For purposes of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Any structural or nonstructural control measure utilized to improve the quality and, as appropriate, reduce the quantity of stormwater run-off. The term includes schedules of activities, prohibitions of practice, treatment requirements, operation and maintenance procedures, use of containment facilities, land use planning, policy techniques and other management practices.
CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA). The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
COMBINED SEWER. A sewer intended to receive both wastewater and stormwater or surface water.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. Land disturbing activities and land disturbing activities associated with the construction of infrastructure and structures. This term does not include routinc ditch or road maintenancc or minor landscaping projects. Such activities include but are not limited to clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, and demolition.
CONVEYANCE. Any structural process for transferring stormwater between at least two points. The term includes piping. ditches, swales, curbs, gutters, catch basins, channels, stonon drains and roadways.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, 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 MS4, except as exempted in § 57.08(B).
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the MS4 including, but not limited to, any conveyances which allow any non-stormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the MS4 and any connections to the MS4 from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any discharge to an MS4 conveyance that is not composed entirely of stormwater, except naturally occurring floatables, such as leaves or tree limbs. Sources of illicit discharges include, but are not limited to, sanitary wastewater, septic tank effluent, car wash wastewater, oil disposal, radiator flushing disposal, laundry
wastewater, roadway accident spillage and household hazardous wastes. Exempted activities are identified in § 57.08 (B).
ILLICIT DISCHARGE STOP WORK ORDER. A legal notice requiring persons to immediately suspend all work and operations.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES. Activities subject to NPDES industrial as defined in 40 CFR, § 122.26 (b) (14).
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). A conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basin, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels or storm drains, that are:
(1) Owned or operated by a: (i) federal, state, city, town, county, district, association or other public body (created by or pursuant to state law) having jurisdiction over stormwater, including special districts under state law such as a sewer district, flood control district, or drainage district, or similar entity, or a designated and approved management agency under § 208 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1288) that discharges into waters of the state; or (ii) privately owned stormwater utility, hospital, university, or college having jurisdiction over stormwater that discharges into water of the state;
(2) Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater;
(3) Not a combined sewer; and
(4) Not part of a publicly owned treatment works (POT W) as defined at 40 CFR 122.2.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMI NATION SYSTEM (NPDES) STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by 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.
NUISANCE. No person shall erect. construct. cause, permit, keep or maintain within the Town limits, anything whatsoever which is injurious to the public health or safety, or offensive to the senses of inhabitant. The existence of any of the above is declared to be a nuisance and shall be regulated as set forth in Chapter 93.
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. Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt and industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste discharged into water. POLLUTANTS may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids: non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordinances, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; sediments; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; concrete washout liquids; 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 strips.
RUNOFF. The portion of precipitation that flows from a drainage area on to the land surface, in open channels or in stormwater conveyance systems.
SANITARY SEWER. A sewer which carries sanitary and industrial wastes, and to which stormwater, surface water and ground water are not intentionally admitted.
SPILL. Any unexpected, unintended, abnormal, or unapproved dumping, leakage, drainage, seepage, discharge or other loss of petroleum, hazardous substances, extremely hazardous substances, or objectionable substances. The term does not include releases to impermeable surfaces when the substance does not migrate off the surface or penetrate the surface and enter the soil.
STORMWATER. Water resulting from rain, melting or melted snow, hail or sleet. Stormwater can soak into the soil (infiltrate). be held on the surface and evaporate, or runoff and end up in nearby streams, rivers, or other water bodies (surface water).
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. A written document that addresses stormwatcr runoff, identifies potential sources of pollution and outlines specific management activities designed to minimize the introduction of pollutants into stormwater.
WASTEWATER. A liquid or water carrying industrial or domestic wastes from dwellings, commercial buildings. industrial facilities and institutions, whether treated or untreated.
WATERCOURSE, WATERWAY. A natural or manmade channel through which water flows; includes legal drains, creeks, ditches, swales, streams, and other open channels.
(Ord. 2016-42, passed 1-12-17)