(a) Design and performance standards for stormwater management measures.

(1) Stormwater management measures for development shall be developed to meet the erosion control, groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality standards in section 62-2574. To the maximum extent practicable, these standards shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies into the design. If these strategies alone are not sufficient to meet these standards, structural stormwater management measures necessary to meet these standards shall be incorporated into the design, along with the practicable nonstructural strategies.

(2) The standards in this article apply only to developments as described in subsection 62-2571(c) and are intended to minimize the impact of stormwater runoff on water quality and water quantity in receiving water bodies and maintain groundwater recharge.

(3) Stormwater runoff within a site shall ultimately leave the site in the same drainage area and watershed in which it originally drained and shall be released in such a manner as to not increase erosion of adjacent properties.

(4) The minimum design and performance standards for storm sewer collection systems are as follows:

a. Storm sewer collection systems shall be designed to handle the 25-year storm event.

b. The last stormwater inlet and storm sewer pipe reach prior to discharge into a stormwater management basin shall be designed to handle the 100-year storm event.

c. The maximum velocity at storm sewer pipe outlets for all design storm events shall be seven feet per second.

(5) To the maximum extent feasible, all stormwater control measures shall be constructed prior to beginning other land disturbance activities.

(6) All stormwater control measures shall be completed and stabilized prior to certification of completion by the township engineer and acceptance by the Township of South Brunswick.

(7) Where applicable, an applicant shall certify through a licensed engineer that proposed stormwater management facilities have been designed in a manner consistent with dam safety and other design standards in accordance with the then-current state of the art for such structures and in accordance with any and all standards which may be required by law or regulation.

(8) Grading plans shall be required as follows:

a. A certified grading plan shall be submitted by the developer prior to the issuance of a building permit. The grading plan shall show no less than a two-percent slope for surface runoff, not to exceed an overland flow length of 200 feet; alternatively, lawn inlets must be provided. Grading plans showing slopes exceeding four percent must be approved for erosion protection by the township engineer.

b. Prior to the issuance of more than 80 percent of the certificates of occupancy for each block, a certified as-built grading plan shall be submitted by the developer, indicating that the approved grading plan is being complied with. For purposes of this subsection, the term "block" shall be defined as a portion of the site bounded by streets, highways, rivers and prominent streams as such shall be depicted on the official tax map of the Township of South Brunswick.

(9) The 100-year water surface elevation in all stormwater management basins and facilities shall be located a minimum of one foot below any adjacent proposed and existing basement floor elevations.

(10) The basement floor elevation of any proposed dwelling units or other buildings shall be located at least two feet above the seasonal high groundwater table, including consideration of groundwater mounding due to infiltration BMPs.

(11) Stormwater management basins and facilities shall be constantly maintained by the owner to ensure continual functioning of the systems at design capacity and to prevent the health hazards associated with debris buildup and stagnant water. In no case shall water be allowed to remain in any facility long enough to constitute a mosquito-breeding disease or any other type of health problem, unless approved as a multifunction facility to include water such as a pond. Failure to maintain stormwater management basins and facilities to the degree that mosquito or other noxious pest habitats develop is a violation of the Mosquito Extermination Act, NJSA 26:9-1 et seq., and shall subject the Owner to civil sanctions by the Township Health Department. (Ord. No. 2007-15, § I, 3-27-2007)

(a) The development shall incorporate a maintenance plan and agreement for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a development in accordance with section 62-2581.

(b) Stormwater management measures shall avoid adverse impacts of concentrated flow on habitat for threatened and endangered species as documented in the Department Landscape Project or Natural Heritage Database established under N.J.S.A. 13:1B-15.147 through 15.150, particularly Helonias bullata (swamp pink) and/or Clemmys muhlnebergi (bog turtle).

(c) The following linear development projects are exempt from the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality requirements of subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g):

(1) The construction of an underground utility line provided that the disturbed areas are revegetated upon completion;

(2) The construction of an aboveground utility line provided that the existing conditions are maintained to the maximum extent practicable; and

(3) The construction of a public pedestrian access, such as a sidewalk or trail with a maximum width of 14 feet, provided that the access is made of permeable material.

