For purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated.
Assessment roll means the official listing of assessments of real property maintained by the Boyle County Property Valuation Office.
Base rate means the stormwater management fee charged on a base unit (equivalent residential unit). The monthly stormwater management fee for a single family residential (SFR) property in the City of Danville equals the base rate.
Developed property means real property which has been altered from its natural state by the addition of any improvements such as buildings, structures, or other impervious areas.
Equivalent residential unit (ERU) means the average impervious surface area associated with a single family residential property in the City of Danville as calculated using statistical methods. The equivalent residential unit for the city shall be three thousand eight hundred thirteen (3,813) square feet.
Fee or stormwater management fee means the charge to the property owner established under this article and levied on owners of parcels or pieces of real property to fund the costs of stormwater management and of operating, maintaining, and improving the stormwater system in the City of Danville.
Fiscal year means July 1 of the calendar year to June 30 of the next calendar year, both inclusive.
Impervious surface means developed areas of land which either prevent, retard, or significantly impede the infiltration of surface and stormwater into the soil mantle and/or cause water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that present under natural conditions prior to development. Typically impervious surface areas include, but are not limited to roofs, sidewalks, walkways, patios, swimming pools, private driveways, parking lots, access extensions, alleys and other paved, engineered, compacted or gravel surfaces that prevent or significantly impede the natural infiltration of surface and stormwater into the soil.
Multi-family dwelling means a building with three or more dwelling units.
NPDES Phase II Permit means National Pollution Elimination System Phase II stormwater permit as mandated by United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Non-developed property means any non-SFR property not altered from its natural state.
Non-single family residential (non-SFR) means developed property other than single-family residential property. Such property shall include, but not be limited to, multi-family dwellings, commercial properties, industrial properties, parking lots, hospitals, schools, recreational and cultural facilities, hotels, offices and churches.
Property owner/developer/applicant means the person, firm, partnership, or corporation who is the owner of record as listed in the Boyle County Property Valuation Office assessment rolls.
Single family residential (SFR) property means a developed property which serves the primary purpose of providing a permanent dwelling unit and which is classified as residential in the Boyle County assessment rolls. For purposes of this definition, a duplex shall be considered as two (2) SFRs.
Stormwater management means the planning, design, engineering, construction, regulation, improvement, repair, maintenance and operation of facilities and programs relating to storm water, flood plains, flood control, grading, erosion, pollutant capture and/or transformation and sediment control.
Stormwater management fund or funds means the fund created by this article to operate, maintain, and improve the City of Danville’s stormwater system.
Stormwater system means the primary system or network of storm and surface water management facilities including, but not limited to, inlets, conduits, manholes, natural streams and sinkholes, channels, ditches, drainage easements, retention and detention basins, infiltration facilities and other components, as well as all natural waterways. Public roads and public sidewalks are considered part of the stormwater collection system.
Water means any stormwater, surface water, snow melt or groundwater.
(Ord. No. 1726, § 1, 12-13-07)