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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 32-7 Final erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plans.">
  <section prefix="§" num="32-7" heading="Final erosion and sediment control and stormwater management plans.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">After site development plan approval, the applicant must submit final erosion and sediment control plans and stormwater management plans that reflect the comments received during the previous review phase.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Minimum contents.">Plans submitted for final approval must be of sufficient detail to allow all approvals and permits to be issued and must include:<para num="(1)">all information provided during the concept and site development plan review phase;</para>
      <para num="(2)">erosion and sediment control practices to minimize on-site erosion and prevent off-site sedimentation, including:<para num="(i)">the salvage and reuse of topsoil;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">phased construction and implementation of grading unit(s) to minimize disturbances, both in extent and duration;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">location and type of all proposed sediment control practices;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">design details and data for all erosion and sediment control practices; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">specifications for temporary and permanent stabilization measures, including at a minimum:<para num="A.">the “Standard Stabilization Note” on the plan stating:
“Following initial soil disturbance or re-disturbance, permanent or temporary stabilization must be completed within:<para num="1.">3 calendar days as to the surface of all perimeter dikes, swales, ditches, perimeter slopes, and all slopes steeper than 3 horizontal to 1 vertical (3:1); and</para>
            <para num="2.">7 calendar days as to all other disturbed or graded areas on the project site not under active grading.”;</para>
          </para>
          <para num="B.">details for areas requiring accelerated stabilization; and</para>
          <para num="C.">maintenance requirements as defined in the Standards and Specifications;</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">a sequence of construction that:<para num="(i)">describes the relationship between the implementation of controls and the maintenance of controls, including permanent and temporary stabilization, and the various stages or phases of earth disturbance and construction; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">includes the following, at a minimum:<para num="A.">request for a pre-construction meeting with the Department;</para>
          <para num="B.">clearing and grubbing as necessary for the installation of perimeter controls;</para>
          <para num="C.">construction and stabilization of perimeter controls;</para>
          <para num="D.">remaining clearing and grubbing within installed perimeter controls;</para>
          <para num="E.">road grading;</para>
          <para num="F.">grading for the remainder of the site;</para>
          <para num="F.">utility installation and connections to existing structures;</para>
          <para num="G.">construction of buildings and roads;</para>
          <para num="H.">other construction;</para>
          <para num="I.">final grading, landscaping, and stabilization;</para>
          <para num="J.">installation of stormwater management measures;</para>
          <para num="K.">obtaining approval by the Department before removal of sediment controls; and</para>
          <para num="L.">removal of sediment controls and stabilization of areas that are disturbed by the removal;</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(4)">a statement requiring the owner, developer, or representative to contact the Department or its agent at the following stages of the project or in accordance with the approved erosion and sediment control plan, grading permit, or building permit:<para num="(i)">before the start of earth disturbance;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">after the installation of perimeter erosion and sediment controls is complete, but before proceeding with any other earth disturbance or grading;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">before the start of another phase of construction or the opening of another grading unit; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">before the removal of sediment control practices;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(5)">certification by the owner or developer that:<para num="(i)">any clearing, grading, construction, or development will be done pursuant to the approved erosion and sediment control plan; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the responsible personnel involved in the construction project will have, before the project begins, a Certificate of Training from an MDE approved training program for the control of erosion and sediment; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the City Department of Public Works, City Department of Housing and Community Development, and Maryland Department of the Environment will be allowed right of entry for periodic on-site evaluation; and</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(6)">if required by the Department or the Maryland Department of the Environment, certification by a professional engineer, land surveyor, landscape architect, architect, or forester (for forest harvest operations only) registered in the State that the plans have been designed in accordance with erosion and sediment control laws, regulations, and standards; and</para>
      <para num="(7)">any additional information considered appropriate by the Department.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-095</annotation>
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