8-6-3: DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms, phrases and words shall have the following meanings:
CITY: Elk Ridge City.
COUNCIL: The city council.
CUSTOMER OR PERSON: Any individual, the public; public or private corporation and its officers; partnership; association; firm; trustee; executor of an estate; the state or its departments, institutions, bureaus, agencies, county; city; political subdivision; or any other governmental or legal entity recognized by law.
DEVELOPED PARCEL: Any parcel, which has been altered by grading or filling of the ground surface, or construction of any improvements or other impervious surface area thereon.
DIRECTOR: The director of the department of public works or the director's designee.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (ERU): A configuration of development, or impervious surfaces on a parcel, contributing runoff to the city's storm water drainage system or which represents the estimated use of the system that is approximately equal to that contributed by a single-family residential parcel. A single-family residential parcel has been determined to contain an average of two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of impervious surfaces. One ERU is equal to two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of impervious surface area.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) STORM WATER REGULATIONS: The provisions of the federal clean water act establishing specific permit requirements for the control of storm water discharges.
NONPOLLUTED: When used in connection with water or any other referenced medium, means that medium shall not have been contaminated with a pollutant.
PARCEL: The smallest separately segregated unit or plot of land, with person or persons identified as owner(s); having boundaries and surface area, which is documented and given a property number by Utah County.
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCEL: Any parcel of land which is improved with a dwelling unit.
STORM WATER: Water produced by storms, surface drainage, snow and ice melt, spring flows, ground water and other water handled by the storm water sewer system.
STORM WATER FACILITIES: Any facility, improvement, development, property or interest therein made, constructed or acquired for the purposes of controlling storm water quantity and quality.
STORM WATER SEWER SYSTEM: The city storm water system comprised of storm water facilities, streets and any other features which store, control, treat and/or convey storm water.
STORM WATER SEWER UTILITY OR UTILITY: The utility created through this chapter which maintains, regulates and improves storm water facilities and programs within Elk Ridge City.
UNDEVELOPED PARCEL: Any parcel which has not been altered by grading or filling of the ground surface, or by construction of any improvements or other impervious surface area which affected the hydraulic properties of the parcel. (Ord. 04-2, 1-27-2004, eff. 2-16-2004)