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§ 157.06 DEFINITIONS. (A) When inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word ÐshallÑ is always mandatory and not merely directive. (B) For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. APPLICANT. Any person who wishes to obtain a building permit, subdivision approval, or to fill, excavate or mine more than ten yards of granular material within the city. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP). Erosion and sediment control and water quality management practices that are the most effective and practicable means of controlling, preventing and minimizing the degradation of surface water, including construction-phasing, minimizing the length of time soil areas are exposed, prohibitions and other management practices published by state or designated area-wide planning agencies. DETENTION FACILITY. A permanent natural or manmade structure, including wetlands, for the temporary storage of runoff which contains a permanent pool of water. DISCHARGE. The release, conveyance, channeling, runoff or drainage of stormwater, including snowmelt, from a construction site. EXPOSED SOIL AREAS. All areas of the construction site where the vegetation (trees, shrubs, brush, grasses and the like) or impervious surface has been removed, thus rendering the soil more prone to erosion. This includes topsoil stockpile areas, borrow areas and disposal areas within the construction site. It does not include stockpiles or surcharge areas of gravel, concrete or bituminous. Once soil is exposed it is considered exposed soil, until it meets the definition of final stabilization. FINAL STABILIZATION. Means that all soil-disturbing activities at the site have been completed, and that a uniform perennial vegetative cover with a density of 75 percent of the cover for unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures has been established, or equivalent permanent stabilization measures have been employed. Simply sowing grass is not considered FINAL STABILIZATION. LAND-DISTURBING OR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. Any change of the land surface including removing vegetative cover, excavating, filling, grading and the construction of any structure. PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchise, association or governmental entity. PUBLIC WATERS. Waters of the state as defined in M.S. § 103G.005, Subd. 15, as it may be amended from time to time. 403 |Page