(d) A waiver from strict compliance with the groundwater recharge, stormwater runoff quantity, and stormwater runoff quality requirements of subsections 62-25740 and 62-2574(g) may be obtained for the enlargement of an existing public roadway or railroad; or the construction or enlargement of a public pedestrian access, provided that the following conditions are met:

(1) The applicant demonstrates that there is a public need for the project that cannot be accomplished by any other means;

(2) The applicant demonstrates through an alternatives analysis, that through the use of nonstructural and structural stormwater management strategies and measures, the option selected complies with the requirements of subsections 62-2574(f) and 622574(g) to the maximum extent practicable;

(3) The applicant demonstrates that, in order to meet the requirements of subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g) existing structures currently in use, such as homes and buildings, would need to be condemned; and

(4) The applicant demonstrates that it does not own or have other rights to areas, including the potential to obtain through condemnation lands not falling under subsection 62-2574(d)(3) within the upstream drainage area of the receiving stream, that would provide additional opportunities to mitigate the requirements of subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g) that were not achievable on-site.

(e) Nonstructural stormwater management strategies.

(1) To the maximum extent practicable, the standards in subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g) shall be met by incorporating nonstructural stormwater management strategies set forth at subsection 62-2574(e) into the design. The applicant shall identify the nonstructural measures incorporated into the design of the project. The New Jersey Nonstructural Stormwater Management Strategies Point System (NSPS), as set forth in subsection 62-2579(c)(10), shall be utilized to determine if the "maximum extent practicable" requirement has been met. If the applicant contends that it is not feasible for engineering, environmental, or safety reasons to incorporate any nonstructural stormwater management measures identified in paragraph (2) below into the design of a particular project, the applicant shall identify the strategy considered and provide a basis for the contention.

(2) Nonstructural stormwater management strategies incorporated into site design shall:

a. Protect areas that provide water quality benefits or areas particularly susceptible to erosion and sediment loss;

b. Minimize impervious surfaces and break up or disconnect the flow of runoff over impervious surfaces;

c. Maximize the protection of natural drainage features and vegetation;

d. Minimize the decrease in the "time of concentration" from pre-construction to post construction. "Time of concentration" is defined as the time it takes for runoff to travel from the hydraulically most distant point of the watershed to the point of interest within a watershed;

e. Minimize land disturbance including clearing and grading;

f. Minimize soil compaction;

g. Provide low-maintenance landscaping that encourages retention and planting of native vegetation and minimizes the use of lawns, fertilizers and pesticides;

h. Provide vegetated open-channel conveyance systems discharging into and through stable vegetated areas;

i. Provide other source controls to prevent or minimize the use or exposure of pollutants at the site, in order to prevent or minimize the release of those pollutants into stormwater runoff. Such source controls include, but are not limited to:

1. Site design features that help to prevent accumulation of trash and debris in drainage systems, including features that satisfy Sec. 62-2574.E.3. below;

2. Site design features that help to prevent discharge of trash and debris from drainage systems;

3. Site design features that help to prevent and/or contain spills or other harmful accumulations of pollutants at industrial or commercial developments; and

4. When establishing vegetation after land disturbance, applying fertilizer in accordance with the requirements established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, NJSA. 4:24-39 et seq., and implementing rules.

(3) Site design features identified under subsection 62-2574(e)(2)i.2. above shall comply with the following standard to control passage of solid and floatable materials through storm drain inlets. For purposes of this paragraph, "solid and floatable materials" means sediment, debris, trash, and other floating, suspended, or settleable solids. For exemptions to this standard see subsection 62-2574(e)(3)c. below.

a. Design engineers shall use either of the following grates whenever they use a grate in pavement or another ground surface to collect stormwater from that surface into a storm drain or surface water body under that grate:

1. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) bicycle safe grate, which is described in Chapter 2.4 of the NJDOT Bicycle Compatible Roadways and Bikeways Planning and Design Guidelines (April 1996); or

2. A different grate, if each individual clear space in that grate has an area of no more than seven square inches, or is no greater than 0.5 inch across the smallest dimension.

