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<br />Land disturbance activity means land change greater than 10.000 square feet that may result in <br />soil erosion from water or wind and the movement of sediments into or upon waters or lands of <br />the county, including clearing, grading, excavating, transporting and filling ofland. Land <br />disturbance activity does not mean the following: <br /> <br /> <br />1) <br /> <br />Minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and an individual's home <br />landscaping, repairs, and maintenance work. <br />Construction, installation, and maintenance of electric, telephone, and cable television <br />utility lines or individual service connections to these utili 'es except where a <br />minimum of 10,000 square feet of land disturbance can icipated. <br />Tilling, planting, or harvesting or agricultural, hortiS~"i~ ' or silvicultural crops. <br />Installation of fence, sign, telephone, and elect....r....iS".,..',p.'...'...,.!.....,.!..p....!.!.'!~S a~~..o..,..t..h.e. r kinds of posts or <br />poles. ...,.,''i''''''ii. <br />Emergency work to protect life, limb, or prq~,~~y and emergens~,.repairs. However, <br />if the land disturbing activity would have yired an approved erqsion and sediment <br />control plan except for the emergency d area disturbed shalrb~~haped and <br />stabilized in accordance with the req of the plan-approviiigauthorityor <br />the district when applicable. <br /> <br />2) <br /> <br />3) <br />4) <br /> <br />5) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />is being transported or has <br />been deposited at another <br /> <br />Sediment means solid mineral or organic <br />been moved from its origi aIr, <br />location. <br /> <br />Sedimentation mean*ithe process <br />been caused by erosion: <br /> <br /> <br />sediment that is determined to have <br /> <br />'-"";";;""1' <br />, , ' ; , , , : ': ". ~ ':, :", ! :' : :; ::: "t: :' i'( i . ; , <br />ter Manual: Erosion and Sediment Control Plan <br /> <br />Required. Ever~'~~plica.rltpermittccPermittee for a building permit, a subdivision <br />'~~proval, or a peI'fltjt to allow land disturbing activities must submit an erosion and <br />seqjwent control p!~n to the City Engineer. No building permit, subdivision <br />apprqy~l, or pe~j~.to allow land disturbing activities shall be issued and no earth <br />disturbingactiyi!y shall commence until approval of the erosion and sediment control <br />plan. <br /> <br />Proiects coordinated bv Ramsev Countv or MnJDOT do not require a permit; <br />however. the Citv must be notified of the proiect and be provided a copv of the <br />erosion and sediment control plan. as well as an estimated schedule for <br />commencement and completion. The Citv will notifv the designated contact if <br />erosion control measures should fail or require maintenance with the expectation that <br />the deficiencies will be corrected. <br /> <br />- 2 - <br />