Approval by the Township of any proposed subdivision of land,
site plan, conditional use, variance, or building permit requiring
the disturbance of more than 5,000 square feet of the surface area
of land, for the accommodation of construction for which the State
Uniform Construction Code requires a building permit, shall be conditioned
upon certification by the Burlington County Soil Conservation District
of a plan for soil erosion and sediment control, as required by the
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, N.J.S.A. 4:24-39 et seq., and
by the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the State Soil
Conservation Committee in the Department of Agriculture; provided,
that the construction of a single-family dwelling unit shall not require
such certification unless such unit is part of a proposed subdivision,
site plan, conditional use, variance, or building permit application
involving two or more such single-family dwelling units.
No certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Township
for any project described above as requiring certification of a plan
for soil erosion and sediment control, unless there has been compliance
with the provisions of a certified plan for permanent measures to
control soil erosion and sedimentation.
The Township may enforce compliance with the provisions of the
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, regulations pursuant thereto,
and certified plans by such means as are provided by law, including
the issuance of stop-construction orders, institution of civil actions
in the superior court for injunctive relief, and imposition of penalties
to be collected in a summary proceeding pursuant to the Penalty Enforcement
Law, N.J.S.A. 2A:58-1 et seq.