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City of Mounds View <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />1303.03: DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this Chapter the definitions listed hereunder <br />shall be construed as specified in this Section. <br /> <br />Subd. 1. APPLICANT: Any person or group that applies for a permit to allow land <br />disturbance activities. Applicant also means that person’s agents, employees, and others <br />acting under this person’s or group’s direction. The term “applicant” also refers to the <br />permit holder or holders and the permit holder’s agents, employees, and others acting <br />under this person’s or group’s direction. <br /> <br />Subd. 2. APPROVAL: Shall mean the proposed work or completed work conform to this <br />Chapter in the opinion of the City. <br /> <br />Subd. 3. CITY: Is the administrative staff, or its agent, of the City of Mounds View. <br /> <br />Subd. 4. COMMON PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OR SALE: A continuous area where <br />multiple separate and distinct land disturbance activities may be taking place at different <br />times, or on different schedules, but under one (1) proposed plan including but not <br />limited to mass site grading, utility installation, street construction and home or building <br />construction. This item is broadly defined to include design, permit application, <br />advertisement or physical demarcation indicating that land disturbance activities may <br />occur. <br /> <br />Subd. 5. EARTHEN MATERIAL: Any rock, natural soil or fill and/or any combination <br />thereof. <br /> <br />Subd. 6. EROSION: The wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement <br />of wind, water and/or ice. <br /> <br />Subd. 7. EROSION CONTROL: Methods employed to prevent erosion. Examples <br />include soil stabilization practices, horizontal slope grading, temporary or permanent <br />cover, and construction phasing. <br /> <br />Subd. 8. EXCAVATION: The mechanical removal of earthen material. <br /> <br />Subd. 9. FILL: A deposit of earthen material occurring via human activity. <br /> <br />Subd. 10. FINAL STABILIZATION: All soil disturbance activities on the site or common <br />plan of development or sale have been completed, and that a uniform (evenly distributed, <br />e.g., without large bare areas) perennial vegetative cover with a density of at least seventy <br />percent (70%) of the cover for unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent <br />structures has been established, or equivalent permanent stabilization measures have been <br />employed, and that all temporary erosion control devises are removed, including silt <br />fence, temporary sedimentation basins, and temporary standpipes. Simply sowing grass