Design, Criteria, Standards and Specifications.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 290-3
in effect290-3. Design, Criteria, Standards and Specifications.
Each project shall have an individual control plan. All control measures shall comply with this chapter and shall be based on any of the following:
1. Design guidance and technical standards identified or developed by the Wisconsin department of natural resources under subch. V of ch. NR 151, Wis. Adm. Code.
2. Soil loss prediction tools, such as the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and revised versions of the USLE (RUSLE and RUSLE2), when using an appropriate rainfall or runoff factor (R factor), or an appropriate design storm and precipitation distribution, and when considering the geographic location of the site and the period of disturbance. In relation to soil loss prediction tools in which the R factor has been developed to estimate annual soil erosion, averaged over extended time periods, it is permissible to modify the R factor to estimate monthly and single-storm erosion.
3. Technical standards and methods approved by the city.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-2/CH290.pdf#page=2Fetched: 10/26/2026