For the purposes of these regulations contained in this chapter, the definitions contained in this section shall be observed and applied, except when the context clearly indicates otherwise. Words used in the present tense shall include the future, and words used in the singular number shall include the plural number, and the plural the singular; the word "shall" is mandatory and not discretionary; the word "may" is permissive; the masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter. Whenever a word or term defined herein appears in the text of this chapter, its meaning shall be construed as set forth in the definition thereof and any word appearing in parenthesis directly thereafter shall be construed in the same manner.
AGRICULTURAL: The use of land for agricultural purposes, including farming, dairying, pasturage, apiculture, horticulture, floriculture, viticulture and animal and poultry husbandry (including the breeding and raising of horses as an occupation) and the necessary accessory uses for handling or storing the produce.
BUILDING PERMIT: A permit issued by the Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois, for the construction, erection or alteration of a structure or building or redevelopment of a property.
CERTIFY OR CERTIFICATION: Specific inspections and tests, where required, have been performed and that such tests comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
CUBIC YARDS: The amount of material in excavation and/or fill measured by the method of "average end areas".
ENGINEER: A professional engineer registered in the State of Illinois.
EXCAVATION: Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
EXISTING GRADE: The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
FILL: Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved by man to a new location and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
GRADING: Excavation or fill or any combination thereof and shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
GREEN BOOK: The current edition of "Illinois Procedures and Standards for Urban Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control" as compiled and published by the Northeastern Illinois Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Steering Committee for the Soil and Water Conservation Districts of Northeastern Illinois.
LAND SURVEYOR: A surveyor registered in the State of Illinois.
PARCEL: All contiguous land in one ownership, or land being developed as a unit.
PERMITTEE: Any person to whom a site development permit is issued.
PERSON: Any person, firm or corporation, public or private, the State of Illinois 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.
PLAN COMMISSION: The Village of Barrington Hills Plan Commission.
RELEASE RATE: The flow or rate of flow of stormwater draining from a site, measured in cubic feet per second.
REMOVAL: As to vegetation, means cutting vegetation to the ground or stumps, complete extraction or killing by spraying.
SITE: A lot or parcel of land or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
SITE DEVELOPMENT: Altering terrain and/or vegetation and including, but not limited to, constructing roads, streets or driveways, buildings of any character, ponds or waterways, or in any way altering the natural condition of a parcel.
SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT: A permit issued by the Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois, for site development using approved methods to control erosion and sedimentation.
VACANT: Land on which there are not structures or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.
VILLAGE: The Village of Barrington Hills, Illinois.
WATERSHED: All land drained by, or contributing water to the same stream, lake, stormwater facility, or draining to a point. (Ord. 18-09, 8-27-2018, eff. 1-1-2019)