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Page | 11 March 9, 2020 (2) Alteration activities shall be in accordance with City Code section 79-9 Minimum SWPPP Best 380 Management Practices (BPMs), including, but not limited to: 381 a. Alterations must be designed and conducted in a manner that ensures only the smallest 382 amount of bare ground is exposed for the shortest time possible. 383 b. Mulches or similar materials must be used, where necessary, for temporary bare soil 384 coverage, and a permanent vegetation cover must be established as soon as possible. 385 c. Methods to minimize soil erosion and to trap sediments before they reach any surface 386 water feature must be used. 387 d. Altered areas must be stabilized to acceptable erosion control standards consistent 388 with the field office technical guides of the local soil and water conservation districts and 389 the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service. 390 391 (3) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in a manner that creates an unstable slope. 392 (4) Plans to place fill or excavated material on steep slopes must be reviewed by the city engineer 393 for continued slope stability and must shall not create finished slopes of 30 percent or greater. 394 (5) Fill or excavated material must shall not be placed in bluff impact zones, unless approved by the 395 City engineer as part of a slope stabilization project. 396 (6) Any alterations below the ordinary high water level of public waters must first be authorized by 397 the commissioner of the department of natural resources under Minn. Stat. § 103G.245. 398 (7) Alterations of topography may only be permitted must only be allowed if they are accessory to 399 permitted, conditional use or interim use and if they do not adversely affect adjacent or nearby 400 property. 401 (8) Any permit involving the import or export of material, the proposed haul route shall maximize 402 use of County and State roads and be approved by the City Engineer. In addition, , the City 403 Engineer shall review the proposed haul route and document the condition of the city streets prior 404 to import/ export activity. The city may require an escrow deposit to guarantee repair of city 405 streets damaged by the hauling activity. Placement of natural rock riprap, including associated 406 grading of the shoreline and placement of a filter blanket, is permitted if the finished slope does 407 not exceed three feet horizontal to one foot vertical, the landward extent of the riprap is within 408 ten feet of the ordinary high water level, and the height of the riprap above the ordinary high water 409 level does not exceed three feet. A riprap permit shall be obtained per the requirements of section 410 78-969. 411 (Bf) Excavations where the intended purpose is connection to a public water, such as boat slips, canals, 412 lagoons and harbors, are prohibited above the ordinary high water level. Such excavations below the 413 elevation or the ordinary high water level are subject to approval of the Department of Natural 414 Resources and other agencies with concurrent jurisdiction. 415 (Ord. No. 101 2nd series, § 1(10.56(16)(J)), 2-24-1992; Ord. No. 127 2nd series, § 8, 7-11-1994; Ord. No. 416 163 2nd series, § 3, 12-8-1997; Ord. No. 171 2nd series, § 2, 4-4-1998; Ord. No. 28 3rd series, § 17, 417 8-22-2005; Ord. No. 133 3rd series, §§ 2, 3, 1-26-2015; Ord. No. 219 3rd series, § 4, 12-10-2018) 418 419 (C) Additional requirements for grading and land alterations may apply to projects within the Shoreland 420 Overlay District in City Code section 78-1286 and floodplain management areas under City Code 421 article VIII. 422 423 Commented [JB21]: From state rules relative to grading. Formatted: Not Highlight Commented [JB22]: Haul route standards introduced.