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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 24', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 8', '§ 9', '§ 10', '§ 11', '§ 12', '§ 13', '§ 14', '§ 15']

Borough of Surf City, NJ Stormwater Control
§ 24-1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE.
§ 24-3 GENERAL STANDARDS.
§ 24-4 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR DEVELOPMENT.
§ 24-5 CALCULATION OF STORMWATER RUNOFF AND GROUNDWATER RECHARGE.
§ 24-6 STANDARDS FOR STRUCTURAL STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES.
§ 24-7 SOURCES FOR TECHNICAL GUIDANCE.
§ 24-8 SAFETY STANDARDS FOR STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BASINS.
§ 24-9 REQUIREMENTS FOR A SITE DEVELOPMENT STORMWATER PLAN.
§ 24-10 MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR.
§ 24-11 PENALTIES.
§ 24-12 FEES.
§ 24-14 SEVERABILITY.
§ 24-15 WAIVERS.
Chapter 24 Stormwater Control
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 1]
Policy Statement. Flood control groundwater recharge, and pollutant reduction through nonstructural or low impact techniques shall be explored before relying on structural BMPs. Structural BMPs should be integrated with nonstructural stormwater management strategies and proper maintenance plans. Nonstructural strategies include both environmentally sensitive site design and source controls that prevent pollutants from being placed on the site or from being exposed to stormwater. Source control plans should be developed based upon physical site conditions and the origin, nature, and the anticipated quantity or amount of potential pollutants. Multiple stormwater management BMPs may be necessary to achieve the established performance standards for water quality, quantity, and groundwater recharge.
Purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to establish minimum stormwater management requirements and controls for "major development," as defined in Section 24-2.
This chapter shall also be applicable to all major developments undertaken by the Borough of Surf City.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 2]
Unless specifically defined below, words or phrases used in this chapter shall be interpreted so as to give them the meaning they have in common usage and to give this chapter its most reasonable application. The definitions below are the same as or based on the corresponding definitions in the Stormwater Management Rules at N.J.A.C.7:8-1.2.
Shall mean those areas within boundaries accepted by the Department pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:8E-5B.
Shall mean the geographic depiction of the boundaries for Coastal Planning Areas, CAFRA Centers, CAFRA Cores and CAFRA Nodes pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:7E-5B.3.
Shall mean the increase in soil bulk density.
Shall mean a pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving the surrounding municipality, generally including housing and access to public transportation.
Shall mean an agency designated by the County Board of Chosen Freeholders to review municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinance(s). The County review agency may either be:
A County water resource association created under N.J.A.C. 58:16A-55.5, if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing ordinances.
Shall mean a person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
Shall mean a State Development and Redevelopment Plan Center as designated by the State Planning Commission such as urban, regional, town, village, or hamlet.
Shall mean the division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation or enlargement of any building or structure, any mining excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land, by any person, for which permission is required under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. In the case of development of agricultural lands, development means: any activity that requires a State permit; any activity reviewed by the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
Shall mean a geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving waterbody or to a particular point along a receiving waterbody.
Shall mean a neighborhood designated by the Urban Coordinating Council "in consultation and conjunction with" the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 55:19-69.
Shall mean an area or feature which is of significant environmental value, including but not limited to: stream corridors; natural heritage priority sites; habitat of endangered or threatened species; large areas of contiguous open space or upland forest; steep slopes; and well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
Shall mean a surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water.
Shall mean the process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
Shall mean any "development" that provides for ultimately disturbing one or more acres of land or regardless of area of land disturbance requires an approval from the Borough Land Use Board for a minor or major subdivision or site plan. Disturbance for the purpose of this rule is the placement of impervious surface or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation.
Shall mean an action by an applicant-providing compensation or offset actions for on-site stormwater management requirements where the applicant has demonstrated the inability or impracticality of strict compliance with the stormwater management requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:8, in an adopted regional stormwater management plan, or in this local ordinance, and has received a waiver from strict compliance from the Municipality. Mitigation, for the purposes of this chapter, includes both the mitigation plan detailing how the project's failure to strictly comply will be compensated, and the implementation of the approved mitigation plan within the same HUC-14 within which the subject project is proposed (if possible and practical), or a contribution of funding toward a regional stormwater control project, or provision for equivalent treatment at an alternate location, or other equivalent water quality benefit.
