For the purposes of this article, the following words are defined.
City Engineer. The City Engineer of Danville, Kentucky, and the employees and/or the designees of the City Engineer.
Erosion. The process by which the ground surface is worn away by the action of wind or water.
Excavation or cut. Any act by which soil or rock is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated, including the conditions resulting from such activities.
Fill. A deposit of soil, rock or other non-deteriorating material used by man to replace or supplement the original soil or sub-soil.
Floodplain. That land adjacent to a stream, channel, or body of water, which has been or may be hereafter covered by flood water during the base flood. Floodplain shall include those lands within the Special Flood Hazard Areas shown on the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map, as well as other land that is anticipated to be covered with water during the one hundred (100) year, one (1) hour storm, based on a fully developed watershed and calculated using the procedures of the Stormwater Manual.
Grading. Any stripping, excavating, filling, stockpiling of soil, or any combination thereof, including the land in its excavated or filled condition.
Natural features. Shall include, but not be limited to, lakes, ponds, springs, wetlands, existing water courses, soils and rocks.
Natural ground cover. Shall include, but not be limited to, vegetation (such as grasses, shrubs, legumes and the like), and tree stands having trees five (5) inches or greater in diameter, or fifteen (15) feet or greater in height.
Natural ground surface. Any ground surface in its original state before any grading, excavation or filling. Where there is any question of the location of the natural ground surface, the City Engineer shall make such determination.
Post-development floodplain. The portion of land adjacent to a stream or other watercourse which is anticipated to be covered with water during the one hundred (100) year, one (1) hour storm, based on a fully developed watershed and calculated using the procedures of the Stormwater Manual.
Sediment. Any solid material which is a product of erosion, whether mineral or organic, and that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin, whether by air, water or gravity.
Slope. Any inclined, exposed surface of a fill, excavation or natural terrain.
Soil. All earth material of whatever origin that overlies bedrock, and may include the decomposed zone of bedrock which can be readily excavated by mechanical equipment.
Stormwater Manual. A document hereby adopted by the City Commission and incorporated into this article by reference to provide standards for the design, review, construction and inspection of stormwater facilities. From time to time the city government may revise, modify or amend the Stormwater Manual. When referenced in this article, the current edition, latest revision of the Stormwater Manual shall be used.
Stream. Any river, creek or channel in which water flows for substantial periods of the year, and which has a drainage area of at least one hundred (100) acres.
Stripping. Any activity which removes or significantly disturbs the vegetative surface cover, including clearing and grubbing operations.
Watercourse. Any body of water, including but not limited to, lakes, ponds or streams, whether perennial or intermittent.
(Ord. No. 1674, 2-28-05)