Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

18.130.013 General Land Disturbance Permits for Franchised and/or Public Utilities

In lieu of obtaining individual project Land Disturbance Permits for utility-funded linear projects, the City may issue a General Permit to franchised and public utilities which shall be renewed annually. To apply for a General Permit, the utility must submit a permit application which includes:

1. 1.
   Effective erosion control standards and construction methods that are to be implemented on the utility’s projects, conforming to 16.200. The General Permit does not relieve the utility of the responsibility of preparing and implementing project specific Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPP), as defined by the State of Kansas, for projects disturbing over one acre of area.
2. 2.
   A procedure to notify the City, no less than 14 days prior to work beginning, of projects disturbing a cumulative area greater than one acre. The notification shall be accompanied by a copy of the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP2) and the associated Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) Notice of Intent (NOI).
3. 3.
   A mechanism to reimburse the City for the cost of all abatement actions. The Director may revoke a Land Disturbance General Permit for failure to reimburse City abatement costs within 60 days of receipt of an abatement invoice.

The utility must notify the Director in writing within 14 days of any State or Federal citations related to erosion and sediment control violations in the City. The Director shall revoke any general permit when the activities authorized by that General Permit cause the City of Overland Park to be noncompliant with the City’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2564 §4, 2005) 

Effective on: 1/1/1901