Brooklyn Park, MN Environmental Rules: Erosion Control (2026)

026(J) requires that erosion and sediment control be addressed as part of every preliminary plat submission. Development must conform to the natural limitations of topography and soil so as to create the least potential for soil erosion, and control measures must be coordinated with each stage of construction, installed before development begins when necessary. Land must be developed in workable increments so the smallest practical area is exposed at any one time, and any exposed soil may be bare only for the shortest feasible period specified in the development agreement.

Where topsoil is stripped, it must be set aside and restored to a minimum depth of three inches at a quality at least equal to what existed before development, and natural vegetation must be protected wherever practical. Runoff must be diverted to a sedimentation basin before it reaches the natural drainage system, and every project must follow the applicable best management practices in the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Best Management Practices Handbook, as amended. 026(J)(10) makes clear that city-initiated or city-directed projects get no exemption from these rules. 026(H)(3): the City Engineer can require a separate erosion and sedimentation control plan for those parcels. 027.