OIP Engineering provides the following services to the Village of Chevy Chase Section 5:
(i) plans and specifications of the project, drawn to scale, with sufficient clarity and detailed dimensions to show the nature and character of the work to be performed;
Per Section 9-110 (d) of the Town Code, the Building Permit application must include the following:
(ii) a site plan showing: (a) the property upon which the proposed work is to be performed; (b) the lot boundaries; (c) lot and block numbers; (d) name and width of abutting streets; (e) location and dimensions of existing and proposed buildings and other structures on the lot; (f) and the scale of the plan.
The site plan must be accurate and reasonably current, as determined by the Section 5 Manager. If required by the Section 5 Manager, the application must be accompanied by a boundary survey with an acceptable margin of error, as determined by the Section 5 Manager
(iii) a stormwater drainage plan (for all plans that increase the impervious area on a lot).
(d) Any application for a building permit for a project that increases the existing impervious surface on a lot must include a storm water drainage plan.
1. The drainage plan must specify the design or provisions for the control or conveyance of any increase in runoff.
2. The design or provisions for the control or conveyance of runoff can be met with dry wells, rain barrels, cisterns, natural topography or buffers, rain gardens, biofilters, storm drains, yard drains, swales, pervious pavers, rooftop gardens, or other measures approved by the Section 5 Manager. Conveyance to a public right-of-way shall be allowed only where onsite control is not feasible, as determined by the Section 5 Manager.
3. The development and design of the drainage plan must be consistent with the format and requirements specified in the Section 5 Guidelines for Control of Water Runoff, as amended, or other accepted design criteria approved by the Section 5 Manager.
4. An application for the construction of a new primary structure must include an erosion and sediment control plan, including stormwater management design, prepared and certified by a professional engineer, land surveyor, or landscape architect licensed by the State of Maryland.
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