For the purpose of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY or ADEQ. The Arizona state agency established pursuant to A.R.S. § 49-102.
ARIZONA POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM or AZPDES. The program established by the State of Arizona by provisions in A.R.S. Title 49, Chapter 2, Article 3.1 to control the discharge of pollutants to waters in Arizona.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES or BMPs. Those activities or structural improvements that help reduce the quantity and improve the quality of stormwater runoff.
CITY. The City of Apache Junction, located in Pinal and Maricopa Counties, Arizona.
CONSTRUCTION GENERAL PERMIT. A permit issued by the permitting authority that allows discharges to stormwater from construction activities as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 122.26.
CONSTRUCTION SITE OPERATOR. The primary operator of a construction site within the corporate limits of the city.
DESIGNEE. A person designated for a specific purpose by the Apache Junction Public Works Director.
DIRECTOR. The Apache Junction Public Works Director.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY or EPA. The federal agency that is empowered by the U.S. Congress to regulate stormwater and delegate that authority to ADEQ.
EROSION. The wearing away of land due to the actions of water and wind.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the stormwater system that is not entirely composed of stormwater or is not specifically authorized by this Article.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM or MS4. A publicly-owned conveyance or system of conveyances designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater which is not a combined sewer and which is not part of a publicly owned treatment works.
NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM or NPDES. The surface water quality program authorized by Congress as part of the 1987 Clean Water Act.
NOTICE OF INTENT or NOI. Document submitted to the permitting authority in order to obtain coverage under the construction general permit.
PERMITTING AUTHORITY. The NPDES-authorized state agency or EPA regional office that administers the NPDES stormwater permit program.
POLLUTANT. Substances defined in A.R.S. § 49-201(29).
POST-CONSTRUCTION SITE. A site at which land-disturbing activities related to construction have been substantially completed and at which post-construction stormwater management measures have been implemented.
POST-CONSTRUCTION SITE OPERATOR. The owner or entity legally responsible for the maintenance of post-construction stormwater management measures.
STORMWATER. Precipitation that accumulates in natural or man-made storage systems during and after a precipitation event.
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN or SWPPP. A plan to describe a process though which a facility thoroughly evaluates potential pollutant sources at a site and selects and implements appropriate measures designed to prevent or control the discharge of pollutants in stormwater runoff.
STORMWATER SYSTEM. All or part of the city-owned and maintained system of roads, catch basins, curbs, streets, storm drains, drywells and other features designed, used and maintained for collecting, holding or conveying stormwater.
(Prior Document, Ch. 5 Art. II, § 1.01) (Ord. passed - -)