[Ord. 689, 3/23/2016]
In order to prevent erosion, the permittee shall be required
to provide adequate surface treatment by installing ground cover of
such kind and character as may be approved by the administrator. The
applicant shall submit a soil erosion and sedimentation control plan
and post-construction stormwater management plan for review and approval
of the administrator prior to the commencement of any grading or other
regulated earth disturbance activity. The plan shall be prepared in
accordance with the provisions of 25 Pa. Code, Chapter 102, "Erosion
Control." The administrator may require that the applicant's
plan also be approved by the Allegheny County Conservation District
(ACCD), the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP),
or the Army Corps of Engineers. If an NPDES permit is required, documentation
of the permit issuance must be provided.
[Ord. 689, 3/23/2016]
Grading equipment shall not cross streams without approved protection.
Permits shall be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection for temporary and permanent encroachment, relocations,
enclosures and temporary crossings of streams.
[Ord. 689, 3/23/2016]
No grading shall be permitted within 20 feet of designated or
known floodplains unless a permit is obtained from the appropriate
DEP office. Grading shall conform to the requirements and standards
of Title 25 of the Pennsylvania Code, Chapter 105, Environmental Resources,
Dam Safety and Waterways Management, and Title 25 of the Pennsylvania
Code, Chapter 106, Flood Plain Management.
[Ord. 689, 3/23/2016]
Discharges into the storm sewer system not composed entirely of stormwater, allowed by an NPDES permit or permitted by Chapter
23, Stormwater Management, are prohibited MS4 discharges. The administrator shall stop all clearing, grubbing and grading on the site until the necessary drainage facilities are completed to eliminate illicit discharges into the storm sewer system. The applicant shall be responsible, at his own cost, for cleaning the storm sewer system fouled by illicit discharges into the storm sewer system that are a result of the grading operation.