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Scott County amends zoning to add salt‑storage standards and a grading investigation fee
Summary
The Planning Advisory Commission approved an amendment to the county zoning ordinance to implement Minnesota Pollution Control Agency MS4 permit requirements for salt storage facilities and added an investigation fee for nonpermitted grading activities.
Scott County commissioners on March 10 approved an amendment to the county zoning ordinance to add standards for salt storage facilities to comply with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s MS4 permit and to add an investigation fee for nonpermitted grading.
Greg Wagner and county staff said the amendment formalizes practices already used by public entities such as the City of Shakopee and the county highway department for storage of road‑salt materials, and extends the same set of performance and containment requirements to private entities that propose salt-storage for private snow‑removal operations.
Commissioner Rudman asked for a brief clarification—"Is that all the salt that we put on streets when they get slippery and this is the storage for it?"—and staff answered that the language covers both public and private facilities and is intended to keep county practices consistent with the MPCA MS4 permit. The commission approved the amendment on a motion by Commissioner Robbins and a second; the item passed by voice vote.
The ordinance change adds an explicit requirement that private salt-storage facilities meet the same containment, siting and stormwater control standards required of public facilities, and creates a fee to finance investigation of nonpermitted grading activity that could cause erosion or stormwater impacts.
