Chapter
219 is adopted under authority granted by the Home Rule Amendment of the Massachusetts Constitution, the Home Rule statutes, and pursuant to MGL c. 83, §§ 1, 10 and 16, as amended by St. 2004, c. 149, §§ 135-140, and the regulations of the federal Clean Water Act at 40 CFR 122.34.
This chapter shall apply to all construction, development and redevelopment activities involving land disturbance of one acre or more (including disturbances less than one acre if part of a larger common plan) and that discharge stormwater runoff to the City MS4, unless exempt pursuant to §
219-7 of this chapter. All activities under the jurisdiction of this chapter, as prescribed in this chapter, shall be required to obtain a stormwater management permit (SMP). Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter shall apply only to those who disturb an acre or more of land and discharge stormwater runoff to the City system.
The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable.
The invalidity of any section, provision, paragraph, sentence, or
clause of this chapter shall not invalidate any section, provision,
paragraph, sentence, or clause thereof, nor shall it invalidate any
permit or determination that previously has been issued.