(A) The County Board of Commissioners finds that soil erosion, resulting from land disturbing activities, causes a significant amount of sediment and other pollutants to be transported off-site to locations including, but not limited to, ditches, streams, wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs.
(B) (1) The purpose of this subchapter is to conserve the natural resources, to protect the quality of air and water, and to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of people, to the extent practicable by minimizing the amount of sediment, and other pollutants, resulting from soil erosion due to land disturbing activities, from being transported off-site to adjacent public or private lands, including ditches, streams, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs.
(2) Measures taken to control erosion and sedimentation should ensure that sediment is not transported off of a site by the 25-year storm events, or events of less severity.
(Ord. 1999-09, passed 6-15-1999)