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The Town may establish a fee, sufficient to cover costs of conducting the monitoring system, to be imposed on new development significantly impacting groundwater through construction dewatering activities. The monitoring fee shall be applicable to any development that has completed a groundwater investigation that identifies a need to discharge groundwater, and which is seeking a building permit after the effective date of the Groundwater Protection Ordinance. Single family and duplex home development shall be exempt from the monitoring fee.

For the purposes of this section, foundation and excavation permits shall not be considered a building permit. If groundwater is unexpectedly encountered within the execution of an excavation or foundation permit, a detailed groundwater investigation shall be conducted per Section 8-703.D.2. If deemed appropriate, the monitoring fee shall then be collected at the building permitting stage. When groundwater is unexpectedly encountered during excavation the monitoring fee shall be due prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.

Only development projects involving subsurface construction that requires construction dewatering shall be required to pay the monitoring fee. Exemptions to this standard shall be granted if dewatering activities are demonstrated to be de minimis. Development demonstrating that total pumping of groundwater from the development site is under fifty thousand (50,000) gallons per day for a maximum of ten (10) days shall be considered de minimis and the monitoring fee shall be waived.