(a) If a SWP3 or Abbreviated SWP3 is required by this regulation, soil-disturbing activities shall not be permitted until either a Cash Bond, Performance Bond or Letter of Credit in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a single-family residential lot, or one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per acre for subdivisions, has been deposited with the City of Brunswick Finance Department. This bonding instrument must be in a form acceptable to the Law Director and shall be posted for the City of Brunswick to perform the obligations otherwise to be performed by the owner of the development area as stated in this regulation and to allow all work to be performed as needed in the event that the owner fails to comply with the provisions of this regulation. The bond shallbe returned after all work required by this regulation has been completed and final stabilization has been reached, all as determined by the City Engineer.
(b) The bond will be retained until all areas disturbed by construction activity are permanently stabilized. Where vegetative growth is used to achieve permanent stabilization, the area shall comply with final stabilization requirements in the Construction General Permit.
(c) No project subject to this regulation shall commence without a SWP3 or Abbreviated SWP3 approved by the City Engineer.
(d) Upon the failure of the owner and/or developer and/or contractor(s) to complete any work ordered by the City Engineer, the City may elect to contract with others or employ its own employees to remedy all or part of the said unfinished work and the owner and/or developer and/or contractor(s) shall be liable to the City of Brunswick for the cost of such work and for the cost to the City to collect its costs if not paid upon presentment. The City shall have the right to enter upon the disturbed lands to correct such failure and to abate any nuisance found. (Ord. 80-2022. Passed 11-14-22.)