Why does Ashland have a storm water management Bylaw?
The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II
program for the Clean Water Act mandated that all urbanized
areas create a regulatory mechanism to control non-point source
discharges into the nation’s waterways. Ashland passed its storm
water Management Bylaw at 2006 Annual Town Meeting to
protect the environment through the control of storm water
discharges.
Who needs a storm water management Permit?
- Any activity
subject to the Planning Department’s Site Plan Review
- Any activity
resulting in soil disturbance of 10,000 square feet or
greater
- Any residential
development or redevelopment of five acres or more
- Any activity that
will increase the impervious cover more than 50% of the lot
- Any activity that
will disturb land 5,000 square feet of land with 15% slope
or greater
- Any activity that
will alter, fill or degrade a wetland, water body,
floodplain or isolated depression subject to flooding
How do I get a storm water management Permit?
Complete the Application for a storm water Management
Permit, attached to the regulations, and file with the
Conservation Commission along with the appropriate fee. A public
hearing will be held at a regular Conservation Commission
meeting.
If I need a Notice of Intent for work near wetlands do I also
need a storm water management Permit?
If your project falls under any of the activities listed in
#2, then yes.
