The purposes of this article are as follows:
A. To prohibit the spilling, dumping or disposal of materials other
than stormwater to the municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4)
operated by the Township so as to protect public health, safety, and
welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
B. To prohibit illicit connections to the municipal separate sewer system(s)
operated by the Township, so as to protect public health, safety,
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
C. To establish requirements for the proper handling of litter, yard
waste and pet solid waste in the Township, so as to protect public
health, safety, and welfare and to prescribe penalties for the failure
to comply.
D. To prohibit the feeding of unconfined wildlife in any Township-owned
park or on any other property owned or operated by the Township so
as to protect public health, safety, and welfare, and to prescribe
penalties for failure to comply.
E. To require the retrofitting of existing storm drain inlets which
are in direct contact with repaving, repairing, reconstruction, or
resurfacing or alterations of facilities on private property, to prevent
the discharge of solids and floatables (such as plastic bottles, cans,
food wrappers and other litter) to municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township so as to protect public health, safety,
and welfare, and to prescribe penalties for failure to comply.
F. To require dumpsters and other refuse containers that are outdoors
or exposed to stormwater to be covered at all times and prohibits
the spilling, dumping, leaking or otherwise discharge of liquids,
semi liquids or solids from the containers to the municipal separate
stormwater system operated by the Township and/or the waters of the
state so as to protect public health, safety, and welfare, and to
prescribe penalties for the failure to comply.
G. To regulate the outdoor application of fertilizer so as to reduce
the overall amount of excess nutrients entering waterways, thereby
helping to protect and improve surface water quality. This article
does not apply to fertilizer application on commercial farms.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this article clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory.
BUFFER
The land area, 50 feet in width, adjacent to any water body.
CONTAINERIZED
The placement of yard waste in a biodegradable bag as approved
by the Township Engineer, such as to prevent the yard waste from spilling
or blowing out into the street and coming into contact with stormwater.
FEED
To give, place, expose, deposit, distribute or scatter any
edible material with the intention of feeding, attracting, or enticing
wildlife. Feeding does not include baiting in the legal taking of
fish and/or game.
FERTILIZER
A fertilizer material, mixed fertilizer or any other substance
containing one or more recognized plant nutrients, which is used for
its plant nutrient content, which is designed for use or claimed to
have value in promoting plant growth and which is sold, offered for
sale, or intended for sale.
ILLICIT CONNECTION
Any physical or nonphysical connection that discharges domestic
sewage, noncontact cooling water, process wastewater, or other industrial
waste (other than stormwater) to the municipal separate storm sewer
system operated by the Township, unless that discharge is authorized
under a NJPDES permit other than the Tier A Municipal Stormwater General
Permit (NJPDES Permit No. NJ0141852). Nonphysical connections may
include, but are not limited to, leaks, flows, or overflows into the
municipal separate storm sewer system.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. Impervious
surfaces include and are not limited to roofs and asphalt, concrete,
and stone roads, parking lots, drives, sidewalks, porous asphalt or
concrete systems or synthetic turf fields that do not promote infiltration,
pools, and patios.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE
Nondomestic waste, including but not limited to those pollutants
regulated under Section 307(a), (b) or (c) of the Federal Clean Water
Act [33 U.S.C. § 1317(a), (b) or (c)].
LITTER
Any unused or unconsumed substance or waste material which
has been discarded, whether made of aluminum, glass, plastic, rubber,
paper or other natural or synthetic material, or any combination thereof,
including but not limited to any bottle, jar or can, or any top, cap
or detachable tab of any bottle, jar or can, any unlighted cigarette,
cigar, match or any flaming or glowing material or any garbage, trash,
refuse, debris, rubbish, grass clippings or other lawn or garden waste,
newspapers, magazines, glass, metal, plastic or paper containers or
other packaging or construction material but does not include the
waste of the primary process of mining or other extraction processes,
logging, saw milling, farming or manufacturing.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with
drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters,
ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated
by the Township or other public body and is designed and used for
collecting and conveying stormwater.
NJPDES PERMIT
A permit issued by the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection to implement the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A.
NONCONTACT COOLING WATER
Water used to reduce temperature for the purpose of cooling.
