(A) No changes shall be made in the contour of the land, nor shall grading or excavating begin until a plan for minimizing erosion and sedimentation has been reviewed and approved by the Plan Commission and/or appropriate authority.
(B) Erosion and sediment control shall conform to the requirements of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) Notice of Intent (NOI), General Permit Rule 327 IAC 15-5 (Rule 5) and the City of Kokomo Stormwater Erosion Control Ordinance.
(C) Any development over one acre shall be reviewed by IDEM or by the storm water management agency designated by the city, if required by local ordinance.
(D) A copy of submittal for approval shall be held in the office of the Plan Commission.
(E) Whenever sedimentation is caused by stripping of vegetation, regrading, or other development activities, it shall be the developer's responsibility to remove such sedimentation from all adjoining surfaces, drainage systems, and watercourses, and to repair any damage at his or her expense.
(F) For any work or activity done on or across a communal stream, watercourse, or swale, or upon the floodplain or floodway area of any watercourse during the period of development, it shall be the developer's responsibility to return these areas to their original or equal conditions upon completion of said activities.
(G) The developer shall not block, impede the flow of, alter, construct any structure, deposit any material or thing, or commit any act which will affect normal or flood flow in any communal stream or watercourse without having obtained prior approval from the City Engineer, Howard County Drainage Board and/or the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water, whichever is applicable.
(H) The developer will be responsible for maintaining the open and free-flowing condition in all major and minor communal streams, watercourses, creeks and drainage systems, constructed or otherwise improved, not under the jurisdiction of any public agency, which are necessary for proper drainage.
(I) The developer must conform to the city's Drainage Ordinance and any erosion control standards and policies promulgated and enforced by the city's Board of Public Works and Safety and its designated agent if one or more acres of land is disturbed on a parcel.
(Ord. 6405, passed 4-10-06)