[Added 4-23-2007 by Ord. No. 07-142]
A. 
Any person who conducts, or causes to be conducted, an activity that involves filling, displacing, or exposing soil or other earthen materials shall take measures to prevent unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment beyond the project site or into any portion of a stormwater conveyance system or into a protected natural resource as defined in § 38 M.R.S.A. § 480-B. Erosion control measures must be in place before the activity begins. Measures must remain in place and functional until the site is permanently stabilized. Adequate and timely temporary and permanent stabilization measures must be taken and the site must be maintained to prevent unreasonable erosion and sedimentation.
B. 
A person who owns property that is subject to erosion because of a human activity that has occurred before the adoption of this article and that involved filling, displacing, or exposing soil or other earthen materials shall take measures within 90 days to prevent further unreasonable erosion of soil or sediment. Adequate and timely temporary and permanent stabilization measures must be taken and maintained on that site to prevent unreasonable erosion and sedimentation.
C. 
In accordance with 30-A M.R.S.A. § 3003, as the same may be amended from time to time, Appendix C, Erosion and Sedimentation Control, Inspections, Maintenance and Housekeeping, of the General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4), published by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality, Dated October 15, 2020, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference herein as the minimum standards for erosion and sedimentation control to be utilized in conjunction with all building permits issued in the City of Bangor.
[Amended 6-12-2023 by Ord. No. 23-154; 6-26-2023 by Ord. No. 23-177]
D. 
This article does not apply to agricultural fields.
E. 
Penalties. Penalties for violations of this article shall be imposed in accordance with 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4452. Each day such a violation is permitted to exist, after notification by the Code Enforcement Officer, shall constitute a separate offense.