Such waters do not come into direct contact with any raw material,
intermediate product (other than heat) or finished product. Noncontact
cooling water may however contain algaecides, or biocides to control
fouling of equipment such as heat exchangers, and/or corrosion inhibitors.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal
jurisdiction.
PET
Domesticated animal (other than a disability assistance animal)
kept for amusement and companionship.
PET OWNER/KEEPER
Any person who shall possess, maintain, house, or harbor
any pet or otherwise have custody of any pet, whether or not the owner
of such pet.
PET SOLID WASTE
Waste matter expelled from the bowels of the pet, excrement.
PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZER
Any fertilizer that contains phosphorus, expressed as P2O5,
with a guaranteed analysis of greater than zero; except that it shall
not be considered to include animal (including human) or vegetable
manures, agricultural liming materials, or wood ashes that have not
been amended to increase their nutrient content.
PROCESS WASTEWATER
Any water which, during manufacturing or processing, comes
into direct contact with or results from the production or use of
any raw material, intermediate product, finished product, by-product,
or waste product. Process wastewater includes, but is not limited
to, leachate and cooling water other than noncontacting cooling water.
PROPER DISPOSAL
Placement in a designated waste receptacle, or other suitable
container, and discarded in a refuse container which is regularly
emptied by the Township or some other refuse collector; or disposal
into a system designated to convey domestic sewage for proper treatment
and disposal.
REFUSE CONTAINER
Any waste container that a person controls whether owned,
leased or operated, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage pails
and plastic trash bags.
SOILS TEST
A technical analysis of soil conducted by an accredited soil-testing
laboratory following the protocol for such a test established by Rutgers
Cooperative Research and Extension.
STORM DRAIN INLET
An opening in a storm drain used to collect stormwater runoff
and includes, but is not limited to, a grate inlet, curb-opening inlet,
slotted inlet, and combination inlet.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage
facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STREET
Any street, avenue, boulevard, road, parkway, viaduct, drive
or other way, which is an existing state, county, or municipal roadway,
and includes the land between the street lines, whether improved or
unimproved, and may comprise pavement, shoulders, gutters, curbs,
sidewalks, parking areas, and other areas within the street lines.
WATER BODY
A surface water feature, such as a lake, river, stream, creek,
pond, lagoon, bay estuary.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies
of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within
the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.
WILDLIFE
All animals that are neither human nor domesticated.
Storm drain inlets identified in §
455-2 above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this section, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash and other floating, suspended or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see §
455-4C below.
A. Grates.
(1) Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever
they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect
stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body
under that grate:
(a)
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle
safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle
Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April
1996); or
(b)
A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate
has an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or is no greater than
0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.
(2) Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate
inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination
inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates
and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces
include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking
areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels,
and stormwater basin floors used to collect stormwater from the surface
into a storm drain or surface water body.
B. For curb-opening inlets, including curb-opening inlets in combination
inlets, the clear space in that curb opening (or each individual clear
space, if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have
an area of no more than 7.0 square inches, or be no greater than 2.0
inches across the smallest dimension.
C. This standard does not apply:
(1) Where each individual clear space in the curb opening in existing
curb-opening inlet does not have an area of more than 9.0 square inches;
(2) Where the Township Engineer agrees that the standards would cause
inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practically be overcome
by using additional or larger storm drain inlets;
(3) Where flows from the water quality design storm as specified in N.J.A.C.
7:8 are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting facility,
manufactured treatment device, or a catch basin hood) that is designed,
at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials
that could not pass through one of the following:
(a)
A rectangular space 4 5/8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches
wide (This option does not apply for outfall netting facilities.);
or
(b)
A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inch.
(4) Note that these exemptions do not authorize any infringement of requirements
in the Residential Site Improvement Standards for bicycle safe grates
in new residential development [N.J.A.C. 5:21-4.18(b)2 and 7.4(b)1];
(5) Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars
with one-inch spacing between the bars, to the elevation of the Water
Quality Design Storm as specified in N.J.A.C. 7:8; or
(6) Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection determines,
pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C.
7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that
constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey
Register listed historic property.
This article shall be enforced by the Township Manager, or his/her
designee, which may include the Township Engineer, the Township Planner,
the Township Zoning Office, the Township Construction Code Official
or the Township Building Inspector or any other appropriate designee
of the Township.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Township Code.
