For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The City Department of Storm Water Management.
COMPLIANCE. The act of correcting a violation or violations within the time frame specified by the City of Decatur.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. Land disturbing activities, and land disturbing activities associated with the construction of infrastructure and structures. This term does not include routine ditch or road maintenance or minor landscaping projects.
DEPARTMENT. The City Department of Storm Water Management.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL. A practice, or a combination of practices, to minimize sedimentation by first reducing or eliminating erosion at the source and then as necessary, trapping sediment to prevent it from being discharged from or within a project site.
GRADING. The cutting and filling of the land surface to a desired slope or elevation.
INDIVIDUAL BUILDING LOT. A single parcel of land within a multi-parcel development.
INDIVIDUAL LOT OWNER. A person who has financial control of construction activities for an individual lot.
LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY. Any man-made change of the land surface, including removing vegetative cover that exposes the underlying soil, excavating, filling, transporting and grading.
LARGER COMMON PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OR SALE. A plan, undertaken by a single project site owner or a group of project site owners acting in concert, to offer lots for sale or lease; where such land is contiguous, or is known, designated, purchased or advertised as a common unit or by a common name, such land shall be presumed as being offered for sale or lease as part of a larger common plan. The term also includes phased or other construction activity by a single entity for its own use.
SOIL. The unconsolidated mineral and organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP). A plan developed to minimize the impact of storm water pollutants resulting from construction activities.
STORM WATER QUALITY MEASURE. A practice, or a combination of practices, to control or minimize pollutants associated with storm water runoff.
STORM WATER RUNOFF. The water derived from rains falling within a tributary basin, flowing over the surface of the ground or collected in channels or conduits.
TRAINED INDIVIDUAL. An individual who is trained and experienced in the principles of storm water quality, including erosion and sediment control as may be demonstrated by state registration, professional certification (such as CESSWI and/or CPESC certification), or other documented and applicable experience or coursework as deemed sufficient by the City of Decatur that enable the individual to make judgments regarding storm water control or treatment and monitoring.
(Ord. 2023-11, passed 8-1-2023)