[Ord. No. 688, 6/4/2018]
The purpose of this part is to provide for the reasonable use
of steep slopes while ensuring development will not induce soil erosion,
require excessive grading, increase slope instability, or create sewage
disposal problems and shall be in conformance with the following objectives:
1. Guard against property damage and personal injury, and minimize the
potential for erosion, slope failure, stream siltation, increased
runoff, flooding and contamination of surface waters caused by the
adverse effects of site preparation and construction on steep slopes.
2. Conserve existing woodlands for air and water quality benefits.
3. Permit land uses by right that are compatible with protection of
steep slope areas, and encourage the use of steep slope areas for
open space and conservation uses.
4. Require development to avoid steep slope areas wherever possible,
and require all land use, clearing, grading, and construction to satisfy
development standards.
5. Regulate expansion of land use or development that existed on steep
slope areas prior to enactment of these requirements.
6. Protect adjoining properties from harmful consequences of development
permitted under these requirements.
[Ord. No. 688, 6/4/2018]
The following uses and activities may be permitted by conditional
use provided that they are in compliance with the provisions of the
underlying district and are not prohibited by any other ordinance:
1. Structures, roads, driveways, parking areas, construction or other
development.
2. Clearing of vegetation or grading, including the addition of fill.
3. Sealed public water supply wells with approval of the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
4. Sanitary or storm sewers and stormwater detention basins with the
approval of the Borough Engineer and the Department of Environmental
Protection.
5. On-lot sewage disposal systems, when approved by the Borough Sewage
Enforcement Officer and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection.
6. Utility transmission lines and above-ground utility line structures
unless upon petition of a public utility corporation, the Pennsylvania
Public Utility Commission shall, after a public hearing, decide that
the present or proposed situation of the lines or structures in question
is reasonably necessary for the convenience or welfare of the public.
7. Extractive uses in accordance with recognized conservation practices
and regulations of the State Department of Environmental Protection.
8. Applications for conditional uses shall provide the following information
and documentation:
A. A plan by a registered professional engineer or surveyor which accurately
locates the proposed use with respect to the SSOD boundaries, with
all pertinent information describing the proposal, and a topographical
survey with contour elevations at no greater than two-foot intervals,
where feasible.
B. A plan of proposed development or use of the site, conforming to
the preliminary plan requirements of the Wellsboro Borough Subdivision
and Land Development Ordinance, with contours shown at two-foot intervals,
where feasible, throughout the steep slope areas proposed for development
or use. Contours shall be accurately drawn from on-site survey or
aerial photographic sources.