Village of Random Lake Ordinance
CHAPTER 17 - ZONING CODE

17.18 CONSTRUCTION SITE EROSION CONTROL. 

The intent of this section is to require erosion control practices that will reduce the amount of sediment and other pollutants leaving construction sites during land development or land disturbance activities.  This section applies to all land disturbing construction activities.

(1)AUTHORITY.  This section is adopted under the authority granted in §61.354, Wis. Stats.

(2)FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.  (a) Findings.  The Village Board finds runoff from construction sites carries a significant amount of sediment and other pollutants to the waters of the State and the Village.

(b)Purpose.  It is the purpose of this section to preserve the natural resources; to protect the quality of the waters of the State and the Village; and to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of the people to the extent practicable by minimizing the amount of sediment and other pollutants carried by runoff or discharges from construction sites to lakes, streams and wetlands.

(3)APPLICABILITY.  This section applies to land disturbing and land developing activities on lands within the boundaries and jurisdiction of the Village and, optionally, the public and private lands subject to extraterritorial review under Ch. 236, Wis. Stats.  All State?]funded or conducted construction is exempt from this section.

(4)DEFINITIONS.  (a) Agricultural Land Use.  Use of land for planting, growing, cultivating and harvesting of crops for human or livestock consumption and pasturing or yarding of livestock.

(b)Commercial Land Use.  Use of land for the retail or wholesale sale of goods or services.

(c)Construction Site Control Measure.  A control measure used to meet the requirements of sec. (7)(b) below.

(d)Control Measure.  A practice or combination of practices to control erosion and attendant pollution.

(e)Control Plan.  A written description of the number, locations, sizes and other pertinent information of control measures designed to meet the requirements of this section submitted by the applicant for review and approval by the Director of Public Works.

(f)Erosion.  The detachment and movement of soil, sediment or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.

(g)Land Developing Activity.  The construction of buildings, roads, parking lots, paved storage areas and similar facilities.

(h)Land Disturbing Construction Activity.  Any manmade change of the land surface, including removing vegetative cover, excavating, filling and grading, but not including agricultural land uses such as planting, growing, cultivating and harvesting of crops; growing and tending of gardens; harvesting of trees; and landscaping modifications.

(i)Landowner.  Any person holding title to or having an interest in land.

(j)Land User.  Any person operating, leasing, renting or having made other arrangements with the landowner by which the landowner authorizes use of his land.

(k)Runoff.  The rain fall, snow melt or irrigation water flowing over the ground surface.

(l)Site.  The entire area included in the legal description of the land on which the land disturbing or land development activity is proposed in the permit application.

(5)DESIGN CRITERIA, STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR CONTROL MEASURES.  All control measures required to comply with this section shall meet the design criteria, standards and specifications for the control measures based on accepted design criteria, standards and specifications identified by the Director of Public works and in accordance with, but not limited to, the Wisconsin Construction Site Best Management Practice Handbook.

(6)MAINTENANCE OF CONTROL MEASURES.  All sedimentation basins and other control measures necessary to meet the requirements of this section shall be maintained by the applicant or subsequent landowner during the period of land disturbance and land development of the site in a satisfactory manner to ensure adequate performance and to prevent nuisance conditions.

(7)CONTROL OF EROSION AND POLLUTANTS DURING LAND DISTURBANCE AND DEVELOPMENT.  (a) Applicability.  This subsection applies to the following sites of land development or land disturbing activities.

1.Those requiring a subdivision plat approval or the construction of houses or commercial, industrial or institutional buildings on lots of approved subdivision plats.

2.Those requiring a certified survey approval or the construction of houses or commercial, industrial or institutional buildings on lots of approved certified surveys.

3.Those involving grading, removal of protective ground cover or vegetation, excavation, land filling or other land disturbing activity affecting a surface area of 4,000 square feet or more.

4.Those involving excavation or filling or a combination of excavation and filling affecting 350 cubic yards or more of dirt, sand or other excavation or fill material.  Excavation and filling of less than 350 cubic yards, at the discretion of the Director of Public Works, may require control of erosion and pollutants if judged necessary.

5.Those involving street, highway, road or bridge construction, enlargement, relocation or reconstruction.

