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<br />Vegetated or Gras!} Swales means a vegetated earthen channel that conveys storm water, while
<br />treating the storm water by biof1ltration. Such swales remove pollutants by both f1ltration and
<br />inf1ltration.
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<br />Waters of the State As defIned in Minnesota Statutes section 115.01, subdivision 22 the term ". . .
<br />"waters of the state" means all streams, lakes, ponds, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells,
<br />springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all other bodies or
<br />accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artifIcial, public or private, which are
<br />contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any portion thereof."
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<br />Wet Detention Facility means a permanent man-made structure, containing a permanent pool of
<br />water, used for the temporary storage of runoff.
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<br />Wet Retention Facility The same as a wet detention facility.
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<br />Wetlands As defIned in Minnesota Rules 7050.0130, subpart F, " . . . "wetlands" are those areas
<br />that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration
<br />suffIcient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation
<br />typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps,
<br />marshes, bogs, and similar areas. Constructed wetlands designed for wastewater treatment are
<br />not waters of the state. Wetlands must have the following attributes:
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<br />A. A predominance of hydric soils;
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<br />B. Inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration
<br />suffIcient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for
<br />life in a saturated soil condition; and
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<br />C. Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation.
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<br />Sec.30-2174. Storm Water and Urban Runoff Control.
<br />(a) Illegal disposal/dumping
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<br />1. No person shall throw, deposit, place, leave, maintain, or keep any substance upon
<br />any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, inlet, catch basin conduit or drainage
<br />structure, business place, or upon any public or private plot of land, so that the
<br />substance might be or become a pollutant, except in containers, recycling bags, or
<br />other lawfully established waste disposal facility.
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<br />2. No person shall intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or landscape material into
<br />a water resource, buffer, street, road, alley, catch basin, culvert, curb, gutter, inlet,
<br />ditch, natural watercourse, flood control channel, canal, storm drain or any fabricated
<br />natural conveyance.
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<br />Illicit discharges and connections
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<br />1. No person shall cause any illicit discharge to enter the storm sewer system or any
<br />surface water unless such discharge:
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