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iVegetata~ or ~r-assy S¢eales means a vegetated earthen channel that conveys storm water,
<br />while treating the storm water by biofiltration. Such swales remove pollutants by both
<br />filtration and infiltration.
<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,
<br />waterways, wells, springs, reservoirs, aquifers, irrigation systems, drainage systems and all
<br />other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public
<br />or private, which are contained within, flow through, or border upon the state or any
<br />portion thereof"
<br />Wet Detaztao~c Facility means a permanent man-made structure, containing a permanent pool
<br />of water, used for the temporary storage of runoff.
<br />WetRetazti~t Facility The same as a wet detention facility.
<br />Wetlands As defined in Minnesota Rules 7050.0130, subpart<F, " ... "wetlands" are-those
<br />areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and
<br />duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a
<br />prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands
<br />generally include swamps, marshes, bogs,.. and similar areas. 'Constructed wetlands designed
<br />for wastewater treatment are not waters of the.. state. Wetlands must. have the following
<br />attributes:
<br />A.) A predominance of hydric soils;.
<br />B.) Inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and
<br />duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation
<br />typically adapted for.: life in a saturated soil condition; and
<br />C:) Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation."
<br />Sec. XX Storm Water and Urban Runoff Control
<br />(a) Illegal disposal/dumping
<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.
<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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