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City of Little Canada, Minnesota Ordinance No. 656 (Summary) AN ORDINANCE TO BE CODIFIED AS A NEW CHAPTER 928 OF THE LITTLE CANADA CITY CODE, KNOWN AS THE "CONING ORDINANCE, PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF STORMWATER AND RELATED DEFINITIONS. The City Council of the City of Little Canada hereby ordains: 928. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE 928.010. STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND PURPOSE. The Stormwater Management Ordinance is designed to provide the minimum performance standards for stormwater management in an effort to diminish threats to the public health, safety, public and private property and natural resources of the City. No land disturbing activity of 20,000 square feet or greater can start without first obtaining City approval of a stormwater management plan. Certain activities on residential lots are exempt. The ordinance provides definitions of certain terms used within the text. 928.020. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT A. Stormwater Management Plan. Every applicant for an activity that will disturb 20,000 sq. ft. or more of land must submit a stormwater management plan to the City before the permit will be issued. The stormwater management plan must be consistent with the National Pollution Discharge Elimination Permit (NPDES) requirements in addition to the filing or approval requirements of relevant regulatory bodies (i.e. Watershed Districts, Watershed Management Organizations, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, etc.). The minimum requirements of the Stormwater Plan must be consistent with the most recent version of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's NPDES Construction Permit Requirements. The plan must sufficiently describe the project, existing conditions, and proposed conditions, according to standards fully set forth in the ordinance. B. Stormwater Management Performance Standards and Design Criteria. The applicant should reduce the need for performance standards by incorporating the use of natural topography and land cover to achieve standards in the following categories: Volume Control; Water Quality; Runoff Rate Control; Outlets; Pond Requirements; Floodplain; and Rivers, Lakes and Wetlands. C. Stormwater and Urban Runoff Pollution Control 1. Illegal Disposal. No person can leave, or allow to be left, any garbage or discarded or abandoned objects in any street, alley, sidewalk, storm drain, etc., upon any public or private land in the City. No person can intentionally dispose of grass, leaves, dirt, or other landscape debris into a water resource buffer, street, alley, gutter, storm drain, etc.