Shall mean any city, Borough, town, township, or village.
Shall mean an area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
Shall mean a chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus, which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms.
Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, Borough of Surf City, or political subdivision of this State subject to Municipal jurisdiction pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq.
Shall mean any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive substance (except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), thermal waste, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, Municipal agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, ground waters or surface waters of the State, or to a domestic treatment works. "Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
Shall mean the amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into the ground and is not evapotranspired.
Shall mean solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by air, water or gravity as a product of erosion.
Shall mean the lot or lots upon which a major development is to occur or has occurred.
Shall mean all unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
Shall mean an area delineated on the State Plan Policy Map and adopted by the State Planning Commission that is intended to be the focus for much of the State's future redevelopment and revitalization efforts.
Shall mean the geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan's goals and statewide policies, and the official map of these goals and policies.
Shall mean water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
Shall mean an excavation or embankment and related areas designed to retain storm water runoff. A stormwater management basin may either be normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration basin), retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation (most constructed stormwater wetlands).
Shall mean any structural or nonstructural strategy, practice, technology, process, program, or other method intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants, or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges into stormwater conveyances.
Shall mean water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers, resulting from precipitation.
Shall mean a flood hazard area, which may be influenced by stormwater runoff from inland areas, but which is primarily caused by the Atlantic Ocean.
Shall mean a neighborhood given priority access to State resources through the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority.
Shall mean a zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60 et seq.
Shall mean previously developed portions of areas:
Shall mean the ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands, and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
Shall mean an area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly known as hydrophytic vegetation.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 3]
Stormwater management measures for major development shall be developed to meet the erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality standards in Section 24-4. To the maximum extent practicable, these standards shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies into the design. If these strategies alone are not sufficient to meet these standards, structural stormwater management measures necessary to meet these standards shall be incorporated into the design.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 4; Ord. No. 2007-6 § I]
The development shall incorporate a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a major development in accordance with Section 24-10.
Stormwater management measures shall avoid adverse impacts of concentrated flow on habitat for threatened and endangered species, including "swamp pink" and "bog turtle" as documented in the Department's Landscape Project or Natural Heritage Database established under N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.147 through 15.150 and implementing rules.
The following linear development projects are exempt from the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality requirements of Section 24-4f and g:
A waiver from strict compliance from the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality requirements of Section 24-4f and g may be obtained for the enlargement of an existing public roadway; or the construction or enlargement of a public pedestrian access, provided that the following conditions are met:
The applicant demonstrates through an alternatives analysis, that through the use of nonstructural and structural stormwater management strategies and measures, the option selected complies with the requirements of Sections 24-4f and g to the maximum extent practicable;
The applicant demonstrates that, in order to meet the requirements of Section 24-4f and g, existing structures currently in use, such as homes and buildings, would need to be condemned; and
The applicant demonstrates that it does not own or have other rights to areas, including the potential to obtain through condemnation lands not falling under paragraph d3 above within the upstream drainage area of the receiving stream, that would provide additional opportunities to mitigate the requirements of Section 24-4f and g that were not achievable on-site.
To the maximum extent practicable, the standards in Section 24-4f and g shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies set forth at Section 24-4e into the design. The applicant shall identify the nonstructural measures incorporated into the design of the project. If the applicant contends that it is not feasible for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons to incorporate any nonstructural stormwater management measures identified in paragraph 2 below into the design of a particular project, the applicant shall identify the strategy considered and provide a basis for the contention.
Minimize the decrease in the "time of concentration" from preconstruction to post-construction. "Time of concentration" is defined as the time it takes for runoff to travel from the hydraulically most distant point of the watershed to the point of interest within a watershed;
Site design features that help to prevent accumulation of trash and debris in drainage systems, including features that satisfy Section 24-4e3 below;
Site design features identified under Section 24-4e2(i)(2) above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see Section 24-4e3(c) below.