For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases,
words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein
unless their use in the text of this chapter clearly demonstrates
a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words
used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural
number include the singular number, and words used in the singular
number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory
and not merely directory. The definitions below are the same as or
based on the corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Stormwater
Management Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:8-1.2.
CAFRA CENTERS, CORES OR NODES
Those areas with boundaries incorporated by reference or
revised by the Department in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:7-13.16.
CAFRA PLANNING MAP
The map used by the Department to identify the location of
Coastal Planning Areas, CAFRA centers, CAFRA cores, and CAFRA nodes.
The CAFRA Planning Map is available on the Department's geographic
information system (GIS).
CATEGORY ONE WATERS (C1)
Waters of the state designated in N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.15(c) through
(h) for purposes of implementing the anti-degradation policies set
forth at N.J.A.C. 7:9B-1.5(d) for protection from measurable changes
in water quality characteristics because of their clarity, color,
scenic setting, other characteristics of aesthetic value, exceptional
ecological significance, exceptional recreational significance, exceptional
water supply significance, or exceptional fisheries resources(s).
COMMUNITY BASIN
An infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate,
standard constructed wetland, or wet pond, established in accordance
with N.J.A.C. 7:8-4.2(c)14, that is designed and constructed in accordance
with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, or
an alternate design, approved in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g),
for an infiltration system, sand filter designed to infiltrate, standard
constructed wetland, or wet pond and that complies with the requirements
of this chapter.
COMPACTION
Increase in soil bulk density that reduces the soil's infiltration
rate.
CONTRIBUTORY DRAINAGE AREA
The area from which stormwater runoff drains to a stormwater
management measure, not including the area of the stormwater management
measure itself.
CORE
A pedestrian-oriented area of commercial and civic uses serving
the surrounding Township, generally including housing and access to
public transportation.
COUNTY REVIEW AGENCY
An agency designated by the Board of County Commissioners
to review municipal stormwater management plans and implement ordinance(s).
The county review agency may either be:
A.
A county planning agency or
B.
A county water resource association created under N.J.S.A. 58:16A-55.5,
if the ordinance or resolution delegates authority to approve, conditionally
approve, or disapprove municipal stormwater management plans and implementing
ordinances.
DEPARTMENT
The State of New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
DESIGN ENGINEER
A person professionally qualified and duly licensed in New
Jersey to perform engineering services that may include, but not necessarily
be limited to, development of project requirements, creation and development
of project design and preparation of drawings and specifications.
DESIGNATED CENTER
A State Development and Redevelopment Plan Center as designated
by the State Planning Commission such as urban, regional, town, village,
or hamlet.
DEVELOPMENT
The division of a parcel of land into two or more parcels,
the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration,
relocation or enlarge-enlargement of any building or structure, any
mining excavation or landfill, and any use or change in the use of
any building or other structure, or land or extension of use of land.
In the case of development of agricultural land, development means:
any activity that requires a state permit, any activity reviewed by
the County Agricultural Board (CAB) and the State Agricultural Development
Committee (SADC), and municipal review of any activity not exempted
by the Right to Farm Act, N.J.S.A. 4:1C-1 et seq.
DISTURBANCE
The placement or reconstruction of impervious surface or
motor vehicle surface, or exposure and/or movement of soil or bedrock
or clearing, cutting, or removing of vegetation. Milling and repaving
is not considered disturbance for the purposes of this definition.
DRAINAGE AREA
A geographic area within which stormwater, sediments, or
dissolved materials drain to a particular receiving water body or
to a particular point along a receiving water body.
EMPOWERMENT NEIGHBORHOODS
Neighborhoods designated by the Urban Coordinating Council
"in consultation and conjunction with" the New Jersey Redevelopment
Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A. 55:19-69.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSTRAINED AREA
The following areas where the physical alteration of the
land is in some way restricted, either through regulation, easement,
deed restriction or ownership such as: wetlands, floodplains, threatened
and endangered species sites or designated habitats, and parks and
preserves. Habitats of endangered or threatened species are identified
using the Department's Landscape Project as approved by the Department's
Endangered and Nongame Species Program.
