(a) No person shall:
(1) Develop any land,
(2) Engage in any industry or enterprise,
(3) Construct, operate or maintain any landfill, hazardous waste treatment, disposal or recovery facility, or any other industrial or related facility, or
(4) Dispose of any hazardous or toxic substance or other pollutant without having provided for compliance with this article and with any program, plan, permit, or regulation of the Greenville County Stormwater Management Program (SWMP) adopted in accordance with this article.
(b) The following development activities are exempt from the provisions of this article:
(1) Construction or improvement of single family residences or their accessory buildings which are separately built and not part of a larger common plan of development or sale and which are anticipated to disturb an area of less than 5,000 square feet.
(2) Land disturbing activities on agricultural land for production of plants and animals useful to man, including but not limited to: forages and sod crops, grains and feed crops, tobacco, cotton, and peanuts; dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses ponies, mules, or goats, including the breeding and grazing of these animals; bees; fur animals and aquaculture, except that the construction of an agricultural structure resulting in the disturbance of one or more acres of land are not exempt from the provisions of this article.
(3) Land disturbing activities undertaken on forestland for the production and harvesting of timber and timber products. For sites that are substantially cleared of trees, pursuant to legitimate forestry activities, no land development applications that would result in a change from forestland to non-forest or non-agricultural use shall be approved for 12 months after the date the clearing is completed, in accordance with S.C. Code § 48-23-205(C)(1)(a).
(4) Activities undertaken by persons who are otherwise regulated by the provisions of S.C. Code Title 48, Chapter 20, the South Carolina Mining Act.
(5) Certain land disturbing activities undertaken by persons who are exempt from the provisions of the Stormwater Management and Sediment Reduction Act as set forth in S.C. Code § 48-14-40, as amended.
(1976 Code, § 8-72) (Ord. 3551, passed 11-11-2001; Ord. 4281, passed 5-5-2009; Ord. 4698, passed 5-5-2015; Ord. 4745, passed 10-6-2015)