[Added by Ord. No. 2-2020, 6/16/2020]
1.
The Township of Stroud finds that:
A.
The groundwater underlying the Township is a major source of its
existing and future water supply, including drinking water.
B.
Accidental spills and discharges of toxic or hazardous materials
may threaten the quality of such groundwater supplies and related
water resources in the Township, posing potential public health and
safety hazards.
C.
Unless preventative measures are adopted to control the discharge
and storage of toxic and hazardous materials within the Township,
spills and discharges of such materials will predictably occur, and
with greater frequency and degree of hazard by reason of increasing
construction, commercial and industrial development, population and
vehicular traffic within the Township.
[Added by Ord. No. 2-2020, 6/16/2020]
The purpose of this Part is to protect the public health, safety,
and welfare through the preservation of the Township's groundwater
resources and public water supply and to ensure a future supply of
safe and healthful drinking water for the Township, local residents
and employees, and the general public. The designation of wellhead
protection zones and careful regulation of development activities
within these zones will reduce the potential for groundwater contamination.
[Added by Ord. No. 2-2020, 6/16/2020]
These regulations shall apply to all land uses within the wellhead
protection zones and shall be in addition to other requirements for
the zoning districts designated on the Township Zoning Map and shall
apply irrespective of other sections of this Code.
[Added by Ord. No. 2-2020, 6/16/2020]
1.
The Wellhead Protection Overlay District shall be defined as that
area within the Township that is located within the following wellhead
protection zones:
A.
Zone 1: A 400-foot fixed radius around a well that is regulated by
PADEP as a community water system.
B.
Zone 2: A 1,000-foot radius around each well within the Township
that is regulated by PADEP as a community water system, with Zone
2 encompassing the area not located in Zone 1. See Figure 1.
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Figure 1
Wellhead Protection Zones
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The Township Board of Supervisors may modify the extent
of Zone 2 on a detailed delineation study conducted by a Pennsylvania-licensed
geologist. Any such study shall be based on a six-month time-of-travel
capture zone using a generally accepted numerical groundwater flow
model, and the study shall be consistent with the Monroe County Water
Supply and Model Wellhead Protection Study, Volumes I and II, June
1997, and any updates. If accepted by the Township Board of Supervisors,
the modified Zone 2 shall become the official Zone 2 delineation.
A developer may submit such detailed delineation for consideration
of the Township at the developer's expense.
2.
The Wellhead Protection Overlay District is shown on a map at the
Township offices.
[Added by Ord. No. 2-2020, 6/16/2020]
1.
Land uses, facilities and/or activities within Wellhead Protection
Zones 1 and 2 shall be regulated according to Schedule 27-XI.[1] Land uses, facilities, and/or activities shall be prohibited
(designated with an "X" in the schedule); permitted by right (designated
with a "P" in the schedule); or permitted by conditional use approval
(designated with a "C" in the schedule), in accordance with Schedule
27-XI.
[1]
Editor's Note: Schedule 27-XI is included as an attachment
to this chapter.
2.
Uses Permitted by Conditional Use Approval.
A.
In addition to all other applicable standards of this Part, the provisions of § 27-407 shall apply.
B.
Applications shall include, at a minimum, a detailed description
of each of the activities to be conducted upon the lot or tract of
land in question which shall constitute a regulated land use, including
a listing of all substances which are to be stored, handled, used
or produced in connection with each regulated land use being proposed
and which substances are subject to federal and/or state authorities.
C.
The applicant shall demonstrate that the regulated land use will
not, during construction or thereafter, cause the degradation of the
groundwater quality upon or beneath the lot or tract of land or adjacent
lots or tracts of land, the degree and extent of which degradation
would violate safe drinking water standards promulgated by federal,
state or county governmental agencies.
D.
The Township may attach such conditions and safeguards to any special
permit as are, in its opinion, necessary to ensure initial and continued
conformance to all applicable standards and requirements. Such conditions
may include but are not limited to:
(1)
Monitoring wells.
(2)
Requirement of additional setbacks from sewage disposal systems
to downgradient property lines.
(3)
The installation of adequate containment facilities and systems
so as to prevent the contamination of groundwater by substances regulated
by federal, state and/or county governmental authorities.
(4)
The preparation, filing and periodic revision of an emergency
plan addressing the means by which any potential contamination of
groundwater will be controlled, collected and remediated, including
emergency contacts and identification of potential contaminants.
(5)
Regular inspection and monitoring, by the owner, occupant, Township
and/or third parties of the regulated land use.
(6)
Compliance by the applicant with the provisions of the Township
Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance[2] pertaining to sanitary sewage disposal, water supply,
stormwater management, utilities, easements and subsurface carbonate
areas.
(7)
The design of stormwater detention basins with an impermeable
liner to prohibit infiltration of impounded water to the subsurface.
(8)
The use of structural and/or nonstructural measures to prevent
leachate contamination, including but not limited to building enclosures,
impervious pads and pavements, self-contained drainage systems, detention
basins, filters, separators or other devices and other management
practices.
(9)
Compliance with all federal and state laws and regulations applicable
to the regulated land use.
3.
Public water supply projects which require the use of chemicals for
disinfection or treatment will be allowed in all wellhead protection
areas subject to approval, construction and operation in accordance
with PADEP regulations.