ENVIRONMENTALLY CRITICAL AREA
An area or feature which is of significant environmental
value, including but not limited to, stream corridors, natural heritage
priority sites, habitats of endangered or threatened species, large
areas of contiguous open space or upland forest, steep slopes, and
well head protection and groundwater recharge areas. Habitats of endangered
or threatened species are identified using the Department's Landscape
Project as approved by the Department's Endangered and Nongame Species
Program.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice, or gravity.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE
A.
Those methods and techniques that use vegetation, soils and
other elements and practices to restore the natural processes of the
land to manage and retain stormwater. Stormwater management measures
that manages stormwater close to its source by:
(1)
Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil;
(2)
Treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation
or soil; or
(3)
Storing stormwater runoff for reuse.
B.
Examples of green infrastructure include but are not limited
to: rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavement; bio-infiltration,
cisterns, or vegetated swales.
GROUNDWATER
A body of water below the surface of the land in a zone of
saturation where the spaces between the soil or geological materials
are fully saturated with water.
HUC 14 OR HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE 14
An area within which water drains to a particular receiving
surface water body, also known as a subwatershed, which is identified
by a fourteen-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated
within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that has been covered with a layer of material
so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. Impervious
surfaces include and are not limited to roofs and asphalt, concrete,
and stone roads, parking lots, drives, sidewalks, porous asphalt or
concrete systems or synthetic turf fields that do not promote infiltration,
pools, and patios.
INFILTRATION
The process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation.
LEAD PLANNING AGENCY
One or more public entities having stormwater management
planning authority designated by the regional stormwater management
planning committee pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:8-3.2, that serves as the
primary representative of the committee.
LOW-IMPACT DEVELOPMENT TECHNIQUES
Using strategies and measures that manage stormwater runoff
quantity and quality in the absence of structural stormwater measures,
such as minimizing site disturbance, preserving natural vegetation
and other important site features such as forests and especially core
forests, reducing and disconnecting impervious cover, minimizing proposed
ground slopes, using native vegetation, minimizing turf grass lawns,
revegetating areas, increasing time of concentration, and maintaining
and enhancing natural drainage features and characteristics.
MAINTENANCE PLAN
A document required for the maintenance of stormwater management
measures at all major and minor development projects. A maintenance
plan shall contain a specific preventive maintenance tasks and schedules;
cost estimates, including estimated cost of sediment, debris, or trash
removal; and the name, address, and telephone number of the person
or persons responsible for preventive and corrective maintenance,
including replacement.
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT
A.
An individual "development," "redevelopment," as well as multiple
developments that individually or collectively result in:
(1)
The disturbance of 0.5 acre or more of land since February 2,
2004;
(2)
The creation of 5,000 square feet or more of "regulated impervious
surface" since February 2, 2004;
(3)
The creation of 5,000 square feet or more of "regulated motor
vehicle surface" since March 2, 2021; or
(4)
A combination of two and three above that totals an area of
5,000 square feet or more. The same surface shall not be counted twice
when determining if the combination area equals 5,000 square feet
or more.
B.
Major development includes all developments that are part of a common plan of development or sale (for example, phased residential development) that collectively or individually meet any one or more of Subsection
A(1),
(2),
(3), or
(4) above. Projects undertaken by any government agency that otherwise meet the definition of major development, but which do not require approval under the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., are also considered major development.
MINOR DEVELOPMENT
Any development that results in 400 or more square feet of
new impervious surface. Minor development includes both private and
public projects or activities.
MITIGATION
Suitable compensation or offsetting actions when an applicant
for approval under this section has demonstrated the inability or
impracticality of strict on-site compliance with the stormwater management
requirements set forth in this section or an approved regional stormwater
management plan and, on the basis of such demonstration, has received
a waiver from strict compliance from the Verona Planning Board.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Land vehicles propelled other than by muscular power, such
as automobiles, motorcycles, autocycles, and low-speed vehicles. For
the purposes of this definition, motor vehicle does not include farm
equipment, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, motorized wheelchairs,
go-carts, gas buggies, golf carts, ski-slope grooming machines, or
vehicles that run only on rails or tracks.
MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any pervious or impervious surface that is intended to be
used by "motor vehicles" and/or aircraft, and is directly exposed
to precipitation, including, but not limited to, driveways, parking
areas, parking garages, roads, racetracks, and runways.
