Any development within the Village of Endicott Aquifer District that
meets or exceeds the following criteria shall be allowed only upon obtaining
a special permit from the Village of Endicott Planning Board.
A. Any use of property or change in use of property of any
residence, business, industrial or intermunicipal operation which uses, distributes
or stores petroleum products, toxic materials or hazardous materials when
such distribution, storage or use exceeds 25 gallons per month or 220 pounds,
whichever is less.
B. Any activity requiring a permit from the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
C. Any existing underground storage facility that has been
substantially modified.
Applicants for a permit to develop in the Village of Endicott Aquifer
District shall submit the following:
A. Name, address and telephone number of the applicant.
B. If the applicant is a corporation, the names, addresses
and telephone numbers of all the corporate officers and directors.
C. Plans prepared by a professional engineer or architect
licensed to practice in the State of New York which demonstrate that sufficient
measures have been taken to prevent petroleum products, toxic materials or
hazardous materials from contaminating the groundwater system.
D. Copies of any permits and applications to the New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation or the United States Environmental
Protection Agency.
E. One completed original and two copies of the Village
of Endicott groundwater protection form.
F. Any other information that the Village of Endicott Planning
Board shall request so as to have all facts before it prior to making its
decision.
G. An aquifer permit fee of $50.
The Planning Board may grant the permit, deny the permit or grant the
permit with stated conditions. In the event that a permit is granted or granted
with stated conditions, it shall be a requirement that the applicant use the
best available means to prevent contamination of groundwater in the Aquifer
District. The Village shall maintain continuing jurisdiction and the Planning
Board shall have the power and authority to require the applicant to make
such provisions as are necessary to update the development in order that it
may be used in accordance with the then-prevailing state of technology. Prior
to action on the permit, the application shall be referred to and a recommendation
received from the Village of Endicott Wellhead Advisory Committee.
The applicant is responsible for amending an existing permit if petroleum
products or hazardous or toxic materials not listed in the original permit
are subsequently used or stored at the site or if there is a change in ownership.