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Town of Lockport, NY
Niagara County
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No pond shall be constructed in the Town of Lockport except in conformance with this article.
As used herein, the following shall have the meaning indicated:
POND
Any man-made body of water, with a surface area greater than 100 square feet and/or depth of more than 18 inches, except:
A. 
Concrete or prefabricated swimming pools.
B. 
Prefabricated or concrete decorative basins less than 18 inches in depth.
C. 
Retention or detention ponds specified, designed and/or approved as part of an approved site plan or subdivision development or otherwise mandated by the Town of Lockport.
Ponds shall only be constructed in AG, AR, R-1 and PUD Districts.
A. 
Ponds may not be closer than 200 feet to any road right-of-way.
B. 
Ponds shall not be closer than 100 feet to any property line.
C. 
Ponds shall not be closer than 100 feet to any residential building.
A. 
No pond shall be constructed without site plan approval by the Planning Board.
B. 
All new ponds shall conform to the requirement of the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) of the United States Department of Agriculture or its successor agency.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
C. 
The pond shall be designed by the SCS or by a licensed professional engineer.
D. 
The site plan application shall be accompanied by a pond design report meeting the following requirements:
(1) 
The report shall include site soil types and groundwater levels.
(2) 
The site plan shall reference SCS standards.
(3) 
The site plan shall indicate how the pond will maintain appropriate water depths.
(4) 
The site plan shall show any inflow or outflow piping/ditches and the location of any ditches, swales or watercourses on the site and shall detail side slopes.
(5) 
Any other information required by the Planning Board shall be included.
E. 
No pond may adversely interfere with or impede the natural flow of water nor adversely impact any floodplain or wetland area.
All ponds shall be maintained so as to assure that they do not become offensive to neighboring properties by reason of stagnation, algae, mosquito-breeding and similar conditions.