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• Outfall: The point source where a storm sewer system discharges from a pipe, ditch, or other discrete conveyance to receiving waters, or to a storm sewer system owned and operated by another party. • Permittee: A person, firm, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, state agency or political subdivision thereof engaged in a land disturbance activity who submits an application to the PWD for a permit pursuant to this ordinance. • Phasing: Clearing a parcel of land in distinct phases, with the stabilization of each phase before the clearing of the next. • Ramsey Conservation District: The Ramsey Soil and Water Conservation District. • Rice Creek Watershed District: An organization which oversees the activities in the Rice Creek watershed as defined by Minnesota Statutes, Sections 103B,and 103D. • Runoff. Rainfall snowmelt or irrigation water flowing over the ground surface. • Sediment: Solid mineral or organic material that, in suspension, is being transported, or g p g p has been moved from its original site by air, water, gravity, or ice, and has been deposited at another location. • Sedimentation: The process or action of depositing sediment, caused by erosion. • Site: The entire area of land on which the land disturbance activity is proposed in the permit application. • Site Plan: A plan or set of plans showing the details of any land disturbance activity of a site including but not limited to the construction of: structures, open and enclosed drainage facilities stormwater management facilities parking lots driveways, curbs g � g , p g � Y > > pavements, sidewalks,bike paths, recreational facilities, ground covers, plantings, and landscaping. • Shoreland: The land located within the followingdistances from protected waters: • One thousand(1,000) feet from the ordinary high-water mark of a lake, pond, or flowage; • Three hundred (300) feet from a river or stream, or the landward extent of a flood plain on such rivers or streams, whichever is greater; and, • The practical limits of shorelands may be less than the statutory limits where the limits are designated by natural drainage divides at lesser distances, as shown on the official map of the City. • Stabilization: The use of measures which protect soil from the erosion forces of wind, rain, and flowing water. • Steep Slope: Land where agricultural activity or development is either not recommended or described as poorly suited due to slope steepness and the site's soil characteristics, as mapped and described in available county soil surveys or other technical reports,unless appropriate design and construction techniques and farming practices are used in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Where specific information is not Page 12 of 18