NEW JERSEY STORMWATER BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP) MANUAL
OR BMP MANUAL
The manual maintained by the Department providing, in part, design specifications, removal rates, calculation methods, and soil testing procedures approved by the Department as being capable of contributing to the achievement of the stormwater management standards specified in this chapter. The BMP Manual is periodically amended by the Department as necessary to provide design specifications on additional best management practices and new information on already included practices reflecting the best available current information regarding the particular practice and the Department's determination as to the ability of that best management practice to contribute to compliance with the standards contained in this chapter. Alternative stormwater management measures, removal rates, or calculation methods may be used, subject to any limitations specified in this chapter, provided the design engineer demonstrates to the Township, in accordance with §
455-14F. of this article and N.J.A.C. 7:8-5.2(g), that the proposed measure and its design will contribute to achievement of the design and performance standards established by this chapter.
NODE
An area designated by the State Planning Commission concentrating
facilities and activities which are not organized in a compact form.
NUTRIENT
A chemical element or compound, such as nitrogen or phosphorus,
which is essential to and promotes the development of organisms. While
necessary for the development of organisms in the appropriate amounts,
excess nutrients can be harmful to organisms and contribute to eutrophication
of lakes and ponds.
NUTRIENT LOAD
The total amount of a nutrient entering a surface or groundwater
resource during a given time period. Nutrients may enter the water
resource from runoff, recharge, point source discharges, or the atmosphere
in the form of wet and/or dry deposition.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm,
association, political subdivision of this State and any state, interstate,
or Federal agency.
PERVIOUS SURFACE
A surface that is capable of transmitting or infiltrating
a significant amount of precipitation into underlying material. Porous
asphalt or concrete systems or synthetic turf fields designed to infiltrate
into the subsoil may be considered as a pervious surface.
POLLUTANT
Any dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter
backwash, sewage, garbage, refuse, oil, grease, sewage sludge, munitions,
chemical wastes, biological materials, medical wastes, radioactive
substance [except those regulated under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954,
as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2011 et seq.)], thermal waste,
wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial,
municipal, agricultural, and construction waste or runoff, or other
residue discharged directly or indirectly to the land, groundwaters
or surface waters of the state, or to a domestic treatment works.
"Pollutant" includes both hazardous and nonhazardous pollutants.
PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED
Those portions of a site covered by pavement, gravel or dirt
driveways, streets, roads and parking areas, gravel, pavement, buildings,
impervious surfaces, lawns, or structures. Areas that simply have
been (or have once been) cleared of vegetation are not considered
previously developed if woody vegetation has been reestablished. Only
those portions of a site that have been previously developed are exempt
from the groundwater recharge requirements.
RECHARGE
The amount of water from precipitation that infiltrates into
the ground and is not evapotranspired.
REDEVELOPMENT
An activity that results in the creation, addition, or replacement
of impervious surface area on an already developed site. Redevelopment
includes but is not limited to the expansion of a building footprint;
addition or replacement of a structure or a portion of a structure
regardless of footprint; and replacement of impervious surface area
that is not part of a routine maintenance activity. If a project is
considered to be a redevelopment project, all new impervious cover,
whether created by adding to or replacing impervious cover that was
in existence before the redevelopment occurs, shall be considered
in calculating the requirements for stormwater management. However,
any such new impervious cover that will drain into an existing stormwater
best management practice that is to remain after the redevelopment
and that meets current stormwater management requirements shall be
deducted from the total amount of impervious surface that must be
treated by new stormwater best management practices. In the case of
a redevelopment project, the pre-developed land cover shall be considered
to be wooded.
Note: Routine maintenance includes but is not limited to parking
lot or driveway sealing or milling, roof repairs, replacement of a
small number of boards on a deck. Routine maintenance does not include
complete replacement of deck boards or patio material.
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REGULATED IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
A.
A net increase of impervious surface;
B.
The total area of impervious surface collected by a new stormwater
conveyance system (for the purpose of this definition, a "new stormwater
conveyance system" is a stormwater conveyance system that is constructed
where one did not exist immediately prior to its construction or an
existing system for which a new discharge location is created);
C.
The total area of impervious surface proposed to be newly collected
by an existing stormwater conveyance system; and/or
D.
The total area of impervious surface collected by an existing
stormwater conveyance system where the capacity of that conveyance
system is increased.
