Erosion Prevention & Sediment Control Application

Applicants will be asked to identify the type of land disturbing activity for the project based on information below.

Major land-disturbing activities include those sites that:

• Affect an area of an acre or more in size.
• Contain average slopes throughout the disturbed area that exceed 10 percent.
• Contain slopes greater than 3:1 which exceed six feet in height.
• Have concentrated runoff through the disturbed area that comes from over one acre off-site.
• Contain sensitive areas

Minor land-disturbing activities include those sites that:

• Affect an area of less than an acre in size.
• Individual single-family home or duplex construction on existing lots of record, or manufactured home placement on individual lots or in manufactured home parks.
• Average slopes throughout the disturbed area do not exceed 10 percent.
• Slopes within the disturbed area do not exceed six feet in height at slopes greater than 3:1 (horizontal: vertical).
• Concentrated runoff conveyed through the site does not originate from more than one acre off-site (outside of disturbed area).
• There are no sensitive areas (wetlands, streams, etc.) located on, or adjacent to, the site work.