No person shall conduct or maintain a regulated
activity without first obtaining a permit for such activity from the
Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission of the Town of Wethersfield.
A. Applications must be submitted five business days
prior to regularly scheduled meeting of the Agency in order to be
included on the meeting agenda. The application shall be formally
received only at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Agency.
B. No application shall be deemed complete unless it
shall be in such form and contain such information as the Agency deems
necessary for fair determination of the issues. The Agency shall inform
all applicants of such necessary information without delay.
C. The information required by the Agency shall be furnished
in sufficient copies to permit the Agency to carry out its duties
under these regulations. In no case will fewer than 15 copies be accepted
for a final review of an application proposal.
D. All information submitted in the application shall
be considered factual, and, in the case of anticipated activity, if
shall be considered binding. A failure on the part of the applicant
or any of the applicant's agents to provide correct information or
performance exceeding the levels of anticipated activity may be sufficient
grounds for the revocation of any permit issued under these regulations
and/or for penalties to be imposed.
All applications shall include the following
information, in writing, and shall be on a form provided by the Agency,
available from the office of the Town's Engineering Division:
A. The applicant's name, home and business addresses,
and telephone numbers.
B. The owner's name (if not the applicant), home and
business addresses, telephone numbers and written consent to the proposed
activity set forth in the application and written consent from the
owner to file the application.
C. The applicant's interest in the land.
D. The geographical location of the property affected
by the proposed activity, including a description of the land in sufficient
detail to allow identification of the property on the Inland Wetlands
and Watercourses Map.
E. The purpose and description of the proposed activity
and proposed erosion and sedimentation controls and other management
practices and mitigation measures which may be considered as a condition
of issuing a permit for the proposed regulated activity including,
but not limited to, measures to:
(1) Prevent or minimize pollution or other environmental
damage,
(2) Maintain or enhance existing environmental quality,
or
(3) In the following order of priority: restore, enhance
and create productive wetland or watercourse resources.
F. Alternatives considered by the applicant and why the
proposal to alter wetlands as set forth in the application was chosen.
G. A site plan showing existing and proposed conditions
in relation to wetlands and watercourses and identifying any further
activities associated with, or reasonably related to, the proposed
activity which are made inevitable by the proposed regulated activity
and which may have an impact on wetlands or watercourses.
H. Assurance, by written certification of a professional
engineer registered to practice in the State of Connecticut, that
the flood-carrying capacity within the altered or relocated portion
of any floodway is maintained.
I. The Agency will notify adjacent communities when an
applicant petitions to relocate or alter a floodway when such floodway
exists across the Town line or the Town of Wethersfield. The applicant
will notify the State Coordinator's office and the Federal Insurance
Administration prior to any relocation or alteration of a floodway
and submit copies of such notification to the Agency.
J. Names and mailing addresses of adjacent landowners.
K. A statement by the applicant that the applicant is
familiar with all the information provided in the application and
is aware of the penalties for obtaining a permit through deception
or through inaccurate or misleading information;
L. Authorization for the members and Designated Agents
of the Agency to inspect the subject land, at reasonable times, both
before and after a final decision has been issued;
M. Any other information the Agency deems necessary to
the understanding of what the applicant is proposing; and
N. Submission of the appropriate filing fee based on
the fee schedule established in the Appendix of these regulations.
O. If the proposed activity involves a significant impact activity as determined by the Agency, additional information, based on the nature and anticipated effects of the activity, including but not limited to that outlined in §
A181-24, is required.
The date of official receipt of any application
shall be the day of the next regularly scheduled meeting of the Agency
immediately following the day of submission to the Agency, or 35 days
after such submission, whichever is sooner.
At any time during the review period, the Agency
may require the applicant to provide additional information about
the regulated area or regulated activity which is the subject of the
application or wetlands or watercourses affected by the regulated
activity.
If a public hearing is to be held on any application
for a permit, all documentary evidence in support of the application
shall be filed with the Agency and available for public inspection
prior to the hearing or any reconvening thereof.
All applications shall be open for public inspection.
Incomplete applications may be denied.
If the proposed activity involves a significant activity as defined in §
A181-5 of these regulations, additional information as outlined in §
A181-15, based on the nature and anticipated effects of the activity, including, but not limited to the following:
A. Site plan for the proposed use or operation showing
the property that will be affected, indicating existing and proposed
conditions, wetland and watercourse boundaries, land contours, boundaries
of land ownership, proposed alterations and uses of wetlands and watercourses
and other pertinent features of the development drawn by a licensed
surveyor, professional engineer or architect registered in the State
of Connecticut or in an adjoining state, or by such other person acceptable
to the Agency.
B. Engineering reports and analyses and additional drawings
to fully describe the proposed project and any filling, excavation,
drainage or hydraulic modifications to watercourses.
C. Mapping of soil types consistent with the categories
established by the National Cooperative Soils Survey by the Natural
Resources Conservation Service of the USDA.
D. A description of the ecological communities and functions
of the wetlands or watercourses involved with the application and
the effects of the proposed regulated activities on these communities
and wetland functions.
E. A description of how the proposed activity will change,
diminish, or enhance the ecological communities and functions of the
wetlands or watercourses involved in the application and with each
alternative.
F. Analysis of chemical or physical characteristics of
any fill material.
G. Management practices which would mitigate the impact
of the proposed activity.
H. In the case of any application which is subject to
the notification provisions of § A181-16A(1) of these regulations,
a public hearing shall not be conducted if the Clerk of the adjoining
municipality(s) has not received notice of the pendency of the applications.