REGULATED MOTOR VEHICLE SURFACE
Any of the following, alone or in combination:
A.
The total area of motor vehicle surface that is currently receiving
water;
B.
A net increase in motor vehicle surface; and/or quality treatment
either by vegetation or soil, by an existing stormwater management
measure, or by treatment at a wastewater treatment plant, where the
water quality treatment will be modified or removed.
SEDIMENT
Solid material, mineral or organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by
air, water, or gravity as a product of erosion.
SITE
The lot or lots upon which a major or minor development is
to occur or has occurred.
SOIL
All unconsolidated mineral and organic material of any origin.
STATE PLAN POLICY MAP
The geographic application of the State Development and Redevelopment
Plan's goals and statewide policies, and the Official Map of these
goals and policies.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow)
that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface,
or is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewage or drainage
facilities, or conveyed by snow removal equipment.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT BMP
An excavation or embankment and related areas designed to
retain stormwater runoff. A stormwater management BMP may either be
normally dry (that is, a detention basin or infiltration system),
retain water in a permanent pool (a retention basin), be located on
or below the ground surface, or be planted mainly with wetland vegetation
(most constructed stormwater wetlands).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT MEASURE
Any practice, technology, process, program, or other method
intended to control or reduce stormwater runoff and associated pollutants,
or to induce or control the infiltration or groundwater recharge of
stormwater or to eliminate illicit or illegal nonstormwater discharges
into stormwater conveyances.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANNING AREA
The geographic area for which a stormwater management planning
agency is authorized to prepare stormwater management plans, or a
specific portion of that area identified in a stormwater management
plan prepared by that agency.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
Water flow on the surface of the ground or in storm sewers,
resulting from precipitation.
TIDAL FLOOD HAZARD AREA
A flood hazard area in which the flood elevation resulting
from the two-, ten-, or 100-year storm, as applicable, is governed
by tidal flooding from the Atlantic Ocean. Flooding in a tidal flood
hazard area may be contributed to, or influenced by, stormwater runoff
from inland areas, but the depth of flooding generated by the tidal
rise and fall of the Atlantic Ocean is greater than flooding from
any fluvial sources. In some situations, depending upon the extent
of the storm surge from a particular storm event, a flood hazard area
may be tidal in the one-hundred-year storm, but fluvial in more frequent
storm events.
URBAN ENTERPRISE ZONE
A zone designated by the New Jersey Enterprise Zone Authority
pursuant to the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zones Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27H-60
et. seq.
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT AREA
A previously developed portions of areas:
A.
Delineated on the State Plan Policy Map (SPPM) as the Metropolitan
Planning Area (PA1), Designated Centers, Cores or Nodes;
B.
Designated as CAFRA Centers, Cores or Nodes;
C.
Designated as Urban Enterprise Zones; and
D.
Designated as Urban Coordinating Council Empowerment Neighborhoods.
WATER CONTROL STRUCTURE
A structure within, or adjacent to, a water, which intentionally
or coincidentally alters the hydraulic capacity, the flood elevation
resulting from the two-, ten-, or one-hundred-year storm, flood hazard
area limit, and/or floodway limit of the water. Examples of a water
control structure may include a bridge, culvert, dam, embankment,
ford (if above grade), retaining wall, and weir.
WATERS OF THE STATE
The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams, wetlands,
and bodies of surface or groundwater, whether natural or artificial,
within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its
jurisdiction.
WETLANDS OR WETLAND
An area that is inundated or saturated by surface water or
ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and
that under normal circumstances does support, a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, commonly
known as hydrophytic vegetation.
Note: Wetlands provide significant benefits to the community
including its role in protecting and preserving drinking water supplies
including groundwater; protection against flood and storm damage by
absorbing and storing water. Wetlands also provide essential breeding,
spawning, nesting, and wintering habitats for fish and wildlife.
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WOODY VEGETATION
The growth of any combinations of perennial plants that include
trees, shrubs and some vines that have woody stems.
This article shall be enforced by the Township Manager, or his/her
designee, which may include the Township Engineer, the Township Planner,
the Township Zoning Office, the Township Construction Code Official
or the Township Building Inspector or any other appropriate designee
of the Township.
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the penalties set forth in Chapter
1, Article
II, General Penalty, of the Township Code.