§ 34-10. Reference documents.

(a)

The town has prepared a Town of Nags Head Recommended Standard Details Manual which includes guidance on specific stormwater control measures and other requirements of this chapter. The town will make copies of the most current town Recommended Standard Details Manual and the most current NCDENR BMP Manual available to applicants for permits under this chapter.

(b)

Applicants for permits under this chapter shall refer to the most current editions of the NCDENR BMP Manual and the town's manual if citing them for the design, construction and maintenance management practices on the site associated with the application. Stormwater treatment practices that are designed, constructed, and maintained in accordance with the NCDENR BMP Manual and the town manual will be presumed to meet the minimum water quality and quantity performance standards of this chapter.

(c)

Applicants for permits under this chapter may propose utilization of a stormwater management practice or practices which are not designed, constructed or maintained in accordance with the NCDENR BMP Manual and the town Recommended Standard Details Manual. In such cases, the applicant shall have the burden of demonstrating that the practice(s) will satisfy the minimum water quality and quantity performance standards of this ordinance and the practices must be approved by the town engineer.

(d)

Upon review and evaluation of an application for a permit under this chapter, the stormwater administrator may recommend management practices regarding a particular site. If upon review and inspection the stormwater administrator determines that the environmental conditions of a particular site will not support the management practices proposed by an applicant, the stormwater administrator may require reasonable changes to the application, professional certification of a particular design and/or evaluation of the proposal by the town engineer. The stormwater administrator may require any reasonable changes to an application proposed by the town engineer.

(Ord. No. 18-12-017 , Pt. III, 12-5-2018)