Any alteration which will change or diminish the course, current, or cross section of a public water shall be approved by the Commissioner of the State Department of Natural Resources, in accordance with the procedures of M.S. § 103G.245, as it may be amended from time to time. This alteration includes construction of channels and ditches; lagoons; dredging of lake or stream bottoms for removal of muck, silt, or weeds; and filling in the lake or stream bed. Judicial ditches are under court jurisdiction, and the County Engineer is the advisor.
(Ord. 199, passed 2-7-2000)