Wednesday, November 22, 2000
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Wednesday, November 22, 2000 |
| County tightening
erosion control law
By DAVE
HAMRICK
The state is getting tougher on developers that violate soil erosion regulations, and Fayette County is adjusting its ordinance accordingly. County Planning Commission members will vote Dec. 7 on proposed changes to development regulations regarding soil erosion and sedimentation control, setting a minimum fine of $250 per day for each violation. Current law provides a maximum fine of $2,500 per day, but no minimum. New state regulations are incorporated into the proposed changes anywhere they are mor stringent than the county's regulations, but not where they would weaken it, civil engineer Dave Borkowski told the Planning Commission in a work session last week. "I didn't want our ordinance any laxer than it is," he said. "If it wasn't more restrictive than what our ordinance has, I just didn't include it here," he said. In another proposed change, county inspectors will no longer have to wait five days before imposing fines on violators.
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