For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESS DRIVE. An impervious surface that is a privately constructed, privately owned and privately maintained driveway that provides access to one or more properties.
BROWNSBURG STORM WATER SYSTEM. All facilities and conveyances subject to the control of and/or under the ownership of the Town used for collecting and conveying storm water to, through and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet, including, but not limited to, inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, pipes, pumping stations, manholes, structures, channels, outlets, creeks, catch basins, ditches, legal county drains, streams, culverts, retention or detention basins and other structural components and equipment that transport, move or regulate storm water. The system includes public streets, roads, alleyways and highways.
COMBINED RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS PROPERTY. A residential property in which business is conducted on the property. BUSINESS shall mean an act or means of providing goods or services for compensation.
COMPACTED GRAVEL. A gravel, crushed stone, or rock surface that impedes or prevents the infiltration of storm water into the soil. Such surfaces are subject to vehicular or equipment traffic, or are used as a roadway, driveway, alley or parking surface.
CREDIT. A reduction in the storm water user fee for a utility rate payer, based on attainment of criteria specified in this chapter.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (ERU). The average amount of impervious surface area for a single-family residential property located within the corporate limits of the Town. The ERU for the town is two thousand nine hundred (2,900) square feet, and shall be used in calculating user fees for non-residential properties.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA. The horizontal surface area of property covered with materials that include, but are not limited to, concrete, asphalt, rooftop, blacktop and compacted gravel, such that the infiltration of storm water is prevented or impeded. The total amount of impervious surface area located on a property without regard to topographic features of the property is included. Driveways, roadways, parking lots and other areas used for vehicular traffic are considered IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREAS. Undisturbed land, tilled agricultural land, ponds, lawns and fields are not considered impervious surface areas.
INFILTRATION. The process of allowing runoff to penetrate the ground surface and flow through the upper soil surface.
MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY. A multi-family property containing two (2) to four (4) units shall be billed as a residential property and bills shall be sent
to the owner of the property. A multi-family property containing five (5) or more units shall be classified as non-residential property. User fees shall be charged according to the total impervious surface area on the property and bills shall be sent to the owner of the property.
MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY. A non-residential property that contains more than one (1) unit within the same parcel. MULTI-UNIT PROPERTIES include, but are not limited to, commercial plazas, strip malls, apartment buildings, medical complexes and commercial office buildings.
NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. All properties not categorized as residential properties or combined residential/business properties. NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Agricultural property;
(2) Businesses;
(3) Churches and other places of religious affiliation;
(4) Colleges;
(5) Commercial property;
(6) Community centers;
(7) Federal, state and local government property;
(8) Hospitals and medical centers;
(9) Industrial property;
(10) Multi-family properties which contain five (5) or more units;
(11) Mobile home parks in which water service is master-metered;
(12) Retirement centers;
(13) Schools;
(14) Combined residential/business properties that are not zoned in a residential district according to the Town's Zoning Ordinance; and
(15) Common areas of residential developments, including but not limited to, private streets and parking lots, recreational areas, office areas, maintenance areas and all other areas not occupied by residential units.
PRIVATE STORM WATER FACILITIES. Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate storm water that are not subject to the control and/or not under the ownership of the local, state or federal government.
PUBLIC STORM WATER FACILITIES. Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate storm water that are subject to the control and/or under the ownership of the local, state or federal government. This shall include facilities in the right-of-way.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. A lot or parcel on which a building or mobile home is situated in which a single-family resides. Furthermore, some multi-family properties and some combined residential/business properties shall be classified as residential. See the definitions for MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY, COMBINED RESIDENTIAL/ BUSINESS PROPERTY and NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
STORM WATER USER. The owner/renter of a lot or parcel of residential property, non-residential property or combined residential/business property within the Town's corporate limits.
(Ord. 2006-28, passed 11-16-06; Am. Ord. 2012-19, passed 1-10-13)