No landowner or land operator shall receive any of the building,
grading, or other land development permits required for land disturbance
activities, and no landowner shall commence land disturbance activities,
without approval of a stormwater management permit from the Planning
Board and meeting the requirements of this bylaw.
In addition to other criteria used by the South Hadley Planning
Board in making permit decisions, for the uses/activities specified
in this bylaw, the Planning Board must also find that the stormwater
management and erosion and sediment control plan submitted with the
permit application meets the following criteria:
A. The stormwater management and erosion and sediment control plan is consistent with the purposes and objectives of this bylaw in Article
I;
B. Provisions for stormwater management meet the performance standards described in Article
VI;
C. Provisions for stormwater management meet the requirements described
in Section 2.3.6.a of the Massachusetts MS4 permit. In some cases,
these requirements exceed the requirement of the Stormwater Design
Manual;
D. Provisions for stormwater management shall utilize low impact design
concepts as described in the Stormwater Design Manual;
E. Provisions for erosion and sediment control meet the design requirements in Article
VII;
F. Provisions for erosion and sedimentation control meet the design
requirements in Section 2.3.5.c of the Massachusetts MS4 permit.
When any new drainage control facility is installed on private
property, or when any new connection is made between private property
and a public drainage control system or sanitary sewer, the filing
of an application shall be deemed as the property owner's permission
to the South Hadley Department of Public Works or its designee for
the right to enter the property at reasonable times and in a reasonable
manner for the purpose of the inspection. This includes the right
to enter a property when it has a reasonable basis to believe that
a violation of this bylaw is occurring or has occurred, and to enter
when necessary for abatement of a public nuisance or correction of
a violation of this bylaw.
The Planning Board shall establish a schedule for application
fees, inspection fees, and review fees and appropriate application
forms.
A. The application fee shall be paid in full along with the application
required under this bylaw.
B. In addition to an application fee, the Planning Board may also charge
an application review fee under MGL c. 44, § 53G, to cover
third-party review, if needed.
C. Inspection fee. The fee for site inspections shall be based on the
fee structure established by the South Hadley Planning Board in the
regulations. The fee shall be paid to prior to initiation of any work
on the site which requires compliance with the provisions of this
bylaw.