6.Those involving the laying, repairing, replacing or enlarging of an underground pipe or facility for a distance of 300 feet or more.

(b)Erosion and Other Pollutant Control Requirements.  The following requirements shall be met on all sites described in par. (a) above.

1.Discharged Water.  Water may not be discharged in a manner that causes erosion of the site or receiving channels. 

2.Waste and Material Disposal.  All waste and unused building materials, including garbage, debris, cleaning wastes, wastewater, toxic materials or hazardous materials, shall be properly disposed of and not allowed to be carried by runoff into a receiving channel or storm sewer system.

3.Tracking.  Each site shall have graveled roads, access drives and parking areas of sufficient width and length to prevent sediment from being tracked onto public or private roadways.  Any sediment reaching a public or private road shall be removed by street cleaning (not flushing) before the end of each work day.

4.Drain Inlet Protection.  All storm drain inlets shall be protected with a straw bale, filter fabric or equivalent barrier meeting accepted design criteria, standards and specifications.

5.Site Erosion Control.  The following criteria apply only to land development or land disturbing activities that result in runoff leaving the site.

a.Channelized runoff and sheet flow runoff from adjacent areas passing through the site shall be diverted around disturbed areas, if practical.  Otherwise, channelized runoff and sheet flow runoff shall be protected as described in subpar. c.ii. below.

b.All activities on the site shall be conducted in a logical sequence to minimize the area of bare soil exposed at any one time.  This shall include the planting of vegetative cover as soon as practical.

c.Runoff from the entire disturbed area on the site shall be controlled by meeting the following:

i.For sites with more than 10 acres disturbed at one time, or if a channel originates in the disturbed area, sedimentation basins/traps shall be constructed.

ii.For all sites, filter fences, straw bales or equivalent control measures shall be placed along all critical/necessary sides of the site as determined by the Director of Public Works.  If a channel or area of concentrated runoff passes through the site, filter fences shall be placed along the channel edges to reduce sediment reaching the channel.

d.Soil or dirt storage piles containing more than 350 cubic yards of material shall be controlled by placing straw bales or filter fence barriers around the down slope side of the pile.  Any soil or dirt storage pile under 350 cubic yards may be required, at the discretion of the Director of Public Works, to be controlled by placing straw bales or filter fence barriers around the down slope side of the piles if conditions warrant.  New in?]street utility construction soil or dirt storage piles located closer than 25 feet to a roadway or drainage channel, if exposed for more than 7 days, must be protected with straw bales or other appropriate filtering barriers.

(8)PERMIT APPLICATION, CONTROL PLAN AND PERMIT ISSUANCE.  No landowner or land user may commence a land disturbance or land development activity, subject to this section, without receiving prior approval of a control plan for the site and a permit from the Director of Public Works.  At least one landowner or land user controlling or using the site and desiring to undertake a land disturbing or land developing activity subject to this section shall submit an application for a permit and a control plan and pay an application fee to the Director of Public Works.  By submitting an application, the applicant is authorizing the Director of Public Works to enter the site to obtain information required for the review of the control plan.

(a)Content of the Control Plan For Land Disturbing Activities Covering More than 1Acres.  1.  Existing Site Map.  A map of existing site conditions on a scale of at least one inch equals 100 feet showing the site and immediately adjacent areas:

a.Site boundaries and adjacent lands which accurately identify site location.

b.Lakes, streams, wetlands, channels, ditches and other water courses on and immediately adjacent to the site.

c.100 year floodplains, flood fringes and floodways.

d.Vegetative cover.

e.Location and dimensions of storm water drainage systems and natural drainage patterns on and immediately adjacent to the site.

f.Locations and dimensions of utilities, structures, roads, highways and paving.

g.Site topography at a contour interval not to exceed 2 feet.

2.Plan of Final Site Conditions.  A plan of final site conditions on the same scale as the existing site map showing the site changes.

3.Site Construction Plan.  A site construction plan, including the following:

a.Locations and dimensions of all proposed land disturbing activities.

b.Locations and dimensions of all temporary soil or dirt stock piles.

c.Locations and dimensions of all construction site management control measures necessary to meet the requirements of this section.

d.Schedule of anticipated starting and completion date of each land disturbing or land developing activity, planting of vegetative cover and installation of construction site control measures needed to meet the requirements of this section.

e.Provisions for maintenance of the construction site control measures during construction.