Examples of grates subject to this standard include grates in grate inlets, the grate portion (non-curb-opening portion) of combination inlets, grates on storm sewer manholes, ditch grates, trench grates, and grates of spacer bars in slotted drains. Examples of ground surfaces include surfaces of roads (including bridges), driveways, parking areas, bikeways, plazas, sidewalks, lawns, fields, open channels, and stormwater basin floors.

b. Whenever design engineers use a curb-opening inlet, the clear space in that curb opening (or each individual clear space, if the curb opening has two or more clear spaces) shall have an area of no more than seven square inches, or be no greater than two inches across the smallest dimension.

**Webmasters Note: The previous subsections, (e)(1) through (e)(3)b., have been amended as per Supplement No. 10.

c. This standard does not apply:

1. Where the Development Review Board determines that this standard would cause inadequate hydraulic performance that could not practicably be overcome by using additional or larger storm drain inlets that meet these standards;

2. Where flows from the water quality design storm as specified in subsection 62-2574(g)(1) are conveyed through any device (e.g., end of pipe netting facility or manufactured treatment device), that is designed, at a minimum, to prevent delivery of all solid and floatable materials that could not pass through one of the following:

i. A rectangular space 4 5/8 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide (this option does not apply for outfall netting facilities); or

ii. A bar screen having a bar spacing of 0.5 inches.

3. Where flows are conveyed through a trash rack that has parallel bars with one-inch spacing between the bars, to the elevation of the water quality design storm as specified in subsection 62-2574(g)(1); or

4. Where the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection deter- mines, pursuant to the New Jersey Register of Historic Places Rules at N.J.A.C. 7:4-7.2(c), that action to meet this standard is an undertaking that constitutes an encroachment or will damage or destroy the New Jersey Register listed historic property.

(4) Any land area used as a nonstructural stormwater management measure to meet the performance standards in subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g) shall be dedicated to the Township of South Brunswick, subjected to a conservation restriction filed with the Middlesex County Clerk's office, or subject to an approved equivalent restriction that ensures that measure or an equivalent stormwater management measure approved by the development review board is maintained in perpetuity.

(5) Guidance for nonstructural stormwater management strategies is available in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The BMP Manual may be obtained from the address identified in section 62-2577, or found on the department's website at www.njstormwater.org.

(f) Erosion control, groundwater recharge and runoff quantity standards.

(1) This subsection contains minimum design and performance standards to control erosion, encourage and control infiltration and groundwater recharge, and control stormwater runoff quantity impacts of development.

a. The minimum design and performance standards for erosion control are those established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, NJSA. 4:24-39 et seq. and implementing rules.

b. The minimum design and performance standards for groundwater recharge are as follows:

1. The design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff and groundwater recharge calculations at section 62-2575, either:

i. Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that the site and its stormwater management measures maintain 100 percent of the average annual pre-construction groundwater recharge volume for the site; or

ii. Demonstrate through hydrologic and by analysis that the increase of stormwater runoff volume from pre-construction to post-construction for the two-year storm is infiltrated.

2. This groundwater recharge requirement shall be subject only to the restrictions on groundwater recharge in subsection 3. below.

3. The following types of stormwater shall not be recharged:

i. Stormwater from areas of high pollutant loading. High pollutant loading areas are areas in industrial and commercial developments where solvents and/or petroleum products are loaded/unloaded, stored, or applied, areas where pesticides are loaded/unloaded or stored; areas where hazardous materials are expected to be present in greater than "reportable quantities" as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at 40 CFR 302.4; areas where recharge would be inconsistent with department approved remedial action work plan or landfill closure plan and areas with high risks for spills of toxic materials, such as gas stations and vehicle maintenance facilities; and

ii. Industrial stormwater exposed to "source material." "Source material" means any material(s) or machinery, located at an industrial facility, that is directly or indirectly related to process, manufacturing or other industrial activities, which could be a source of pollutants in any industrial stormwater discharge to groundwater. Source materials include, but are not limited to, raw materials; intermediate products; final products; waste materials; by-products; industrial machinery and fuels, and lubricants, solvents, and detergents that are related to process, manufacturing, or other industrial activities that are exposed to stormwater. Site design shall minimize the potential for exposure of stormwater to "source material."

