Agenda - Planning Commission - 01/02/1996

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Environmental performed t work to the Zoning Ad by written emergency emergency issuance of work as is occasioned The removl not be prohi protection § 9.21 2. The applicant can demonstrate that development during and after construction can be accomplished without increasing erosion and runoff and that there is proper utilization of controls to reduce runoff to non-destructive levels. 3. The proposed development presents no danger of failing rock, mud, uprooted trees or other material to structures, recreational facilities, public lands and public waters down hill. 4. All structures other than buildings and roadway surfaces but including retaining walls shall meet the following design requirements: (a) Retaining walls or terrace contours shall not exceed five feet in heighg (b) Construction shall be of natural stone, wood, or concrete; (c) The use of gabbions non-wood pilings, metal retaining walls and pre-cast or cast in place concrete retaining walls is specifically prohibited; and (d) The minimum width of terraces shall be 10 feet. 5. For the Critical River Area Overlay District, all structures shall be screened so as to be visually inconspicuous or difficult to see as viewed from the river during the summer months. Subd. 3. Emergency and Exemptions. When emergency work is ruder this section, the person performing it shall report the pertinent facts relating to the City Engineer and Zoning Administrator prior to the commencement of work. The ninistmtor shall review the facts and determine whether an emergency exists and shall nemorandum authorize the commencement of the emergency exception or deny the exception, in which case no work may be commenced. A person commencing work shall within 10 days followin, g the commencement of that activity, apply for the an environmental permit and on the issuance thereof may be required to perform such determined to be reasonably necessary to correct any impairment to the wetland by such emergency work. ,I of trees, seriously damaged by storms or other acts of God, or diseased trees, shall bited. Subd. 4. Permit Applications -'Required Data. Environmental permits except where hereinafter noted, shall be issued by the Council after written findings from the Planning C,~mmission and City Staff. A written application for an environmental permit must be submitted tl> the Zoning Administrator. Such applications shall include a site plan with adequate evidence to show that the proposed use will conform to the standards set forth in this section. Five sets of cle~t :ly legible blue or black-lined copies or drawings and required information shall be submitted :o the Zoning Administrator and shall be accompanied by a receipt from the Administra~r evidencing the payment of all required site plan fees. No permit or variance shall be issued unless the applicant in support of their application shall submit engineering data, surveys, site plans agd other information as the City may require in order to determine the effects of such developmefit on the affected lands and water areas. Such data, etc. shall be prepared by hydrologis~s, biologists, botanists or other technical persons as required by the Zoning Administrator. Approval r0ay be expressly given in conjunction with other permits applied for, but no approval shall be implied from the grant of such permits. The site plans shall be prepared to a scale appropriate to the size of the project and suitable for the review to be performed which shall not be less than one inch equals 200 feet or more than one inch equals ten feet.