(a) Construction vehicles should be kept out of watercourses to the extent possible. Where in-channel work is necessary, precautions shall be taken to stabilize the work area during construction to minimize erosion. The channel (including bed and banks) shall always be restabilized immediately after in-channel work is completed. An Ohio EPA 401 Permit and/or a US Army Corp of Engineers, Section 404 Permit may be necessary to perform projects within watercourses.
(b) Where a live (wet) watercourse will be crossed by construction vehicles regularly during construction, a temporary vehicular watercourse crossing shall be provided.
(c) If construction activities will disturb areas adjacent to watercourses, structural practices shall be designed and implemented on site to protect all adjacent watercourses from the impacts of sediment runoff. No structural sediment controls (e.g. the installation of silt fence or a sediment settling pond in watercourses) shall be used in a watercourse. For all construction activities immediately adjacent to surface waters of the state, it is recommended that a setback of at least 25 feet, as measured from the ordinary high water mark of the surface water, be maintained in its natural state as a permanent buffer.
(Ord. 15-O-2820, passed 5-19-2015)