4. The design engineer shall assess the hydraulic impact on the groundwater table and design the site so as to avoid adverse hydraulic impacts. Potential adverse hydraulic impacts include, but are not limited to, exacerbating a naturally or seasonally high water table so as to cause surficial ponding, flooding of basements, or interference with the proper operation of subsurface sewage disposal systems and other subsurface structures in the vicinity or downgradient of the groundwater recharge area.

c. In order to control stormwater runoff quantity impacts, the design engineer shall, using the assumptions and factors for stormwater runoff calculations at section 62-2575, demonstrate the following:

1. For stormwater leaving the site, post-construction runoff hydrographs for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events do not exceed, at any point in time, the pre-construction runoff hydrographs for the same storm events. However, should the design engineer sufficiently demonstrate to the satisfaction of the township engineer that it is physically infeasible to meet these requirements, then the design engineer shall complete one of the following:

i. Demonstrate through hydrologic and hydraulic analysis that there is no increase, as compared to the pre-construction condition, in the peak runoff rates of stormwater leaving the site for the two-, ten-, and 100-year storm events and that the increased volume or change in timing of stormwater runoff will not increase flood damage at or downstream of the site. This analysis shall include the analysis of impacts of existing land uses and projected land uses assuming full development under existing zoning and land use ordinances in the drainage area;

ii. Design stormwater management measures so that the post-construction peak runoff rates for the two-, ten- and 100-year storm events are no greater than 50, 75 and 80 percent, respectively, of the preconstruction peak runoff rates. The percentages apply only to the post-construction stormwater runoff that is attributable to the portion of the site on which the proposed development or project is to be constructed.

2. Any application for a new agricultural development shall be submitted to the appropriate soil conservation district for review and approval in accordance with the requirements of this section and any applicable soil conservation district guidelines for stormwater runoff quantity and erosion control. For the purposes of this section, "agricultural development" means land uses normally associated with the production of food, fiber and livestock for sale. Such uses do not include the development of land for the processing or sale of food and the manufacturing of agriculturally related products.

(g) Stormwater runoff quality standards.

(1) Stormwater management measures shall be designed to reduce the post-construction load of total suspended solids (TSS) in stormwater runoff by 80 percent of the anticipated load from the developed site, expressed as an annual average. Stormwater management measures shall only be required for water quality control if an additional one-quarter acre of impervious surface is being proposed on a development site. The requirement to reduce TSS does not apply to any stormwater runoff in a discharge regulated under a numeric effluent limitation for TSS imposed under the New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules, N.J.A.C. 7:14A, or in a discharge specifically exempt under a NJPDES permit from this requirement. The water quality design storm is 1.25 inches of rainfall in two hours. Water quality calculations shall take into account the distribution of rain from the water quality design storm, as reflected in Table 1. The calculation of the volume of runoff may take into account the implementation of nonstructural and structural stormwater management measures.

(2) For purposes of TSS reduction calculations, Table 2 below presents the presumed removal rates for certain BMPs designed in accordance with the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual. The BMP Manual may be obtained from the address identified in section 62-2577, or found on the department's website at www.njstormwater.org. The BMP Manual and other sources of technical guidance are listed in section 62-2577. TSS reduction shall be calculated based on the removal rates for the BMPs in Table 2 below. Alternative removal rates and methods of calculating removal rates may be used if the design engineer provides documentation demonstrating the capability of these alternative rates and methods to the development review board. A copy of any approved alternative rate or method of calculating the removal rate shall be provided to the department at the following address: Division of Watershed Management, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, P.O. Box 418, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0418.

