[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors
of the Township of East Norriton 4-26-1982 by Ord. No. 171. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A.
No changes shall be made in the contour of the land
and no grading, excavating, removal or destruction of the topsoil,
trees or other vegetative cover of the land shall be commenced until
such time that a plan for minimizing erosion and sedimentation has
been processed, reviewed and approved by the Township.
B.
Measures used to control erosion and reduce sedimentation shall,
as a minimum, meet the standards and specifications of the Montgomery
County Conservation District and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection. The Township Engineer, or other officials as designated,
shall ensure compliance with the appropriate specifications, copies
of which are available from the Montgomery County Conservation District
or Township Secretary.
[Amended 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 558]
The following measures are effective in minimizing
erosion and sedimentation and shall be included where applicable in
the control plan:
A.
Stripping of vegetation, regrading or other development
shall be done in such a way that will minimize erosion.
B.
Plans shall preserve salient natural features, keep
cut and fill operations to a minimum and ensure conformity with topography
so as to create the least erosion potential and adequately handle
the volume and velocity of surface water runoff.
C.
Whenever feasible, natural vegetation shall be retained,
protected and supplemented.
D.
The disturbed area and the duration of exposure shall
be kept to a practical minimum.
E.
Disturbed soils shall be stabilized as quickly as
possible.
F.
Temporary vegetation and/or mulching shall be used
to protect exposed critical areas during grading operations.
G.
The permanent (final) vegetation and mechanical erosion
control and drainage measures shall be installed as soon as practical.
H.
Provisions shall be made to effectively accommodate
the increased runoff caused by changed soil and surface conditions
during and after grading operations. Where necessary, the rate of
surface water runoff will be mechanically retarded.
I.
Sediment in the runoff water shall be trapped until
the disturbed area is stabilized by the use of debris basins, sediment
basins, silt traps or similar measures.
In order to provide more suitable sites for
building and other uses, improve surface drainage and control erosion,
the following requirements shall be met:
A.
All land within the graded area shall be graded to
drain and dispose of surface water without ponding.
B.
All drainage provisions shall be of such design to
adequately handle the surface runoff and carry it to the nearest suitable
outlet such as a curbed street, storm drain or natural watercourse.
Where drainage swales are used to divert surface waters, they shall
be sodded or planted as required and shall be of such slope, shape
and size as to conform to the requirements of the Township.
C.
Concentration of surface water shall only be permitted
in swales or watercourses.
D.
The following are rules which should be followed with
respect to excavations and fills:
(1)
Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than three
to one unless stabilized by a retaining wall or cribbing, except as
approved by the Board when handled under special conditions.
(2)
Adequate provisions shall be made to prevent surface
water from damaging the out face of excavations or the sloping surfaces
of fills.
(3)
Cut and fills shall not endanger adjoining property.
(4)
Fill shall be placed and compacted so as to minimize
sliding or erosion of the soil.
(5)
Fills shall not encroach on natural watercourses or
constructed channels.
(6)
Fills placed adjacent to natural watercourses or constructed
channels shall have suitable protection against erosion during periods
of flooding.
(7)
Grading shall not be done in such a way so as to divert
water onto the property of another landowner without the written consent
of the Board of Supervisors and the affected property owner.
(8)
During grading operations, necessary measures for
dust control will be exercised.
(9)
Grading equipment will not be allowed to cross live streams. Provision
will be made for the installation of culverts or bridges as recommended
by the Township Engineer and approved in writing by the Board of Supervisors
and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
[Amended 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 558]
A.
Whenever sedimentation is caused by stripping vegetation,
regrading or other development, it shall be the responsibility of
the person, corporation or other entity causing such sedimentation
to remove it from all adjoining surfaces, drainage systems and watercourses
and to repair any damage at his expense as quickly as possible.
B.
It is the responsibility of any person, corporation
or other entity doing any act on or across a stream, watercourse or
swale or upon the floodplain right-of-way thereof to maintain as nearly
as possible in its present state the stream, watercourse, swale, floodplain
or right-of-way during the pendency of the activity and to return
it to its original or equal condition after such activity is completed.
C.
Maintenance of drainage facilities or watercourses
originating and completely on private property is the responsibility
of the owner to their point of open discharge at the property line
or at a communal watercourse within the property.
D.
No person, corporation or other entity shall block, impede the flow
of, alter, construct any structure or deposit any material or thing
or commit any act which will affect normal or flood flow in any stream
or watercourse without having obtained prior approval from the Township
and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, whichever
is applicable.
[Amended 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 558]
[Amended 11-18-2014 by Ord. No. 558]
[Amended 12-19-1988 by Ord. No. 274]
Any person, corporation or other entity who
shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who should
fail to comply with any notice of violation herein, upon conviction
before a District Justice within the magisterial district within which
the Township of East Norriton is a part, shall be fined not more than
$600 plus costs of prosecution after a summary proceeding brought
in the name of the Township before said District Justice. A new and
separate offense shall be deemed to be committed for each day that
such violation exists. In default of the payment of any fine imposed
and the costs, the person or persons that are charged may be sentenced
to be committed to the county jail for a period not exceeding 30 days.
