Stormwater Management Fees¹

½ of the Total Fee is due to the Town with First Submission
Second ½ of Total Fee is due at time of Signature Submission

SWM Fees to be paid to the Town, the Town is responsible to reimburse DEQ

INITIAL LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY

The following fees must be paid by the applicant to the Town prior to the issuance of the general permit defined in Town Code Section 14-19 and prior to the issuance of any grading, building, land-disturbing, or similar permit regulated in accordance with Town Code Section 14-23. When a site or sites has been purchased for development within a previously permitted common plan of development or sale, the applicant shall be subject to fees in accordance with the disturbed acreage of their site or sites.

Persons whose coverage under the general permit has been revoked shall apply to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for an Individual Permit for Discharges of Stormwater from Construction Activities.

General/Stormwater Management – Small Residential Activity (single family detached residential areas within or outside a common plan of development or sale, that is equal to or greater than one acre but less than five acres)

$209

$0

General/Stormwater Management – Small Activity (areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage less than 1 acre)

$290

$81

General/Stormwater Management – Small Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 1 acre and less than 5 acres)

$2,700

$756

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 5 acres and less than 10 acres)

$3,400

$952

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 10 acres and less than 50 acres)

$4,500

$1,260

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 50 acres and less than 100 acres)

$6,100

$1,708

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 100 acres)

$9,600

$2,688

MODIFICATIONS OR TRANSFERS:

The following fees must be paid to the Town prior to the modification or transfer of general permit registration statements issued by the State Water Control Board. If the general permit modification results in changes to stormwater management plans that require additional review by the Town, such reviews shall be subject to the fee in this table. The fee assessed shall be based on the total disturbed acreage of the site. In addition to the modification fee, modifications resulting in an increase in total disturbed acreage shall pay the difference in the actual initial permit fee paid and the permit fee that would have been applied for the total disturbed acreage in accordance with initial land-disturbing activity table above.

Fees shall not be assessed to the following:

1. Permittees who request minor modifications to general permits as defined in Town Code Section 14-19. Permit modifications at the request of the permittee resulting in changes to the stormwater management plan that require additional review by the director shall not be exempt.
2. Permittees whose general permits are modified or amended at the initiative of DEQ, excluding errors in the registration statement identified by the Town or errors related to the acreage of the site.

Fees

General/Stormwater Management – Small Activity (areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage less than 1 acre)

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 10 acres and less than 50 acres)

$300

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 50 acres and less than 100 acres)

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 100 acres)

PERMIT MAINTENANCE:

General permit coverage maintenance fees shall be paid annually to the Town, by the anniversary date of general permit coverage. No permit will be reissued or automatically continued without payment of the required fee.

General permit coverage maintenance fees shall be applied until the permit coverage is terminated. Permit maintenance fees shall apply to expired permits that have been administratively continued.

Fee

General/Stormwater Management – Small Activity (areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage less than 1 acre)

$50

General/Stormwater Management – Small Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 1 acre and less than 5 acres)

$400

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 5 acres and less than 10 acres)

$500

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 10 acres and less than 50 acres)

$650

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 50 acres and less than 100 acres)

$900

General/Stormwater Management – Large Activity (sites or areas within common plans of development or sale with land disturbance acreage equal or greater than 100 acres)

$1,400