929.05 CONSTRUCTION SITE STORM WATER RUNOFF CONTROL.

   (a)   The requirements of this Section and of Sections 929.06 through 929.12 shall apply to the disturbance of any lot or parcel of land of one acre or more, and to any lot or parcel of land less than one acre if the disturbance is part of a larger common plan of development or sale disturbing one acre or more.

   (b)   The discharge of construction site storm water runoff into the City's storm water sewer system without a permit issued in accordance with this Chapter, or in violation of a permit duly issued, is deemed an illicit discharge under Section 929.03.

   (c)   For the purpose of this Chapter, "disturbance" and "soil disturbing activity" means the clearing, grading, excavating, filling or other alteration of land surface where natural or man-made cover is destroyed in a manner that exposes the underlying soils. "Larger common plan of development or sale" means a contiguous area where multiple separate and distinct construction activities may take place at different times on different schedules, under one plan.
(Ord. 82-2011. Passed 10-24-11.)