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-CODE OF ORDINANCES
<br /> Chapter 30- LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
<br /> ARTICLE VII. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
<br /> Waters of the state As defined in Minnesota Statutes § 115.01, subdivision 22 the term ". . . "waters
<br /> of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs,
<br /> reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or accumulations of water,
<br /> surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, which are contained within, flow through, or
<br /> border upon the state or any portion thereof."
<br /> Wet detention facility means a permanent manmade structure, containing a permanent pool of water,
<br /> used for the temporary storage of runoff.
<br /> Wet retention facility The same as a wet detention facility.
<br /> Wetlands As defined in Minnesota Rules 7050.0130, subpart F, " . . . "wetlands" are those areas that
<br /> are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to
<br /> support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted
<br /> for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
<br /> Constructed wetlands designed for wastewater treatment are not waters of the state. Wetlands must have
<br /> the following attributes:
<br /> (1) A predominance of hydric soils;
<br /> (2) Inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to
<br /> support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in a saturated soil
<br /> condition; and
<br /> (3) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation.
<br /> (Ord. No. 07-05, § 1, 6-18-2007)
<br /> Sec. 30-2174. Stormwater and urban runoff control.
<br /> (a) Illegal disposal/dumping.
<br /> (1) No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, or keep any substance upon any street,
<br /> alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin conduit or drainage structure, business place, or
<br /> upon any public or private plot of land, so that the substance might be or become a pollutant,
<br /> except in containers, recycling bags, or other lawfully established waste disposal facility.
<br /> (2) No person shall intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or landscape material into a water
<br /> resource, buffer, street, road, alley, catch basin, culvert, curb, gutter, inlet, ditch, natural
<br /> watercourse, flood control channel, canal, storm drain or any fabricated natural conveyance.
<br /> (b) Illicit discharges and connections.
<br /> (1) No person shall cause any illicit discharge to enter the storm sewer system or any surface water
<br /> unless such discharge:
<br /> a. Consists of non-stormwater that is authorized by an NPDES point source permit obtained
<br /> from the MPCA; or
<br /> b. Is associated with fire fighting activities or other activities necessary to protect public health
<br /> and safety; or
<br /> c. Is one of the following exempt discharges: water line flushing or other potable water
<br /> sources, landscape irrigation or lawn watering, diverted stream flows, rising ground water,
<br /> groundwater infiltration to storm drains, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, foundation
<br /> or footing drains (not including active groundwater dewatering systems), crawl space
<br /> pumps, air conditioning condensation, springs, non-commercial washing of vehicles,
<br /> natural riparian habitat or wetland flows, dechlorinated swimming pools and any other
<br /> water source not containing pollutant.
<br /> Elk River, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Page 5
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