Ord 431 Amend Code Title 11 Surface Water Stormwater MgmtCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 431
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTERS 3, 4, AND 6, AND TITLE 12 CHAPTERS 2 AND 3
OF THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO SURFACE WATER AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The City Council of the City of Mendota Heights, Minnesota ordains as follows:
SECTION 1 City Code Title 11 Chapter 3, Design Standards, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 11 -3 -6A is hereby amended so that as amended it shall read as follows:
11 -3 -6: SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE:
A. Drainage Into Marshlands And Swamps: Where municipal storm sewer systems do not exist, or
the introduction of said system is deemed inappropriate by the city council, storm water drainage
shall be discharged to marshlands, swamps, retention basins or other treatment facilities.
Diversion of storm water to marshlands or swamps shall be considered for existing or planned
surface drainage. Storm water drainage discharged to marshlands, swamps, retention basins, or
other treatment facilities shall be pre- treated wherever practicable. Marshlands and swamps
used for storm water shall provide for natural or artificial water level control.
SECTION 2 City Code Title 11 Chapter 4, Required Improvements, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 11 -4 -4B is hereby amended so that as amended it shall read as follows:
11 -4 -4: COMPOSITION; APPOINTMENT; TERMS OF OFFICE:
B. Storm sewers, culverts, storm water inlets, and other drainage facilities will be required where
they are necessary to ensure adequate storm water drainage for the subdivision. Where required,
such drainage facilities shall be constructed in accordance with the standards and specifications
for street construction as well as Title 11, Chapter 6 of City Code as required by the city council.
(1981 Code 301 § 8)
SECTION 3 City Code Title 11 Chapter 6, Required Improvements, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 11 -6 -6D1 is hereby amended to read as follows:
D. Submission Requirements for a Stormwater Management Permit:
1. Application Items: Application for a stormwater management permit shall include submittal of
stormwater pollution prevention plan which shall include:
a. Application form and fee.
b. Narrative describing temporary erosion and sediment control, permanent stabilization, pollution
prevention and permanent stormwater management.
c. Site map and grading plan.
d. Temporary erosion and sediment control plan meeting the requirements of the city's land
disturbance guidance document.
e. Permanent stabilization plan meeting the requirements of the city's land disturbance guidance
document.
f. Permanent stormwater management measures meeting the requirements outlined in section
11 -6 -8 of this chapter and the city's land disturbance guidance document.
g. Work schedule.
h. Cost estimate.
i. Landscape Plan showing proposed landscape improvements (plantings, seeding, sod, etc.) if
applicable to the project application.
j. Lighting /Photometric Plan displaying proposed exterior lighting, to include light fixture type,
height, and foot - candle coverage if applicable to the project application.
k. The city may require the applicant to submit additional information or data it determines
necessary to complete its review. Submittals determined by the city to be incomplete or otherwise
unacceptable for the purposes of this chapter shall be returned to the applicant for correction and
resubmittal.
SECTION 4 City Code Title 12 Chapter 2, Wetland Systems, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12 -2 -2,. Definitions, is hereby amended so that as amended it shall read as follows:
As used herein, the following words shall have the following meanings:
PERSON: Any individual or firm, corporation, partnership, association, or other private body or
governmental entity.
WATER RESOURCE RELATED AREAS: A watercourse, natural drainageway, water body, areas of
high permanent or seasonal water table, recharge zones, and generally those areas where water is
stored, flows, or is recharged to the ground water table. This shall include lakes, and ponds of less
than ten (10) acres in size, rivers and streams, drainageways to underground drainageways.
WETLANDS: As defined in Minnesota rules 7050.0130, subpart F, means areas that are inundated or
saturated by surface water or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that
under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in
saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
(Ord. 421, 2 -3 -2009) (1981 Code 402 § 4)
SECTION 5 City Code Title 12 Chapter 3, Critical Area Overlay District, is hereby amended as follows:
Section 12 -3 -4, Definitions, is hereby amended so that as amended it shall read as follows:
BLUFF LINE: The line along the top of a slope connecting points at which the slope becomes less
than forty percent (40 %).
I CLEARCUTTING: The felling of substantially all trees and /or vegetation in an area at one time.
DEVELOPMENT: The construction, installation, or alteration of any structure, the extraction,
clearing, or other alteration of terrestrial or aquatic vegetation, land, or the course, current, or cross
| section of any, water body or watercourse or the division of land into two (2) or more parcels.
EROSON: Any process that wears away the surface of the land by the action of water, wind, ice or
gravity. Erosion can be accelerated by the activities of people or nature.
SEDIMENT: Solid matter carried by water, wastewater or other liquids that has come to rest on the
earth's surface either above or below the water level.
SEDIMENTATION: The process of depositing sediment from a iquid.
SLOPE: The incline or relief of a land area. It is expressed in percent with the number being the
difference in elevation in feet for each one hundred feet (100') of horizontal distance.
LVEGET/\T|DN: All plant growth including tnees, shrubn, mossee, and grasses. (Ord. 387, 10-7-2003>
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its publication according to law.
Adopted and ordained into an Ordinance this first day of February, 2011.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF EN OTA HEIGHTS
Sandie Thone, City Clerk
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ABSTRACT FEE $46.00
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CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
1101 VICTORIA CURVE
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MN 55118
2798585
Recorded on: 5 3 2011 09:10:55AM
By: STG, Deputy
Joel T. Beckman County Recorder
Dakota County, MN