HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93011_1346 (2)• Minimum Control Plan Standard: North Carolina = 1 acre of land disturbing activity.
Iredell County = 1 acre outside of water supply watershed and /] acre inside water supply
watershed.
■ Importance of Water Supply Watershed /2 to 1 Acre Requirement: Notifies county of
small developments. Informs small lot builder of Erosion Control Regulations. Majority of
complaints = small lot development. Reduce need for investigation and enforcement. Majority
of growth occurs in Water Supply Watersheds.
• Water Supply Watershed Lots: /z to 1 acre plan review should be relatively straight
forward. Review time should be quick. Control measures will typically be minimal. Estimate
of '/z hour review per control plan.
■ Anticipated Workload: Approximately 130 cases to be acquired from DENR.
Estimated annual workload projections are '% to 1 acre = 95 cases and 1 acre and above = 135
for a total of 230 cases.
■ Who needs a Plan? 1. When land -disturbing activity exceeds 1 acre (1/2 acre in a
water supply watershed) there will be a requirement for an approved sedimentation and erosion
control plan. 2. The aggregate of disturbed land on all lots under ownership within the
subdivision are used to calculate acreage. Lots do not need to be contiguous. 3. An example
would be a subdivision development with 2 front lots (.25 acre each) and 2 back lots (.45 & .33
acre) or 1.28 acres of total land disturbed. Then a plan would be required.
• Typical Control Measures: 1. Properly installed silt fence. 2. Stabilized construction
entrances. 3. Establish vegetative groundcover. 4. Sediment basins and traps.
■Needed Documentation for Plans (Content): Statement of financial
responsibility/ownership; engineering/ architectural drawings; maps; narrative statements;
calculations; assumptions.
■ Timeline for Decisions on Plans: The county will review erosion control plans and
approve or disapprove within 30 days. Failure to review within 30 days = approval.
■ Timeline for Decisions on Plans - Revised: The county will review revised erosion
control plans and approve or disapprove within 15 days. Failure to review within 15 days =
approval.
• Required Revisions: If after plan approval the county determines that the plan is
inadequate; the county may require revision of the plan.
■ Fee Schedule: An Erosion Control Plan Fee Schedule will be determined by the Iredell
County Board of County Commissioners at a future date.
■ Should noncompliance occur: The penalty for not complying is a fine of $500 per acre
per day.
■ Section 404 Penalties - Criminal: Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any
provision of this ordinance ... shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. May include a fine not
to exceed $5,000 as provided in G.S. §113A-64.
■ Summary of Benefits: Provides greater local control over erosion and sedimentation
issues. Protects local water supply watershed resources. Reduces offsite sedimentation thus
reducing costs for local stormwater treatment. Minimizes the need for costly offsite
remediation.
(Comments and Questions)
Marvin Norman: At the present time, when you investigate a resident's complaint, what
happens?
Selquist: If there's a violation, we submit a notice of violation to that person. They would have
some time to correct the problem and come into compliance. If they don't do that, this is when
we impose penalties.
Norman: What is in place at the present time?
Selquist: Right now, we are not doing anything. The state is managing this; however, they are
understaffed. Theoretically, the state is using the same process, submitting a notice of violation,
and then trying to get the operation into compliance. If compliance doesn't occur, the staff
would move forward with the penalties.
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