Section 360.10. Governmental oversight.

 

(1)   Municipal ordinances. Pursuant to s. 101.1206 (5m) , Stats., a municipality may continue to administer and enforce a local ordinance related to erosion and sediment control at building sites where land disturbing construction activities are to occur if the ordinance meets all of the following conditions:

(a) The ordinance standards are more stringent than the standards of this chapter.

(b) The ordinance was in effect on January 1, 1994.

(2)   Municipal authority. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent a municipality from any of the following:

(a) Instituting administrative erosion and sediment control requirements such as plan review, permitting or inspecting and the associated fees to cover the costs of those requirements.

(b) Implementing erosion and sediment control requirements that are more stringent than the standards of this chapter when directed by an order of the United States environmental protection agency or by an administrative rule of the department of natural resources under s. NR 151.004 .

(c) Regulating erosion and sediment control for sites that are not under the scope of this code.

(3)   DNR authority. This code shall not be construed to affect the authority of the department of natural resources to enforce chapters 281 and 283 , Stats., and administrative rules promulgated there under.

History: CR 05-113 : cr. Register December 2006 No. 612 , eff. 4-1-07; correction in (1) (intro.) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register December 2011 No. 672 .

Note

This code does not apply to buildings that are not public buildings, places of employment or buildings and projects exempted under s. 101.05 , Stats. For example: farm buildings, buildings on Indian reservations or buildings owned by the federal government are not buildings under the scope of this chapter. Erosion control and storm water management standards enacted by municipalities, the Department of Natural Resources or the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency may apply in these cases. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1