(b)Content of Control Plan Statement For Land Disturbing Activities Covering Less Than  1Acre, But Meeting the Applicability Requirements Stated in Sub. (7)(a) Above.  An erosion control plan statement, with simple map, shall be submitted to briefly describe the site and erosion controls, including the site development schedule, that will be used to meet the requirements of this section.

(c)Review of Control Plan.  Within 30 days of receipt of the application, control plan, or control plan statement and fee, the Director of Public Works shall review the application and control plan to determine if the requirements of this section are met.  The Director may request comments from other departments or agencies.  If the requirements of this section are met, the Director shall approve the plan, inform the applicant and issue a permit.  If the conditions are not met, the Director shall inform the applicant, in writing, and may either require needed information or disapprove the plan.  Within 30 days of receipt of needed information, the Director shall again determine if the plan meets the requirements of this section.  If the plan is disapproved, the Director shall inform the applicant, in writing, of the reasons for the disapproval.

(d)Permits.  l.  Duration.  Permits shall be valid for a period of 180 days or the length of the building permit or other construction authorizations, whichever is longer, from the date of issuance.  The Director of Public Works may extend the period one or more times for up to an additional 180 days.  The Director may require additional control measures as a condition of the extension if they are necessary to meet the requirements of this section.

2.Permit Conditions.  All permits shall require the permittee to:

a.Notify the Director within 48 hours of commencing any land disturbing activity.

b.Notify the Director of the completion of any control measures within 48 hours after their installation.

c.Obtain permission, in writing, from the Director prior to modifying the control plan.

d.Install all control measures as identified in the approved control plan.

e.Maintain all road drainage systems, storm water drainage systems, control measures and other facilities identified in the control plan.

f.Repair any siltation or erosion damage to adjoining surfaces and drainage ways resulting from land developing or disturbing activities.

g.Inspect the construction control measures after each rain of 0.5 inches or more and at least once each week and make needed repairs.

h.Allow the Director to enter the site for the purpose of inspecting compliance with the control plan or for performing any work necessary to bring the site into compliance with the control plan.

i.Keep a copy of the control plan on the site.

(9)INSPECTION.  The Director of Public Works shall inspect construction sites at times appropriate to stages of construction.  If land disturbing or land development activities are being carried out without a permit, the Director shall enter the land pursuant to the provisions of §§66.122 and 66.123, Wis. Stats.

(10)ENFORCEMENT.  (a)  The Director of Public Works may post a stop?]work order if:

l.Any land disturbing or land developing activity regulated under this section is being undertaken without a permit; or

2.The control plan is not being implemented in a good faith manner; or

3.The conditions of the permit are not being met.

(b)If the permittee does not cease the activity or comply with the control plan or permit conditions within 48 hours, the Director has the power to revoke the permit.

(c)If the landowner or land user, where no permit has been issued, does not cease the activity within 48 hours, the Director may request the Village Attorney to obtain a cease and desist order.

(d)The Director or the Village Board may retract the stop?]work order or the revocation.

(e)Forty eight hours after posting a stop?]work order, the Director may issue a notice of intent to the permittee or landowner or land user of the Village's intent to perform the work necessary to comply with this section.  The Village or agents of the Village may go on the land and commence the work after 48 hours from issuing the notice of intent.  The costs of the work performed by the Village plus interest at the rate authorized by the Village Board shall be billed to the permittee or the landowner.  In the event a permittee or landowner fails to pay the amount due, the Clerk?]Treasurer shall enter the amount due on the tax roll and shall collect as a special assessment against the property, pursuant to §66.60(16), Wis. Stats.

(f)Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $10 nor more than $1,000 and the costs of prosecution for each violation.  Each day a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.

(g)Compliance with the provisions of this section may also be enforced by injunction.

(11)APPEALS.  (a) Board of Zoning Appeals.  The Board of Zoning Appeals, created pursuant to sec. 17.25 of this chapter, pursuant to §62.23(7)(e), Wis. Stats.

(b)Who May Appeal.  Any applicant, permittee, landowner or land user may appeal any order, decision or determination made by the Director in administering this section.