For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The building inspector or designees of the Village Clerk for the Village for Bingham Farms.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems. BMPS also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
CLEAN WATER ACT. The federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. Activities subject to NPDES construction permits or the village’s grading ordinance. These include construction projects resulting in land disturbance of five acres or more. Such activities include but are not limited to clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, and demolition.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quality, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect non-stormwater discharge to the storm drain system, except as exempted in § 52.52 of this chapter.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. An illicit connection is defined as either of the following:
(1) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system including but not limited to any conveyances which allow any non-stormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drain system and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains, sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by the authorized enforcement agency; or
(2) Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the authorized enforcement agency.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Activities subject to NPDES industrial permits as defined in 40 CFR § 122.26(b)(14).
INSPECTION, APPROVAL AND TAP FEE. The amount charged to each applicant by the village to cover the costs of inspecting and approving the physical connection to the system and the issuance of a connection permit.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE (NPDES) STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by the EPA (or by a state under authority delegated pursuant to 33 U.S.C 1342 (b)) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual group, or general area-wide basis.
NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the storm drain system that is not composed entirely of stormwater.
PERSON. Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or as the owner’s agent.
POLLUTANT. Anything which causes or contributes to pollution. POLLUTANTS may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; nonhazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordinances, and accumulations, so that some may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
PREMISES. Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking areas.
STORM DISTRICT. That district established by the terms of the “Bingham Farms Sewage Disposal System” contract dated April 1, 1971.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM or MS4. Publicly-owned or privately-owned facilities by which stormwater is collected and/or conveyed including, but not limited to, any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, and other drainage structures.
STORM WATER. Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
STORM WATER BUILDING SEWER. The storm or ground water sewer which directly services a premises and shall be limited to the sewer located between the building’s storm plumbing and the public sewer.
STORM WATER DISPOSAL SERVICES. The collection, transportation and disposal of storm water emanating within the established district of the “Bingham Farms Sewage Disposal System” and certain ground water being disposed of within the district.
STORM WATER DISPOSAL SYSTEM or STORM SYSTEM. The “Bingham Farms Sewage Disposal System” established under Public Act 185 of 1957, being M.C.L.A. §§ 123.731 through 123.786, as amended, constructed by the county under a certain contract dated April 1, 1971, between the County of Oakland and the Village of Bingham Farms, together with all additions and extensions of such new construction.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. A document which describes the best management practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify sources or pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to stormwater, stormwater conveyance systems, and/or receiving waters to the maximum extent practicable.
WASTEWATER. Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated stormwater, discharged from a facility.
(O.C. § 2.81) (Am. Ord. 252, passed 12-16-19; Am. Ord. 267, passed 9-19-22)