(3) If more than one BMP in series is necessary to achieve the required 80 percent TSS reduction for a site, the applicant shall utilize the following formula to calculate TSS reduction:

R.= A + B - (AXB)/100

Where

R.= total TSS percent load removal from application of both BMPs, and

A.= the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the first BMP

B.= the TSS percent removal rate applicable to the second BMP

(4) If there is more than one onsite drainage area, the 80 percent TSS removal rate shall apply to each drainage area, unless the runoff from the subareas converge on site in which case the removal rate can be demonstrated through a calculation using a weighted average.

(5) Stormwater management measures shall also be designed to reduce, to the maximum extent feasible, the post-construction nutrient load of the anticipated load from the developed site in stormwater runoff generated from the water quality design storm. In achieving reduction of nutrients to the maximum extent feasible, the design of the site shall include nonstructural strategies and structural measures that optimize nutrient removal while still achieving the performance standards in subsections 62-2574(f) and 62-2574(g).

(6) Additional information and examples are contained in the New Jersey Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, which may be obtained from the address identified in section 62-2577.

(7) Special water resource protection areas shall be established along all waters designated Category One at N.J.A.C. 7:9B, and perennial or intermittent streams that drain into or upstream of the Category One waters as shown on the USGS Quadrangle Maps, in the County Soil Surveys or in NJDEP GIS data sets for streams and other open waters, within the associated HUC14 drainage area. These areas are established for the protection of water quality, aesthetic value, exceptional ecological significance, exceptional recreational significance, exceptional water supply significance, and exceptional fisheries significance of those established Category One waters. These areas shall be protected as follows:

a. The applicant shall preserve and maintain a special water resource protection area in accordance with one of the following:

1. A 300-foot special water resource protection area shall be provided on each side of the waterway, measured perpendicular to the waterway from the top of the bank outwards or from the centerline of the waterway where the bank is not defined, consisting of existing vegetation or vegetation allowed to follow natural succession.

2. Encroachment within the designated special water resource protection area under subsection 1. above shall only be allowed where previous development or disturbance has occurred (for example, active agricultural use, parking area or maintained lawn area). The encroachment shall only be allowed where applicant demonstrates that the functional value and overall condition of the special water resource protection area will he maintained to the maximum extent practicable. In no case shall the remaining special water resource protection area be reduced to less than 150 feet as measured perpendicular to the top of bank of the waterway or centerline of the waterway where the bank is undefined. All encroachments proposed under this subparagraph shall be subject to review and approval by the department.

b. All stormwater shall be discharged outside of and flow through the special water resource protection area and shall comply with the standard for off-site stability in the "Standards For Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New Jersey," established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, NJSA. 4:24-39 et seq.

c. If stormwater discharged outside of and flowing through the special water resource protection area cannot comply with the Standard For Off-Site Stability in the "Standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in New Jersey," established under the Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act, NJSA. 4:24-39 et seq., then the stabilization measures in accordance with the requirements of the above standards may be placed within the special water resource protection area, provided that:

1. Stabilization measures shall not be placed within 150 feet of the Category One waterway;

2. Stormwater associated with discharges allowed by this section shall achieve a 95 percent TSS post-construction removal rate;

3. Temperature shall be addressed to ensure no impact on the receiving waterway;

4. The encroachment shall only be allowed where the applicant demonstrates that the functional value and overall condition of the special water resource protection area will be maintained to the maximum extent practicable;

5. A conceptual project design meeting shall be held with the appropriate department staff and soil conservation district staff to identify necessary stabilization measures; and

6. All encroachments proposed under this section shall be subject to review and approval by the department.

d. Paragraph (g)(7) does not apply to the construction of one individual single-family dwelling that is not part of a larger development on a lot receiving preliminary or final subdivision approval on or before February 2, 2004, provided that the construction begins on or before February 2, 2009.

e. All other waters in the Township of South Brunswick not classified as Category One shall be subject to the requirements of section 62-248, Stream corridor protection. (Ord. No. 2007-15, § I, 3-27-2007; Ord. No. 2007-28, § I, 5-8-2007)