Title
Request for Approval of a Wetland Use Permit - Rochester College Health and Life Sciences Center
Body
Resolved, that the Rochester Hills City Council hereby approves a Wetland Use Permit for activities associated with the construction of a Health and Life Sciences Center for Rochester College: Approximately 20,000 square-feet of permanent wetland impacts from the construction of a softball diamond, associated grading and from the placement of two rip-rap outlet structures in Wetland B; for 100 square-feet of permanent wetland impacts from the construction of a rip-rap end section in a storm water ditch beneath Avon Road and the proposed bike path along Avon Road; for 100 square feet of temporary impacts from the construction of a catch basin and the placement of 45 lineal feet of storm water pipe associated with the bike path; and for 20 square-feet of temporary impacts from the tapping of an existing sanitary sewer line, based on plans dated received by the Planning and Development Department on December 4, 2008, with the following findings and subject to the following conditions:
Findings:
1. The Wetland and Watercourse Protection Ordinance is applicable to the subject site because it is not included within a site or preliminary subdivision plat which has received final approval prior to January 17, 1990.
2. Of the approximately three acres of City-regulated wetlands on the project site, the applicant is proposing to impact approximately .5 acre.
3. The applicant will use best management practices to ensure that flow and circulation patterns and chemical and biological characteristics of wetlands are not impacted and that impacts to the aquatic environment are minimized.
4. The storm water ditch beneath Avon Road appears to be hydrologically connected to the Clinton River, making it City regulated.
5. The temporary wetland impacts associated with the catch basin and storm sewer appear to be unavoidable.
6. Development of long-term measures...
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