Source: https://ecode360.com/10689151
Timestamp: 2018-12-14 03:15:23
Document Index: 206889897

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 225', '§ 680', '§ 46202', '§ 47201', '§ 225', '§ 225']

§ 225-1 Short title.
§ 225-3 Purpose.
§ 225-4 Statutory authority.
§ 225-6 Exemptions.
§ 225-7 Repealer.
§ 225-8 Severability.
§ 225-9 Compatibility with other ordinance requirements.
§ 225-10 Duty of persons engaged in development of land.
Chapter 225 Stormwater Management
Chapter 225: Stormwater Management Article I General Provisions
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Catasauqua Creek Watershed Act 167 Stormwater Management Ordinance."
Nonstormwater discharges to municipal separate storm sewer systems can contribute to pollution of waters of the Commonwealth by the Borough.
The purpose of this chapter is to promote the public health, safety and welfare within the Catasauqua Creek Watershed by minimizing the damages and maximizing the benefits described in § 225-2 of this chapter by provisions designed to:
Maintain the existing flows and quality of streams and watercourses in the Borough of Catasauqua and the Commonwealth.
Provide for proper maintenance of all permanent stormwater management BMPs that are implemented in the Borough of Catasauqua.
Meet legal water quality requirements under state law, including regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 93.4a, to protect and maintain existing uses and maintain the level of water quality to support those uses in all streams and to protect and maintain water quality in special protection streams.
The Borough of Catasauqua is empowered to regulate these activities by the authority of the Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 864 (Act 167), 32 P.S. § 680.1 et seq., as amended, the "Stormwater Management Act" and the Borough Code, 53 P.S. § 46202 and 53 P.S. § 47201.
This chapter shall apply to all areas of the Borough of Catasauqua. A map of the Catasauqua Creek Watershed at a reduced scale is included in Appendix A for general reference.[1]
Impervious cover. Any proposed regulated activity, except those defined in § 225-5B(5) and (6), which would create 10,000 square feet or less of additional impervious cover is exempt from the drainage plan preparation provisions of this chapter. All of the impervious cover added incrementally to a site above the initial 10,000 square feet shall be subject to the drainage plan preparation provisions of this chapter. If a site has previously received an exemption and is proposing additional development such that the total impervious cover on the site exceeds 10,000 square feet, the total impervious cover on the site proposed since the original ordinance date must meet the provisions of this chapter.
The date of the Borough ordinance adoption of the original Catasauqua Creek Act 167 Stormwater Management Ordinance, October 4, 2004, shall be the starting point from which to consider tracts as "parent tracts" in which future subdivisions and respective impervious area computations shall be cumulatively considered.
Any additional areas proposed to initially be gravel, crushed stone, porous pavement, etc., shall be assumed to be impervious for the purposes of comparison to the exemption criteria. Any existing gravel, crushed stone or hard-packed soil areas on a site shall be considered as pervious cover for the purpose of exemption evaluation.
Prior drainage plan approval. Any regulated activity for which a drainage plan was previously prepared as part of a subdivision or land development proposal that received preliminary plan approval from the Borough prior to the effective date of this chapter is exempt from the drainage plan preparation provisions of this chapter, except as cited in Subsection C, provided that the approved drainage plan included design of stormwater facilities to control runoff from the site currently proposed for regulated activities consistent with ordinance provisions in effect at the time of approval and the approval has not lapsed under the Municipalities Planning Code. If significant revisions are made to the drainage plan after both the preliminary plan approval and the effective date of this chapter, preparation of a new drainage plan, subject to the provisions of this chapter, shall be required. Significant revisions would include a change in control methods or techniques, relocation or redesign of control measures or changes necessary because soil or other conditions are not as stated on the original drainage plan.
No exemptions shall be provided for regulated activities as defined in § 225-5B(5) and (6).
Any ordinance of the Borough of Catasauqua inconsistent with any of the provisions of this chapter is hereby repealed to the extent of the inconsistency only. Ordinance Number 1170, the prior Stormwater Management Ordinance for the Borough, is specifically repealed.