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Erosion and sediment control practice specifications and erosion and sediment control practices mean the management procedures, techniques, and methods to control soil erosion and sedimentation as officially adopted by the district. Land disturbance activity means land change greater than 10,000 square feet that may result in soil erosion from water or wind and the movement of sediments into or upon waters or lands of the city, including clearing, grading, excavating, transporting and filling of land. Land disturbance activity does not mean the following: 1) Minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and an individual's home landscaping, repairs, and maintenance work. 2) Construction, installation, and maintenance of electric, telephone, and cable television utility lines or individual service connections to these utilities, except where a minimum of 10,000 square feet of land disturbance can be anticipated. 3) Tilling, planting, or harvesting or agricultural, horticultural, or silvicultural crops. 4) Installation offence, sign, telephone, and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles. 5) Emergency work to protect life, limb, or property and emergency repairs. However, if the land disturbing activity would have required an approved erosion and sediment control plan except for the emergency, the land area disturbed shall be shaped and stabilized in accordance with the requirement of the local plan-approving authority or the city when applicable. Permittee means a person, state agency, or political subdivision thereof engaged in a land disturbance activity. Sediment means solid mineral or organic material that, in suspension, is being transported or has been moved from its original site by air, water, gravity, or ice, and has been deposited at another location. Sedimentation means the process or action of depositing sediment that is determined to have been caused by erosion. 1017.04: STORM WATER MANUAL: EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN: I) Required. Every Permittee for a building permit, a subdivision approval, or a pennit to allow land disturbing activities must submit an erosion and sediment control plan to the City Engineer. No building penn it, subdivision approval, or pennit to allow land disturbing activities shall be issued and no earth disturbing activity shall commence until approval of the erosion and sediment control plan. Projects coordinated by Ramsey County or Mn/DOT do not require a pennit; however, the City must be notified of the project and be provided a copy of the erosion and sediment control plan, as well as an estimated schedule for commencement and completion. The City will notify the designated contact if erosion control measures should fail or require maintenance with the expectation that the deficiencies will be corrected. !fno permit has been obtained, a stop work order shall be issued on the construction and a fine shall be issued in an amount equal to twice the required pennit fee. A completed erosion and sediment control plan and permit application shall be submitted before construction will be allowed to resume. Every Permittee must also obtain, when applicable, penn its from agencies including, but not limited to, the following: a. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). This permit is required for any construction activity disturbing: . One acre or more of soil. . Less than one acre of soil if that activity is part of a "larger common plan of development or sale" that is greater than one acre.