§ 18-21. Applicability.

Any person, unless otherwise exempted in section 18-22, shall have an approved stormwater management and sediment control plan when applying to the city for approval for any construction or reconstruction of the site or any structures on the site (excluding signs); to change the use of land; to construct a new structure; to subdivide land; to alter any shoreline; or to perform any activity which will alter or disrupt the drainage characteristics of a site.

Further:

No person may build any structures or modify the property in any manner such that it backs up stormwater on another property or changes the flow of water onto or off of another property.

No person may discharge stormwater off their property in a different location, different volumes, or at different rates of flow such that other property, developed or undeveloped, is negatively impacted.

No person may remove stormwater management and sediment control measures until a demolition site or construction site achieves final stabilization.

An approved stormwater management and sediment control plan must be in compliance with the following, except as modified by more stringent requirements of this chapter:

(1)

Standards of Stormwater Management and Sediment Reduction Regulation 72-305 "Permit Application and Approval Process" and 72-307 "Specific Design Criteria, Minimum Standards, and Specifications".

(2)

NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Large and Small Construction Activities [Permit No.: SCR100000].

(3)

NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Regulated Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s) [Permit No.: SCR030000].

(4)

Coastal Zone Management Plan [Coastal Zone Management Act, South Carolina State Law, Title 48, Chapter 39] Stormwater Management Guidelines.

Those construction plans, construction activities, and post-construction activities found to be non-compliant with the criteria set forth in this chapter are subjected to enforcement and penalties described in sections 18-44 and 18-45, respectively.

(Ord. No. 2007-51, 8-14-07)