09-19-2011 Planning Commission Packet

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� 1 11 REVISOR 61203300 in a shoreland area involving movement of more than 50 cubic yards of material, it must be established by local o�icial permit issuance that all of the following conditions will be met. The following conditions must also be considered during subdivision, variance, building permit, and other conditional use permit reviews. (1) Before authorizing any grading or filling activity in any type 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 wetland, local officials must consider how extensively the proposed activity would affect the following functional qualities of the wetland: (a) sediment and pollutant trapping and retention; (b) storage of surface runoff to prevent or reduce flood damage; (c) fish and wildlife habitat; (d) recreational use; . (e) shoreline or bank stabilization; or ' (fl noteworthiness, including special qualities such as historic significance, critical habitat for endangered plants and animals, or others. This evaluation must also include a determination of whether the wetland alteration being proposed requires permits, reviews; or approvals by other local, state, or federal agencies such as a watershed district, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, or the United States Army Corps of Engineers. (2) Alterations must be designed and conducted in a manner that ensures only the smallest amount of bare ground is exposed for the shortest time possible. � (3) Mulches or siinilar materials must be used, where necessary, for temporary bare soil coverage, and a permanent vegetation cover must be established as soon as possible. (4) Methods to minimize soil erosion and to trap sediments before they reach any surface water feature must be used. (5) Altered areas must be stabilized to acceptable erosion control standards consistent with the field office technical guides of the local soil and water conservation districts and the United States Soil Conservation Service. (6) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in a manner that creates an unstable slope. (7) Plans to,place fill or excavated material on steep slopes must be reviewed by qualified professionals for continued slope stability and must not create finished slopes of 30 percent or greater. (8) Fill or excavated material must not be placed in bluff impact zones. Copyright 02009 by the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.