Where flows from the water quality design storm as specified in Section 24-4g1 are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting facility, manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:
Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one inch spacing between the bars, to the elevation of the water quality design storm as specified in Section 24-4g1; or
Any land area used as a nonstructural stormwater management measure to meet the performance standards in Section 24-4f and g shall be dedicated to a government agency, subjected to a conservation restriction filed with the appropriate County Clerk's office, or subject to an approved equivalent restriction that ensures that measure or an equivalent stormwater management measure approved by the reviewing agency is maintained in perpetuity.
Guidance for nonstructural stormwater management strategies is available in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The BMP Manual may be obtained from the address identified in Section 24-7, or found on the Department's website at www.njstormwater.org.
The design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge calculations at Section 24-5, either:
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the site and its storm water management measures maintain 100% of the average annual preconstruction groundwater recharge volume for the site; or
This groundwater recharge requirement does not apply to projects within the "urban redevelopment area," or to projects subject to paragraph (3) below.
The following types of storm water shall not be recharged:
In order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations at Section 24-5, complete one of the following:
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that for stormwater leaving the site, post-construction runoff hydrographs for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events do not exceed, at any point in time, the preconstruction runoff hydro graphs for the same storm events;
Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that there is no increase, as compared to the preconstruction condition, in the peak runoff rates of stormwater leaving the site for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events and that the increased volume or change in timing of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damage at or downstream of the site. This analysis shall include the analysis of impacts of existing land uses and projected land uses assuming full development under existing zoning and land use ordinances in the drainage area;
Design stormwater management measures so that the post-construction peak runoff rates for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events are 50%, 75% and 80%, respectively, of the preconstruction peak runoff rates. The percentages apply only to the post-construction stormwater runoff that is attributable to the portion of the site on which the proposed development or project is to be constructed. The percentages shall not be applied to post-construction stormwater runoff into tidal flood hazard areas if the increased volume of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damages below the point of discharge; or
In tidal flood hazard areas, stormwater runoff quantity analysis in accordance with paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) above shall only be applied if the increased volume of stormwater runoff could increase flood damages below the point of discharge.
For purposes of TSS reduction calculations, Table 2 below presents the presumed removal rates for certain BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The BMP Manual may be obtained from the address identified in Section 24-7, or found on the Department's website at www.njstormwater.org. The BMP Manual and other sources of technical guidance are listed in Section 24-7. TSS reduction shall be calculated based on the removal rates for the BMPs in Table 2 below. Alternative removal rates and methods of calculating removal rates may be used if the design engineer provides documentation demonstrating the capability of these alternative rates and methods to the review agency. A copy of any approved alternative rate or method of calculating the removal rate shall be provided to the Department at the following address: Division of Watershed Management, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, PO Box 418, Trenton, New Jersey, 08625-0418.
See Section 24-6c
If there is more than one onsite drainage area, the 80% TSS removal rate shall apply to each drainage area, unless the runoff from the subareas converge on site in which case the removal rate can be demonstrated through a calculation using a weighted average.
Stormwater management measures shall also be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, the post-construction nutrient load of the anticipated load from the developed site in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm. In achieving reduction of nutrients to the maximum extent feasible, the design of the site shall include nonstructural strategies and structural measures that optimize nutrient removal while still achieving the performance standards in Section 24-4f and g.
Additional information and examples are contained in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, which may be obtained from the address identified in Section 24-7.
Encroachment within the designated special water resource protection area under paragraph (1) above shall only be allowed where previous development or disturbance has occurred (for example, active agricultural use, parking area or maintained lawn area). The encroachment shall only be allowed where applicant demonstrates that the functional value and overall condition of the special water resource protection area will be maintained to the maximum extent practicable. In no case shall the remaining special water resource protection area be reduced to less than 150 feet as measured perpendicular to the top of bank of the waterway or centerline of the waterway where the bank is undefined. All encroachments proposed under this subparagraph shall be subject to review and approval by the Department.
