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
A court-issued order to halt land disturbing construction
activity that is being conducted without the required permit.
CONNECTED IMPERVIOUSNESS
An impervious surface that is directly connected to a separate
storm sewer or water of the state via an impervious flow path.
CONSTRUCTION SITE
An area upon which one or more land disturbing construction
activities occur, including areas that are part of a larger common
plan of development or sale where multiple separate and distinct land
disturbing construction activities may be taking place at different
times under different schedules but under one master plan.
DESIGN STORM
A hypothetical discrete rain storm characterized by a specific
duration, temporal distribution, rainfall intensity, return frequency,
and total depth of rainfall.
DEVELOPMENT
Residential, commercial, industrial or institutional land
uses and associated roads.
DIVISION OF LAND
The creation division of a lot, parcel or tract of land by
the owner thereof or the owner's agent for the purpose of sale or
of building development, where:
A.
The act of division creates five or more parcels or building
sites of 1 1/2 acres or less in area; or
B.
Five or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres each
or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period
of five years.
EFFECTIVE INFILTRATION AREA
The area of the infiltration system that is used to infiltrate
runoff and does not include the area used for site access, berms or
pretreatment.
EROSION
The process by which the land's surface is worn away by the
action of wind, water, ice or gravity.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
A comprehensive plan developed to address pollution caused
by erosion and sedimentation of soil particles or rock fragments during
construction.
EXTRATERRITORIAL
The unincorporated area within 1.5 miles of the corporate
limits of the Village.
FINAL STABILIZATION
All land disturbing construction activities at the construction
site have been completed and a uniform, perennial, vegetative cover
has been established, with a density of at least 70% of the cover,
for the unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures,
or employment of equivalent permanent stabilization measures.
FINANCIAL GUARANTEE
A performance bond, maintenance bond, surety bond, irrevocable
letter of credit, or similar guarantees submitted to the Administrator
of Public Works, or the designee, by the responsible party to assure
that requirements of this article are carried out in compliance with
the stormwater management plan.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
An area that releases as runoff all or a large portion of
the precipitation that falls on it, except for frozen soil. Rooftops,
sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and streets are examples of areas
that typically are impervious.
INFILL AREA
An undeveloped area of land located within existing development.
INFILTRATION
The entry of precipitation or runoff into or through the
soil.
INFILTRATION SYSTEM
A device or practice such as a basin, trench, rain garden
or swale designed specifically to encourage infiltration, but does
not include natural infiltration in pervious surfaces such as lawns,
redirecting of rooftop downspouts onto lawns or minimal infiltration
from practices such as swales or roadside channels designed for conveyance
and pollutant removal only.
KARST FEATURE
An area or surficial geologic feature subject to bedrock
dissolution so that it is likely to provide a conduit to groundwater,
and may include caves, enlarged fractures, mine features, exposed
bedrock surfaces, sinkholes, springs, seeps or swallets.
LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
Any man-made alteration of the land surface resulting in
a change in the topography or existing vegetative or nonvegetative
soil cover that may result in runoff and lead to an increase in soil
erosion and movement of sediment into waters of the state. "Land disturbing
construction activity" includes clearing and grubbing, demolition,
excavating, pit trench dewatering, filling and grading activities.
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
A legal document that provides for long-term maintenance
of stormwater management practices.
MEP or MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE
A level of implementing best management practices in order
to achieve a performance standard specified in this article which
takes into account the best available technology, cost-effectiveness
and other competing issues, such as human safety and welfare, endangered
and threatened resources, historic properties and geographic features.
MEP allows flexibility in the way to meet the performance standards
and may vary based on the performance standard and site conditions.
NEW DEVELOPMENT
Development resulting from the conversion of previously undeveloped
land or agricultural land uses.
OFF SITE
Located outside the property boundary described in the permit
application.
ON SITE
Located within the property boundary described in the permit
application.
PERCENT FINES
The percentage of a given sample of soil which passes through
a No. 200 sieve.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
A narrative or measurable number specifying the minimum acceptable
outcome for a facility or practice.
PERMIT
A written authorization made by the Administrator of Public
Works, or the designee, to the applicant to conduct land disturbing
construction activity or to discharge post-construction runoff to
waters of the state.
PERMIT ADMINISTRATION FEE
A sum of money paid to the Village by the permit applicant
for the purpose of recouping the expenses incurred by the Village
in administering the permit.
PERVIOUS SURFACE
An area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation
that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar
vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.
POLLUTANT
Has the meaning given in § 283.01(13), Wis. Stats.
POLLUTION
Has the meaning given in § 281.01(10), Wis. Stats.
POST-CONSTRUCTION SITE
A construction site following the completion of land disturbing
construction activity and final site stabilization.
PREDEVELOPMENT CONDITION
The extent and distribution of land cover types present before
the initiation of land disturbing construction activity, assuming
that all land uses prior to development activity are managed in an
environmentally sound manner.
REDEVELOPMENT
Areas where development is replacing older development.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
Any entity holding fee title to the property or other person
contracted or obligated by other agreement to implement and maintain
post-construction stormwater BMPs.
RUNOFF
Stormwater or precipitation, including rain, snow or ice
melt or similar water, that moves on the land surface via sheet or
channelized flow.
SEDIMENT
Settleable solid material that is transported by runoff,
suspended within runoff or deposited by runoff away from its original
location.
SEPARATE STORM SEWER
A conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with
drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches,
constructed channels or storm drains, which meets all of the following
criteria:
A.
Is designed or used for collecting water or conveying runoff.
B.
Is not part of a combined sewer system.
C.
Is not draining to a stormwater treatment device or system.
D.
Discharges directly or indirectly to waters of the state.
SITE
The entire area included in the legal description of the
land on which the land disturbing construction activity occurred.
STOP-WORK ORDER
An order issued by the Administrator of Public Works, or
the designee, which requires that all construction activity on the
site be stopped.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
A comprehensive plan designed to reduce the discharge of
pollutants from stormwater after the site has undergone final stabilization
following completion of the construction activity.
TECHNICAL STANDARD
A document that specifies design, predicted performance and
operation and maintenance specifications for a material, device or
method.
TOP OF THE CHANNEL
An edge, or point on the landscape, landward from the ordinary
high-water mark of a surface water of the state where the slope of
the land begins to be less than 12% continually for at least 50 feet.
If the slope of the land is 12% or less continually for the initial
50 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark, the top of the
channel is the ordinary high-water mark.
TR-55
The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service (previously Soil Conservation Service), Urban
Hydrology for Small Watersheds, Second Edition, Technical Release
55, June 1986.
TYPE II DISTRIBUTION
A rainfall type curve as established in the United States
Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Technical Paper
149, published 1973. The Type II curve is applicable to all of Wisconsin
and represents the most intense storm pattern.
The following methods shall be used in designing the water quality,
peak flow shaving and infiltration components of stormwater practices
needed to meet the water quality standards of this article:
A. Technical standards approved by the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources under Subchapter V of Ch. NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code.
B. Where technical standards have not been identified or developed by
the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, other technical standards
may be used provided that the methods have been approved by the Administrator
of Public Works or the designee.
C. In this article, the following year(s) and location(s) have been
selected as average annual rainfall(s): Green Bay, 1969 (March 29
to November 25). Average annual basis is calculated using the rainfall
or runoff factor (R factor) or equivalent design storm using a Type
II distribution with consideration given to the geographic location
of the site and the period of disturbance.
The fees referred to in other sections of this article shall
be established by the Village Board and may from time to time be modified
by resolution. A schedule of the fees established by the Village Board
shall be available for review in Clerk's office.