(a) If a SWP3 or Abbreviated SWP3 is required by this regulation, soil disturbing activities shall not be permitted until a cash bond of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for a single-family residential lot, or two thousand dollars ($2,000) per acre for subdivisions, has been deposited with the City of Lyndhurst Finance Department. This bond shall be posted for the City of Lyndhurst to perform the obligations otherwise to be performed by the owner of the development area as stated in this regulation and to allow all work to be performed as needed if the owner fails to comply with the provisions of this regulation. The cash bond shall be returned, less City of Lyndhurst fees to perform obligations of this regulation and, after all work required by this regulation has been completed and final stabilization has been reached, all as determined by the City of Lyndhurst Engineer.
(b) The bond will be retained until all areas disturbed by construction activity are permanently stabilized. Where vegetative growth is used to achieve permanent stabilization, the area shall comply with final stabilization requirements of the Construction General Permit
(c) No project subject to this regulation shall commence without a SWP3 or Abbreviated SWP3 approved by the City of Lyndhurst Engineer.
(d) Upon the failure of the owner and/or developer and/or contractor(s) to complete any work ordered by the City Engineer, the City may elect to contract with others or employ its own employees to remedy all or part of the said unfinished work and the owner and/or developer and/or contractor(s) shall be liable to the City of Lyndhurst for the cost of such work and for the cost to the City to collect its costs if not paid upon presentment. The City shall have the right to enter upon the disturbed lands to correct such failure and to abate any nuisance found.
(Ord. 2022-95. Passed 12-5-22.)