Purpose.

The purpose of this article is to protect the public health, safety and general welfare within the Town of Webster by regulating site preparation, land development and construction activities that include excavations, filling, grading and stripping, in order to prevent erosion, sedimentation and/or drainage problems. Specifically, this article is intended to:A. Preserve the quality of the natural environment from adverse impacts of site preparation and construction. These impacts include pollution of Lake Ontario and Irondequoit Bay, creeks, streams, ponds and other bodies of water from silt or other materials, unnecessary destruction of trees and other vegetation, excessive exposure of soil to erosion, unnecessary modification of natural topography or unique geologic features and the failure to restore construction sites to an attractive and stable natural condition.B.

Protect people and properties from adverse impacts of site preparation and construction. These impacts include increased runoff, erosion of soil, deposition of sediment, increased threat to life and property from flooding or uncontrolled stormwaters, increased slope instability and hazards from landslides and slumping and modifications to the groundwater supply system that could adversely affect wells and surface water levels.C. Protect the Town of Webster and other municipal agencies from having to undertake, at public expense, programs of repairing roads and other public facilities, of providing flood protection and erosion control facilities and of compensating private property owners for the destruction of properties arising from the adverse impacts of site preparation and construction.