A.
The fee required by this chapter are the Township application fee
and Township inspection and review fee. The Township fees shall be
established by the Township to defray review costs incurred by the
Township and the Township Engineer. The applicant shall pay all fees.
B.
The Township shall establish an application, inspection and review
fee schedule based upon the size of the regulated activity and based
on the Township's costs for reviewing the drainage plan. The
Township shall periodically update the application, inspection and
review fee schedule to ensure that review costs are adequately reimbursed.
The fees required by this chapter shall, at a minimum, cover:
A.
Administrative and clerical costs.
B.
Review of the SWM site plan and report.
C.
Preconstruction meetings and site visits.
D.
Field reviews of stormwater management facilities/BMPs and drainage
improvements during construction.
E.
Final filed reviews upon completion of the stormwater management
facilities/BMPs and drainage improvements presented in the SWM site
plan.
F.
Any additional work required to enforce any permit provisions regulated
by this chapter, correct violations, and assure proper completion
of stipulated remedial actions.
A.
The owner of any land upon which permanent BMPs will be placed, constructed,
or implemented, as described in the SWM site plan, shall record the
following documents in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Washington
County, within 30 days of approval of the SWM site plan by the Township:
B.
The Township may suspend or revoke any approvals granted for the
project site upon discovery of the failure of the owner to comply
with this section.
A.
Persons installing stormwater storage facilities shall be required
to pay a specified amount to the Municipal Stormwater Maintenance
Fund to help defray costs of periodic inspections and maintenance
expenses. The amount of the deposit shall be determined as follows:
(1)
If the storage facility is to be privately owned and maintained,
the deposit shall cover the cost of the periodic inspections and maintenance
performed by the Township for a period of 20 years, as estimated by
the Township Engineer and approved by the Township. After that period
of time, inspections will be performed at the expense of the person
on record with the Township as being responsible for the ownership
and maintenance.
(2)
If the storage facility is to be owned and maintained by the Township,
the deposit shall cover the estimated costs for maintenance and inspections
for a period of 20 years. The Township Engineer will establish the
estimated costs to be approved by the Township utilizing information
submitted by the developer.
(3)
The amount of the deposit to the fund shall be converted to present
worth of the annual series values. The Township Engineer shall determine
the present worth equivalents which shall be subject to the approval
of the Township.
B.
If a storage facility is proposed that also serves as a recreation
facility (e.g., ballfield, lake), the Township may reduce or waive
the amount of the maintenance fund based upon the value of the land
for public recreation purposes, unless the recreation facilities were
required to address another Township ordinance.
C.
If at some future time a storage facility (whether publicly or privately
owned) is eliminated due to the installation of storm sewers or other
storage facility, the unused portion of the maintenance fund deposit
will be applied to the cost of abandoning the facility and connecting
to the storm sewer or other facility. Any amount of the deposit remaining
after the costs of abandonment are paid will be turned over to the
last entity responsible for the ownership and maintenance of the facility.