Paragraph g8 does not apply to the construction of one individual single family dwelling that is not part of a larger development on a lot receiving preliminary or final subdivision approval on or before February 2, 2004, provided that the construction begins on or before February 2, 2009.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 5]
For the purpose of calculating runoff coefficients and groundwater recharge, there is a presumption that the preconstruction condition of a site or portion thereof is a wooded land use with good hydrologic condition. The term "runoff coefficient" applies to both the NRCS methodology at Section 24-5a1(a) and the Rational and Modified Rational Methods at Section 24-5a1(b). A runoff coefficient or a groundwater recharge land cover for an existing condition may be used on all or a portion of the site if the design engineer verifies that the hydrologic condition has existed on the site or portion of the site for at least five years without interruption prior to the time of application. If more than one land cover have existed on the site during the five years immediately prior to the time of application, the land cover with the lowest runoff potential shall be used for the computations. In addition, there is the presumption that the site is in good hydrologic condition (if the land use type is pasture, lawn, or park), with good cover (if the land use type is woods), or with good hydrologic condition and conservation treatment (if the land use type is cultivation).
In computing preconstruction stormwater runoff; the design engineer shall account for all significant land features and structures, such as ponds, wetlands, depressions, hedgerows, or culverts, that may reduce preconstruction stormwater runoff rates and volumes.
The New Jersey Geological Survey Report GSR-32 A Method for Evaluating Groundwater Recharge Areas in New Jersey, incorporated herein by reference as amended and supplemented. Information regarding the methodology is available from the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual; at http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/; or at New Jersey Geological Survey, 29 Arctic Parkway, P.O. Box 427, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0427; (609) 984-6587.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 6]
Structural stormwater management measures shall be designed to minimize maintenance, facilitate maintenance and repairs, and ensure proper functioning. Trash racks shall be installed at the intake to the outlet structure as appropriate, and shall have parallel bars with one inch spacing between the bars to the elevation of the water quality design storm. For elevations higher than the water quality design storm, the parallel bars at the outlet structure shall be spaced no greater than 1/3 the width of the diameter of the orifice or 1/3 the width of the weir, with a minimum spacing between bars of one inch and a maximum spacing between bars of six inches. In addition, the design of trash racks must comply with the requirements of Section 24-8d.
Stormwater management basins shall be designed to meet the minimum safety standards for stormwater management basins at Section 24-8.
Stormwater management measure guidelines are available in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. Other stormwater management measures may be utilized provided the design engineer demonstrates that the proposed measure and its design will accomplish the required water quantity, groundwater recharge and water quality design and performance standards established by Section 24-4 of this chapter.
Manufactured treatment devices may be used to meet the requirements of Section 24-4 of this chapter, provided the pollutant removal rates are verified by the New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology and certified by the Department.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 7]
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 8]
If a stormwater management basin has an outlet structure, escape provisions shall be incorporated in or on the structure. With the prior approval of the reviewing agency identified in Section 24-8c; a free-standing outlet structure may be exempted from this requirement.
Safety ledges shall be constructed on the slopes of all new stormwater management basins having a permanent pool of water deeper than 2 1/2 feet. Such safety ledges shall be comprised of two steps. Each step shall be four feet to six feet in width. One step shall be located approximately 2 1/2 feet below the permanent water surface, and the second step shall be located one feet to 1 1/2 feet above the permanent water surface. See Section 24-8d for an illustration of safety ledges in a stormwater management basin.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 9]
Whenever an applicant seeks municipal approval of a development subject to this chapter, the applicant shall submit all of the required components of the Checklist for the Site Development Stormwater Plan at Section 24-9c below as part of the submission of the applicant's application for subdivision or site plan approval.
The applicant shall submit four copies of the materials listed in the Checklist for Site Development Stormwater Plan in accordance with Section 24-9c of this chapter.
Topographic Base Map. The reviewing engineer may require upstream tributary drainage system information as necessary. It is recommended that the topographic base map of the site be submitted which extends a minimum of 200 feet beyond the limits of the proposed development, at a scale of one inch equals 200 feet or greater, showing two-foot contour intervals. The map as appropriate may indicate the following: existing surface water drainage, shorelines, steep slopes, soils, erodible soils, perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of the Category One waters, wetlands and flood plains along with their appropriate buffer strips, marshlands and other wetlands, pervious or vegetative surfaces, existing man-made structures, roads, bearing and distances of property lines, and significant natural and man-made features not otherwise shown.
