17.15.010 General Erosion Control Plan Requirements and Performance Standards.
An erosion control plan shall describe how the permit holder and other responsible party will minimize, to the maximum extent practicable, soil erosion and the transport of sediment from land disturbing activities to waters of the state or other property. To meet this requirement, the following performance standards shall apply:
(a) All erosion control plans and associated BMPs shall comply with the planning, design, implementation and maintenance requirements of this ordinance and the Technical Standards prepared by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
(b) All erosion control plans shall by design, achieve to the maximum extent practicable, a runoff discharge of no more than 5 tons of sediment per acre per year from sheet and rill erosion during land disturbing activities, as compared with no sediment or erosion controls, until the site is stabilized.
Erosion and sediment control BMPs may be used alone or in combination to meet the above noted performance standard. The requirements of this Section III.D. are designed to meet this standard.
Note: Soil loss prediction tools are available that can estimate the sediment load leaving the construction site under varying land and management conditions and the application of erosion control BMPs. An example of such a tool is the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation, published by the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service. [Code § 17.15-1.]