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<br /> <br />from illegal disposal/discharge and illegal connections. Refer to the most current version of the <br />Elk River Stormwater Program Guide for other requirements. <br /> <br />c.A separate permit may be needed if the standards in this section are not incorporated into the <br />review of other city permits. <br />(Ord. No. 07-05, § 1, 6-18-2007) <br />30-2173 <br />Sec. 78-502. - Definitions. <br />Unless specifically defined below, the words or phrases used in this article shall have the same meaning as <br />they have in common usage. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense <br />include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the <br />singular number include the plural number. The words "shall" and "must" are always mandatory and not <br />merely directive. <br />Applicant <br />means <br /> is defined as any person or entity that applies for a building permit, subdivision <br />means <br />approval, or a permit to allow land-disturbing activities. Applicant also applies to that person's <br />agents, employees, and others acting under this person's direction. <br />Best management practices (BMP's) <br />means <br /> are erosion and sediment control and water quality <br />management practices that are the most effective and practicable means of controlling, preventing, and <br />minimizing the degradation of surface water, including construction-phasing, minimizing the length of <br />time soil areas are exposed, prohibitions, and other management practices published by state or <br />designated area-wide planning agencies. (Examples of BMP's can be found in the current versions of the <br />Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's publications, "Protecting Water Quality in Urban Areas," and, <br />"Storm-Water and Wetlands: Planning and Evaluation Guidelines for Addressing Potential Impacts of <br />Urban Storm-Water and Snow-Melt Runoff on Wetlands," the United States Environmental Protection <br />Agency's, "Storm Water Management for Construction Activities: Developing Pollution Prevention Plans <br />and Best Management Practices," (as a reference for BMP's) and the Minnesota Department of <br />Transportation's, "Erosion Control Design Manual.") <br />Buffer <br /> means a protective vegetated zone located adjacent to a natural resource, such as a water of the <br />state, that is subject to direct or indirect human alteration. Such a buffer strip is an integral part of <br />protecting an aquatic ecosystem through filtering, pollutants and providing adjacent habitat. The width of <br />a buffer strip is the width along each bank of a stream. Therefore, a 30-foot wide stream with 100-foot <br />buffer strips has a total width of 230 feet. Acceptable buffer vegetation includes preserving existing <br />predevelopment vegetation and/or planting locally distributed native Minnesota trees, shrubs and grassy <br />are <br />vegetation. Alteration of buffers is strictly limited. Buffer areas shall be designated with permanent <br />markers. <br />‐ <br />Construction activity or grading activity means a disturbance to the land that results in a change in the <br />topography, existing soil cover (both vegetative and nonvegetative), or the existing soil topography that <br />may result in accelerated stormwater runoff and/or additional runoff volume, leading to soil erosion and <br />movement of sediment into surface waters or drainage systems. Examples of construction activity may <br />include clearing, grading, filling, and excavating. Construction activity includes the disturbance of land <br />area that is a part of a larger common plan of development or sale if the larger common plan will <br />ultimately disturb 5,000 square feet or more of land areas. <br />Developer <br /> means a person, firm, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership, state agency, or <br />political subdivision thereof engaged in a land disturbance activity. <br /> Page <br />2 <br />