For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPEALS BOARD. The Stormwater Management Utility Appeals Board whose duties shall be pursuant to § 54.60 of this chapter. Council shall serve as the Appeals Board unless it shall by resolution designate another board. The Village Manager or his or her designee shall serve as the executive secretary of the Appeals Board.
COMMITTEE. The Stormwater Management Utility Advisory Committee consisting of a member of Council and four persons appointed by Council whose duties are specified in § 54.10 of this chapter.
COUNCIL. The Village Council of the Village of Amberley Village, Ohio.
COUNTY. The County of Hamilton, Ohio.
DETENTION BASINS. Dry surface stormwater storage areas created by natural contours or by constructing a basin by excavation or embankment or by installing underground structures such as concrete pipes or chambers.
DEVELOPER. A person, firm, partnership or corporation, which otherwise improves a specific parcel or tract of land, performs construction work of any kind in the "project area" as defined in this section or holds or is required to obtain a "permit" as defined in this section.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the Stormwater Management Utility which shall be appointed by the
Council, and may be the Village Manager or another employee of the Village.
EMBANKMENT. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface or cut and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom. The difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade; a fill or the material used to make an embankment.
ENGINEER, PROFESSIONAL. A person holding a certificate of registration under R.C. §§ 4733.14 or 4733.19.
EROSION. The wearing away of the land surface by the action of wind, water or gravity.
EXCAVATION. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated, or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom. The difference between a point on the original ground and designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; cut or the material removed in excavation.
EXISTING. Present or in effect as of the time of the adoption of this chapter.
FACILITIES. Various drainage works that may include inlets, conduits, manholes, energy dissipation structures, channels, outlets, retention/detention basins, and other structural components.
GRADING. Any stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling, or any combination thereof and shall include the land in its cut or filled condition.
MUNICIPAL. Property or facilities owned by the village of Amberley Village, Ohio.
NOTICE. A written or printed communication conveying information or warning.
ORDER. The whole or any part of the final disposition (whether affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory in form) or any matter issued by the Director or Village Manager or person designated by them pursuant to any provisions of this chapter.
OWNER. Any person, business or organization that possesses real property.
PERMIT. The "stormwater management permit" required by this chapter.
PERSON. Any person, firm or corporation (public or private), the State of Ohio and its agencies or political subdivisions and the United States of America, its agencies and instrumentalities, and any agent, servant, officer, or employee of any of the foregoing.
PLANNING COMMISSION. The Planning Commission provided for in Article VI of the Charter of the Village of Amberley Village, Ohio.
PREMISES. A lot or parcel and the buildings and improvements situated thereon.
PRIVATE. Property or facilities owned by individuals, corporations, and other organizations and not by local, state, or federal government.
PROJECT AREA. The land lying within the geographical limits of the tract(s) or parcel(s) under consideration and on which the work is to be performed.
PUBLIC. Property or facilities owned by local, state, or federal governments.
RETENTION BASINS. Permanent ponds where additional stormwater storage capacity is provided above the normal water level.
SEDIMENT. Solid material both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its original site or origin by air, water, or gravity as a product of erosion.
SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. A plan required by an ordinance, rule, or regulation for controlling the movement of soils due to storm runoff created by construction activities.
STORM, STORMWATER. Storm and stormwater as used in this chapter are interchangeable
terms.
STORM SEWER, STORM DRAIN. A sewer or drain which carries stormwaters, surface runoff, street wash waters, and drainage, but which excludes sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water. Storm sewers begin at the grating or opening where water enters the structure, through the sewer and conduits to the outlet structure where water enters a channel or natural watercourse.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT CODE. Chapter 54 of the Village of Amberley Village Code of Ordinances.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT DESIGN MANUAL. A handbook of design methods, standards, and requirements for the design, construction, maintenance, and use of stormwater facilities written by and available from the village.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. All man-made facilities, structures, and natural watercourses used for collecting, transporting, detaining, storing or disposing of stormwater to, through, and from drainage areas to the points of final outlet including, but not limited to any and all of the following: inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, canals, creeks, channels, catch basins, ditches, streams, gulches, gullies, flumes, culverts, siphons, retention or detention basins, dams, floodwalls, levees, and pumping stations.
TOTAL AREA. The square footage of a lot or parcel measured or estimated by using the outside boundary dimensions, in feet, converted to acres (one acre equals 43,600 square feet), to obtain the total enclosed area, without regard for topographic features of the enclosed surface, as used in § 54.33 for the purpose of determining the rate class for lot(s) or parcel(s) of real property. The boundary dimensions
in feet of the enclosed surface area may be established by any of the following methods selected by the Utility for each lot or parcel: (1) On site or photo-grammetric measurements of the apparent outside boundary dimensions of the lot or parcel of real property made by the village or on its behalf; or (2) Computation of the area using dimensions of lot or parcel of real property and/or existing area measurements which are set forth and contained in the records of the office of the County Recorder or Auditor.
UTILITY. The Stormwater Management Utility provided for by this chapter, which may be operated or organized as a department of the Village of Amberley Village, Ohio.
VILLAGE. The Village of Amberley Village, Ohio and its authorized agents.
VILLAGE ENGINEER. A professional engineer designated by and representing the Village of Amberley Village, Ohio or his authorized agent.
VILLAGE MANAGER. The Village Manager as provided for in Article V of the Charter of the Village of Amberley Village, Ohio.
WATERCOURSE. A permanent or intermittent stream, river, brook, creek, channel, swale or ditch for water whether natural or manmade.