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ORDINANCE NO. 1138 
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(3) Waste Control Construction site operators are required to minimize the exposure of 
building materials, building products, construction wastes, trash, landscape materials, 
fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, detergents, sanitary waste and other materials present on 
the site to precipitation and to stormwater. 
(4) Priority Construction  
(a) Priority in construction shall be, at a minimum, construction activities discharging 
directly into, or immediately upstream of, waters the state recognizes as having an 
unavailable condition for siltation or Exceptional Tennessee Waters. 
(b) All priority construction activities must include preconstruction meetings with 
construction site operators for priority construction activities. 
(c) The status of any waters within the City’s jurisdiction shall be determined by 
referencing TDEC’s “EPA Approved List of Impaired and Threatened Waters” 
required by Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, as amended. 
(5) Land development permit 
(a) This section shall be applicable to all land development, including, but not limited 
to, site plan applications, subdivision applications, land disturbance applications 
and grading applications. These standards apply to qualifying new development 
or redevelopment site(s). A developer will be required to obtain a land disturbance 
permit from the City in the following cases: 
(i.) New development that involves land development or disturbance 
activities of one (1) acre or more; or, 
(ii.) Redevelopment that involves other land development or disturbance 
activities of one (1) acre or more 
(b) Projects of less than one acre of total land disturbance may also be required to 
obtain authorization under this ordinance if: 
(i.) The City has determined that the stormwater discharge from a site is 
causing, contributing to, or is likely to contribute to a violation of a state 
water quality standard; or is likely to be a significant contributor of 
pollutants to water of the state; or, 
(ii.) changes in state or federal rules require sites of less than one acre that 
are not part of a larger common plan of development or sale to obtain a 
stormwater permit; or, 
(iii.) any new development or redevelopment, regardless of size, that is 
defined by the City to be a hot spot land use; or 
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