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Bernardsville City Zoning Code

§ LD-12-29.8

Requirements for a Site Development Stormwater Plan Minor Development.

[Amended 4-29-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-1998; 9-23-2024 by Ord. No. 2024-2005]
a. 
The following information shall be required:
1. 
Topographic Base Map. The topographic base map for the site being developed shall extend a minimum of 50 feet beyond the limits of the proposed development, at a scale of one inch equals 50 feet or greater, showing two-foot contour intervals. Upstream tributary drainage information shall be required when deemed necessary by the reviewing engineer. The topographic base map shall include existing surface water drainage, shorelines, steep slopes, soils, erodible soils, perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of the Category One waters, wetlands and flood plains along with their appropriate buffer strips, marshlands and other wetlands, pervious or vegetative surfaces, existing man-made structures, roads, bearing and distances of property lines, and significant natural and manmade features not otherwise shown.
2. 
Project Description and Site Plans. A map (or maps) at the scale of the topographical base map indicating the location of existing and proposed buildings roads, parking areas, utilities, structural facilities for stormwater management and sediment control, and other permanent structures. The map(s) shall also clearly show areas where alterations will occur in the natural terrain and cover, including lawns and other landscaping.
3. 
Stormwater Management Facilities Map.
The following information, illustrated on a map at a scale no smaller than one inch equals 50 feet, where the larger the second number, the smaller the scale, shall be included:
(a) 
Total area to be disturbed, paved or built upon, proposed surface contours, land area to be occupied by the stormwater management facilities and the type of vegetation thereon, and details of the proposed plan to control and dispose of stormwater.
(b) 
Details of all stormwater management facility designs.
4. 
Calculations demonstrating compliance with the minor development standards of § LD-12-29.3b must be submitted.
5. 
Waiver from Submission Requirements.
The Borough Engineer may waive submission of any of the requirements in § LD-112-29.8a.1 through § LD-12-29.8a4 when it can be demonstrated that the information requested is impossible to obtain or it would create a hardship on the applicant to obtain and its absence will not materially affect the review process.
6. 
Application and Review Fees.
There shall be no additional initial escrow fees required for stormwater review for development applications being reviewed as part of an application to the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Applications to the Borough Engineer shall be accompanied by an initial review escrow deposit of $300 for minor developments. If a project is approved, an inspection escrow deposit shall be made in the amount of $500.