NOTE:  EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ARE REQUIRED.  THIS SHALL BE INSTALLED PRIOR TO EXCAVATING OR A STOP WORK ORDER WILL BE ISSUED.  IF AN ENTRANCE TO THE LOT IS DESIRED, A ROCK ENTRANCE WILL BE REQUIRED.

All construction site activity in the City of St. Peter shall include the necessary precautions to control and mitigate the erosion of soil, sediment, silt, gravel, or other material onto adjacent roadways and properties.  The Property Owner and/or Permit Holder for the construction site shall be responsible for complying with the requirements set forth below, including activities by subcontractors, suppliers, or others involved with the construction project.  The list represents minimum requirements for all sites – larger projects or projects located on erosion prone or erosion sensitive sites may be subject to additional measures at the discretion of the Building Department or the Stormwater Utility.

1.                    Construction sites will be required to install erosion control measures.   For more severe erosion problems, additional measures shall be taken, such as installing hay bales, constructing berms, or sediment traps, or taking other actions, which reduce or eliminate erosion from the site.  Should an access onto the site be desired, a rock entrance (Standard Detail Plate No: 3005) will be required.  The silt fence shall be dug in or installed (Standard Detail Plate No: 3003 or 3004) to protect the adjacent properties and be maintained until all lawn or landscaping is installed.

2.                    The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has determined that soil surfaces or spoil banks that remain exposed without a protective cover will have 14 days to provide temporary or permanent stabilization.

3.                    The MPCA has determined that all areas disturbed by excavation and backfilling operations which exposed soil must be stabilized no later than 14 days after the construction activity in that portion of the site has temporarily or permanently ceased.

4.                    All materials, tracked or otherwise deposited on roadways adjacent to a construction site or on roadways being used as haul routes for material being delivered to or removed from a site, shall be cleaned daily, unless more frequent cleaning is required by the Stormwater Utility.

5.                    All material, which is deposited on adjacent roadways as a result of a precipitation event, shall be removed, including the cleaning of storm sewer or overland drainage ditches, within 24 hours following the event.

6.                    Should the Property Owner/Permit Holder fail to clean the material from the roadway as needed/directed or fail to install the appropriate erosion control measures, the following steps may be taken:

a.        A Stop Work Warning will be issued on the project and a 24-hour period will be allowed for repair.  If the problem still exists and is not corrected in the timeframe offered, a Stop Work Order will be issued until the necessary cleaning and/or installation of erosion control measures is complete.

b.       The City will contract for the necessary cleaning and installation of erosion control measures and bill the Property Owner/Permit Holder for said work.  In the case of a Building Permit being issued, a Certificate of Occupancy will not be issued until such time as payment(s) for the work have been made.

c.        Issuance of additional permits to the Permit Holder for other construction projects within the City of St. Peter will be withheld until such time as corrective action is completed.

I, _______________________________________, the Property Owner/Permit Holder for the construction activity taking

Name

place at ________________________________________ in the City of St. Peter declares that I have read,

                                                Address

Understood, and will abide by the conditions listed above regarding Erosion Control on this project.

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