Secondary and Cumulative Impacts Master Management Plan - 2014
Article 10 Erosion and Sedimentation Control 10-20 Land-Disturbing Activities
(2) Must install a gravel pad, 10 foot in width and 30 foot in length or equivalent, at the access point(s) for construction vehicles; and (3) Must install silt fences on the low side of the lot prior to the initial footing inspection conducted by the Building Inspections Division (4) Areas within 25 feet of the edge of pavement or gravel of the road must be stabilized before issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy (5) All uncovered areas that result from land disturbing activities, and are subject to continued and accelerated erosion, and are causing the movement of sediment offsite from the tract, must be provided with a ground cover or other protective measures, structures or devices sufficient to restrain accelerated erosion and control off-site sedimentation. (6) The property owner or agent must be given notice of responsibility for compliance at the issuance of a building permit for said land disturbing activity. (7) While a permit is not required for land disturbances of one acre or less on a tract, the County retains the right to take enforcement actions and assess penalties if the movement of sediment offsite from the tract is observed during an inspection. Enforcement actions and penalties are described in Part 4 of this article. 10-20-6 Inspection by Landowner (A) The landowner, the financially responsible party, or the landowner's or the financially responsible party's agent must perform an inspection of the area covered by the erosion and sedimentation control plan after each phase of the plan has been completed and after establishment of temporary ground cover in accordance with G.S. 113A-57(2). (B) The person who performs the inspection must maintain and make available a record of the inspection at the site of the land-disturbing activity. The record must set out any significant deviation from the approved erosion and sedimentation control plan, identify any measures that may be required to correct the deviation, and document the completion of those measures. The record must be maintained until permanent ground cover has been established as required by the approved erosion and sedimentation control plan. (C) The inspections required by this subsection are in addition to inspections required by G.S. 113A-61.1. 10-20-7 Protection of Property Persons conducting land-disturbing activities must take all reasonable measures to protect all public and private property from damage caused by such activities. 10-20-8 Maximum Peak Rate of Runoff During construction, the planned soil erosion and sedimentation control practices and devices must be employed to restrict sedimentation soil losses from each land-disturbing site in accordance with plans approved by the Wake County Department of Environmental Services Sedimentation and Erosion Control Section. Such erosion and sedimentation control measures, structures, and devices must be planned, designed, and constructed to provide protection from the calculated maximum peak rate of runoff from the ten-year storm. Runoff rates must be calculated using the procedures in the USDA, Soil Conservation Service’s National Engineering Field Manual for Conservation Practices , or other calculation procedures acceptable to the County.
Wake County Unified Development Code 10-9
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