Who will need a Stormwater Management Permit?
The following activities will require a Stormwater Management Permit from the Billerica Board of Health:

  1. Any Subdivision requiring a Definitive Plan; or

  2. Any activity that results in a land disturbance one acre or greater within the Town of Billerica. A land disturbance means any action that causes vegetation clearing; or a change in the position, location, or arrangement of soil, sand, rock, gravel, or similar earth material; or

  3. Any activity that results in a land disturbance less than one acre if the project is part of a larger common plan of development that eventually will disturb one acre or more within the Town of Billerica. This includes Approval Not Required under Subdivision (APR) lots.

Exemptions, such as maintenance of existing landscaping, are described in the bylaw.

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1. What's the difference between the sanitary sewer system and the storm sewer system?
2. Where does water in the storm drain system go?
3. Who will need a Stormwater Management Permit?