A draft Stormwater Management Plan has been prepared by the Planning Department in coordination with the Township Engineer. The current plan was adopted in April of 2005, but must be revised to incorporate new stormwater requirements put in place by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP).
Download draft Stormwater Management Plan.
On March 2, 2020, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection published changes to the stormwater rules. The new stormwater rules, which take full effect on March 2, 2021, require the use of green infrastructure. Green infrastructure refers to a set of stormwater management practices that use or mimic the natural water cycle to capture, filter, absorb and/or re-use stormwater.
This rule change replaces a subjective standard with an objective standard and requires that stormwater management features be distributed around a site rather than centralized into one big basin. These “best management practices” (BMPs) include vegetated swales, bioretention, green roofs, cisterns, wet ponds, infiltration basins and constructed wetlands. The draft Stormwater Management Element of the Master plan includes new maps and figures, updated data and recommended amendments to Montclair Township’s stormwater management regulations.