Ord 573 Salt ReductionCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 573
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 14, STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, OF THE
CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA, CONCERNING
CHLORIDE REDUCTION
The City Council of the city of Mendota Heights, Minnesota, does hereby ordain:
Section 1.
City Code Title 14: STORMWATER MANAGEMENT is hereby amended as follows:
14-1-2: Definitions is hereby amended by adding (underlined text) the following definitions:
ANTI -ICING: The application of a liquid deicer prior to onset of a snow event.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP): Structural, vegetative, or managerial practices
used to treat, prevent or reduce water pollution.
CERTIFIED SALT APPLICATOR: An individual who applies deicer and has completed
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Smart Salting training (Level 1 or 2).
DEICER: Any substance used to melt snow and ice or used for its ani-icing effects.
WINTER MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONAL: An individual who applies deicer for hire (i.e.,
snow plow drivers, salt truck drivers, property managers),
Section 2.
City Code Title 14-1-7: ILLICIT DISCHARGE AND CONNECTION is hereby amended by
adding the underlined language and renumbering subsequent sections as follows:
J. Purpose: The purpose of this Section is to reduce the illicit discharge of chloride, which is
used in most deicers. and can be easily transmitted into surface waters and well as
groundwater, threatening drinking water supplies, as well as the health of freshwater fish and
other aquatic life. One of the primary sources of chloride entering surface and ground water
is the improper utilization and management of deicing materials. The city seeks to minimize
the negative environmental impacts of chloride while maintaining public safety through
removal of snow and ice from roadways, sidewalks, and other paved surfaces, by requiring
proper storage and Best Management Practices for commercial, institutional, and non-NPDES
permitted industrial facilities. Winter maintenance professionals are also encouraged but not
required to complete the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Smart Salting training (Level
I or 2). The following is required for all commercial, institutional and non-NPDES permitted
industrial facilities located within the city of Mendota Heights:
1.
Designated
salt
storage
areas must
be
covered
or indoors,
2.
Designated
salt
storage areas must
be
located
on an impervious surface; and
3.
Best Management
Practices must
be
implemented to reduce exposure when transferring
material in
designated salt storage
areas, such
as sweeping, diversions,
containments, etc.
Section 3.
This ordinance shall be in effect from and after the date of its passage and publication.
Adopted and ordained into an ordinance this 6th day of September, 2022.
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
/i
Stephanie Levine, Mayor
ATTEST
Christine Lusik,City Clerk
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