No stormwater runoff or natural drainage water shall be so diverted as to overload existing drainage systems or create flooding or the need for additional drainage structures on other private properties or public lands without proper and approved provisions being made for taking of these conditions.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Borough Council of the Borough of Seaside Park as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-5-1990 by Ord. No. 1090 (Ch. 68, Art. V, of the 1970 Borough Code)]
[Amended 7-28-2011 by Ord. No. 1572]
The owner of a lot who intends the installation or construction of any improvements or materials, including but not limited to asphalt, concrete or other impervious surface on a parcel, shall first apply to the Borough Zoning Officer for a permit, except in the case of the installation of a driveway to a garage which would not exceed 13 feet in width for a one-car garage and 16 feet in width for a two-car garage. This exception shall only apply in the event that a garage exists on the lot.
Permit applications shall indicate on sketch plot the area of the parcel, the proposed improvements and total impervious surface area of the lot.
[Amended 7-28-2011 by Ord. No. 1572]
The application shall be approved by the Borough Zoning Officer if said plans shall conform with local and state regulations concerning stormwater runoff and drainage systems and does not increase existing runoff from the site by 15% over the existing conditions.
[Amended 11-19-2001 by Ord. No. 1285]
There shall be no fee for the permit required in accordance with § 399-2.