(a) The Owner/Developer shall use adequate measures to minimize erosion and its impacts during subdivision construction activity. The Director of Public Service shall have the authority to require detailed erosion and sedimentation plans be submitted if it is determined that the size and/or scale of the proposed subdivision warrants such action. Generally, such a plan shall be required for, but not limited to, major subdivisions comprising more than twenty-five (25) lots or more than fifteen (15) acres, or if the subdivision is located where average slope exceeds five percent (5%). Such plans shall be prepared by a Professional Engineer, and indicate the techniques to be used to control erosion both during construction and permanently, and include a schedule for installing same. Erosion control plans shall be based on the control of erosion on-site, with the objective of eliminating or minimizing erosion and sedimentation impacts off-site. Techniques, devices and/or measures used shall be reviewed and approved by the Director of Public Service.
(b) All erosion and sedimentation control devices shall be in place at the start of construction activity.
(Ord. 06-45-2015. Passed 6-16-15.)