The definition of terms set forth in this chapter shall be given the meaning indicated below unless the context clearly requires a different meaning:
BASE FLOOD OR BASE STORM: The flood or storm having a one percent (1%) chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, also being defined as having a return frequency of one hundred (100) years.
DEVELOPER: Any person, persons, corporation, or other entity who in his or her own behalf, or as an agent of another, engages in development, subdivision, construction of structures, or alteration of land in preparation for development, subdivision or construction.
DEVELOPMENT: Any alteration of land for the purpose of achieving its development, subdivision or change in use, including any preparation for building of or erection of a structure or installation of paved surfaces, grading, fill or other change in existing land contours.
DRAINAGE SYSTEM: The surface and subsurface system for the removal of water from the land, including both the natural elements of streams, marshes, swales, and ponds, whether of an intermittent or continuous nature, and manmade elements which include culverts, ditches, channels, creeks, retention facilities, detention facilities, gutters, streets, and storm sewer systems.
ENGINEER: A licensed professional engineer registered in the state or a reciprocating state as recognized by the Oklahoma board of registration for professional engineers and land surveyors.
MINOR MAINTENANCE: Any activity for the maintenance of a drainage system specifically excluding repair or replacement of paved channel liners, replacement of revetments or riprap, or replacement of soil lost due to meandering of a channel. Minor maintenance includes, but is not limited to, mowing, replacement of vegetation, and filling of erosion gullies.
NATURAL DRAINAGE: The dispersal of surface waters through ground absorption and by drainage channels formed by the existing surface topography which exist as of January 30, 1996, or formed by any natural or approved manmade changes in the surface topography. (Ord. 1387, 1-30-1996)