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Legality of Converting a Storm Water Management basin to a Pond
I'm interested in converting a Storm Water Basin into a pond.
The Basin is currently dry and only takes a small amount of water before drying up in a day.
The Basin is on my property in Orange Country New York, what restriction (legal) if any would I have if I placed a Pond Liner in this to create a pond? The basin is designed to take in storm water from 2 small subdivision street drains. The water is then allowed to flow into the basin which is 110' by 60' and 5 feet deep. A cement Drain Box has an over flow hole in it which is about 2 feet high and then is allowed to drain under a two lane road. So the water level could never really raise above this 2 foot high drain hole on the side of the Drain box (culvert).
Would the county like the idea of a pond or frown on it.
Thanks any advice or resources would be very appreciated.
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