Land Use Planning and Source Control Plan. This plan shall provide a demonstration of how the goals and standards of Sections 24-3 through 24-6 are being met. The focus of this plan shall be to describe how the site is being developed to meet the objective of controlling groundwater recharge, stormwater quality and stormwater quantity problems at the source by land management and source controls whenever possible.
Comprehensive hydrologic and hydraulic design calculations for the predevelopment and post-development conditions for the design storms specified in Section 24-4 of this chapter.
Maintenance and Repair Plan. The design and planning of the stormwater management facility shall meet the maintenance requirements of Section 24-10.
Waiver from Submission Requirements. The Municipal Official or Board reviewing an application under this ordinance may, in consultation with the Municipal Engineer, waive submission of any of the requirements in Sections 24-9c1 and 24-9c6 of this chapter when it can be demonstrated that the information requested is impossible to obtain or it would create a hardship on the applicant to obtain and its absence will not materially affect the review process.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 10]
Projects subject to review as in Section 24-1c of this chapter shall comply with the requirements of Sections 24-10b and c.
If the person responsible for maintenance identified under Section 24-10b2 above is not a public agency, the maintenance plan and any future revisions based on Section 24-10b7 below shall be recorded upon the deed of record for each property on which the maintenance described in the maintenance plan must be undertaken.
The person responsible for maintenance identified under Section 24-10b2 above shall maintain a detailed log of all preventative and corrective maintenance for the structural stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of the development, including a record of all inspections and copies of all maintenance-related work orders.
The person responsible for maintenance identified under Section 24-10b2 above shall evaluate the effectiveness of the maintenance plan at least once per year and adjust the plan and the deed as needed. The plan and any adjustments shall be subject to review and approval by the Municipal Engineer.
The person responsible for maintenance identified under Section 24-10b2 above shall retain and make available, upon request by any public entity with administrative, health, environmental or safety authority over the site, the maintenance plan and the documentation required by Sections 24-10b6 and 7 above, within 15 days of the request.
The requirements of Sections 24-10b3 and 4 do not apply to stormwater management facilities that are dedicated to and accepted by the Municipality or another governmental agency.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 11]
Any person(s) who erects, constructs, alters, repairs, converts, maintains, or uses any building, structure or land in violation of this chapter shall be subject to general penalty provisions, of Chapter 1 of the Code of the Borough of Surf City and a fine not to exceed $1,250.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 12]
There are no fees associated with this chapter but reference is made to the following chapters and sections where fees may apply: Land Use Procedures, subsection 27-2.18, Site Plan Review, subsection 28-7.4, and Land Subdivision, subsection 29-5.3.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 13]
This chapter shall take effect immediately upon the approval by the County review agency, or 60 days from the receipt of the chapter by the County review agency if the County review agency should fail to act.
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 14]
[Ord. No. 2006-12 § 15; Ord. No. 2007-6 § II]
A waiver from strict compliance with the requirements of Sections 24-4f and g may be issued in those cases where an applicant has demonstrated the inability or impracticality of strict compliance, other than projects addressed under Section 24-4, with the stormwater management requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 7:8, in an adopted regional stormwater management plan, or in a local ordinance which is as strict as N.J.A.C. 7:8. A waiver from strict compliance for such projects can only be obtained if the applicant agrees to undertake a suitable mitigation measure identified in the mitigation section of the Municipality's Stormwater Management Plan. In such cases, the applicant must submit a mitigation plan detailing how the project's failure to strictly comply will be compensated. In cases where a waiver is granted, an applicant should provide mitigation, if possible and/or practical within the same HUC-14 watershed within which the subject project is proposed, or contribute funding toward a regional stormwater control project, or provide for equivalent treatment at an alternate location, or other equivalent water quality benefit, in lieu of implementing the required stormwater control measures on their specific site. Any project considered "major development" does not need a waiver if alternative design standards that are at least as protective as would be achieved through N.J.A.C. 7:8, are applicable under a regional stormwater plan or a water quality management plan. The Borough may also grant a variance or exemption from the design and performance standards for stormwater management measures set forth in the plan and ordinance, provided the plan includes a mitigation plan and the Borough submits a written report to the County review agency describing the variance or exemption and required mitigation.