(A) This subchapter shall govern all properties within the jurisdictional boundaries of the town’s Plan Commission.
(B) There are alternatives for permit application and processing procedures as described by the following.
(1) Once all comments have been compiled, the project will be placed on the agenda of the next scheduled meeting of the town’s Storm Water Board. The town will furnish the applicant with a complete list of comments and objections to the plans and supporting documentation submitted by the applicant, at least ten days prior to the scheduled meeting. Within ten days after the meeting, the town will either issue a permit, or request modification to the construction plans.
(2) The project site owner must notify the town and the IDEM within 48 hours prior to the commencement of construction activities by the submission of an updated NOI. Upon completion of construction activities, stabilization of the project site, and removal of all temporary erosion protection and sediment control measures, the applicant may submit a Notice of Termination (NOT) to the town. The town shall inspect the project site to verify that the requirements of the NOT have been met. Once the applicant receives a verified copy of the NOT, the applicant must forward a copy of the verified NOT to the IDEM.
(C) For projects located only partially inside the town’s MS4 area, the project site owner must comply with the requirements of this chapter and may also be required to comply with 327 I.A.C. 15-5 (Rule 5) and/or another MS4 community’s construction site control ordinance.
(D) The following development activities are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
(1) Agricultural land management activities;
(2) Additions to, or modifications of, existing detached, single-family dwellings;
(3) Development of individual lots which are not part of a larger development project, if the total disturbance is less than one acre. See § 153.32 for individual lot development requirements; and
(4) Development that does not disturb more that 5,000 square feet of land. This exception does not apply to tracts or parcels, whether in common or separate ownership, which have been subdivided from a single parent tract, if the total area within the original parent tract which is disturbed, any one time, exceeds 5,000 square feet.
(E) The exemptions in this section apply only to permitting procedures under this subchapter and do not, necessarily, apply to any discharge of sediment or other form of water pollution that may leave a site. Such discharges may, in fact, constitute prohibited illicit discharges.
(Ord. G-12-02, passed 1-17-2012)