For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth except where otherwise specifically indicated. Words and terms not defined shall have the meanings indicated by common dictionary definition.
BUILDING. A structure that is constructed or erected partially or wholly above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term BUILDING includes manufactured homes and includes both the above-ground and the below-ground portions of the structure.
CLEAN WATER ACT (CWA). The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
COMMITTEE. The Storm Water Management Committee of the DuPage County Board, authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-1062.
COMMUNITY. Any municipality, or the unincorporated county, within DuPage County acting as a unit of local government.
COUNTY. The County of DuPage, Illinois.
DEPARTMENT. The Village of Carol Stream Department of Public Works or successor agency.
DIRECTOR. The Village of Carol Stream Director of Public Works or successor position or his or her designee.
DIVISION. The DuPage County Storm Water Management Division or successor agency.
DRAIN. Piping and appurtenances for conveying a fluid.
FACILITY. Something that is built, installed or established to serve a particular purpose.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Any material which may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial hazard to human health, safety, property or the environment.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. An illicit connection is defined as either of the following:
(1) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface that allows an illicit discharge to enter the storm drainage system including, but not limited to, any conveyances that allow any non-storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater and wash water to enter the storm drainage system and any connections to the storm drainage system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted or approved by the community; or
(2) Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drainage system that has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the community.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect non-storm water discharge to the storm drainage system, except as exempted in § 13-21-11.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Activities subject to an industrial NPDES storm water permit, as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 122.26(b)(14).
LINE. A hollow conduit through which fluids are transported between two or more points.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). A conveyance or system of conveyances (including, but not limited to, sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, human-made channels and storm sewers) owned or operated by a governmental entity and designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water, and that is not used for collecting or conveying sewage.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT. A permit issued by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) 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-STORM WATER DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the storm drainage system that is not the direct result of precipitation and/or snow melt in the tributary drainage basin.
NOTICE OF INTENT (NOI). Illinois Environmental Protection Agency notice of intent to participate in coverage under the general permit to discharge storm water associated with industrial activity.
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. A committee appointed by the village by Ord. 2003-04-16 to oversee the implementation and enforcement of the village’s storm water ordinance.
PARCEL. Contiguous land under single ownership or control.
PERSON. Any individual, association, partnership, public or private corporation, municipality, political subdivision, government agency or any other legal entity, including heirs, successors, agents, officers and assigns of such entity.
pH NEUTRAL. pH value between 6.5 and 9.0 standard units.
PLAN. The DuPage County Storm Water Management Plan, adopted by the DuPage County Board in September 1989, as amended from time to time.
POLLUTANT. Anything that causes or contributes to pollution. 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, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, wastewater, 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 strips.
RUNOFF. The waters derived from precipitation and/or melting snow within a tributary drainage basin that exceeds the infiltration capacity of that basin.
SEWAGE. Polluted storm water, wastewater or other refuse liquids usually conveyed by sewers.
SEWER. An artificial conduit to carry off sewage and/or surface water (as from rainfall), including sanitation, storm water and/or combined sewers.
SEWERAGE. A system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, pumping and treatment of sewage.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. A facility by which storm water 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 from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
STRUCTURE. Anything that is erected or constructed. The term STRUCTURE includes, without limitation: buildings, manufactured homes, tanks, dams, sewers, constructed channels, outfalls, parking lots, driveways, roads, sidewalks and concrete patios.
VILLAGE. The Village of Carol Stream, Illinois.
WASTEWATER. Water that has been used and is not for reuse unless treated by a wastewater treatment facility.
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. As defined in the CWA, WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES applies only to surface waters, rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters and wetlands. Not all surface waters are legally WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES. Generally, those waters include the following:
(1) All interstate waters;
(2) Intrastate waters used in interstate and/or foreign commerce;
(3) Tributaries of the above;
(4) Territorial seas at the cyclical high tide mark; and
(5) Wetlands adjacent to all the above.
(Ord. 2020-11-41, passed 11-16-2020)