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StatutoryAuthorizationandPurpose <br />StatutoryAuthorization <br />Statutoryauthority.Minn.Stat.ch.(citationtoeithercountyenablingstat.394ormunicipal <br />enablingstat.462and467)authorizes theCityofCenterville toadoptlanduseregulations. <br />Mostrestrictivelawapplies.Intheeventofanyconflictbetweenprovisionsofthischapterorother <br />regulationsadoptedby theCityofCenterville,theStateofMinnesota,orFederalauthorities, <br />watersheddistrictorwatershedmanagementorganization,themorerestrictivestandardshall <br />prevail. <br />Purpose/Scope/Applicability <br />Purpose.Thepurposeofthischapterisestablishedtopromote,preserveandenhancenatural <br />resourcesandhumanhealthandsafetywithin theCityofCenterville byprotectingthemfromthe <br />adverseimpactsofuncontrolledstormwaterrunoffduringandafterconstructionprojects. <br />Scope.Thischaptersetsrequirementsforstormwaterconveyancesystemsand <br />management <br />practiceswithin theCityofCenterville.Thischapteralsoregulateslanddisturbingor <br />developmentactivitiesthatwouldhaveanegativeandpotentiallyirreversibleimpacton <br />waterquality. <br />Applicability.Therequirementsofthischapterapplytoallconstructionactivityasdefinedbelow. <br />Definitions <br />ͻ!ĭƷźǝĻƉğƩƭƷͼ meansaterrainhavingdistinctivelandformsandhydrologycreatedprimarilyfrom <br />thedissolutionofsolublerockswithin50feetofthelandsurface. <br />ͻ.ĻƭƷManagementPracticesΛ.atƭΜͼ meansthemosteffectiveandpracticablemeansoferosion <br />preventionandsedimentcontrol,andwaterqualitymanagementpracticesthatarethemost <br />effectiveandpracticablemeansoftocontrol,prevent,andminimizedegradationofsurfacewater, <br />includingavoidanceofimpacts,constructionphasing,minimizingthelengthoftimesoilareasare <br />exposed,prohibitions,pollutionpreventionthroughgoodhousekeeping,andothermanagement <br />practicespublishedbystateordesignatedareawideplanningagencies. <br />"CommonPlanofDevelopmentorSale"meansoneproposedplanforacontiguousareawhere <br />multipleseparateanddistinctlanddisturbingactivitiesmaybetakingplaceatdifferenttimes,on <br />differentschedules,butunderoneproposedplan.Oneplanisbroadlydefinedtoincludedesign, <br />permitapplication,advertisementorphysicaldemarcationindicatingthatlanddisturbingactivities <br />mayoccur. <br />"ConstructionActivity"meansactivitiesincludingclearing,grading,andexcavating,thatresultin <br />landdisturbanceofequaltoorgreaterthanoneacre,includingthedisturbanceoflessthanone <br />acreoftotallandareathatispartofalargercommonplanofdevelopmentorsaleifthelarger <br />commonplanwillultimatelydisturbequaltoorgreaterthanoneacre.Thisincludesadisturbanceto <br />thelandthatresultsinachangeinthetopography,existingsoilcover,bothvegetativeand <br />nonvegetative,ortheexistingsoiltopographythatmayresultinacceleratedstormwaterrunoffthat <br />mayleadtosoilerosionandmovementofsediment.Constructionactivitydoesnotincludea <br />disturbancetothelandoflessthanfiveacresforthepurposeofroutinemaintenanceperformedto <br />maintaintheoriginallineandgrade,hydrauliccapacity,andoriginalpurposeofthefacility.Routine <br />maintenancedoesnotincludeactivitiessuchasrepairs,replacementandothertypesofnonroutine <br />maintenance.Pavementrehabilitationthatdoesnotdisturbtheunderlyingsoils(e.g.,milland <br />overlayprojects)isnotconstructionactivity. <br />Page 1 of 23 <br /> <br />