For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CLEAN STORMWATER ACTIVITIES. All programs required by the Marin County Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program and the BURCP Basin Plan Permit, the operation and maintenance of the town’s storm water drainage system, any capital improvements to repair, rehabilitate, replace, or improve components of the storm water drainage system, the enforcement of the Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Ordinance (Chapter 8.32 of this code) and related regulations, the administration of this chapter and of Chapter 8.32 and any other activities related to the foregoing.
LAND USE CATEGORY. The category of land use assigned to a parcel of real property as shown on the most current official assessment roll of the Marin County Assessor.
PARCEL. A unit of real property in one ownership as shown on the most current assessment roll of the Marin County Assessor.
PARCEL SIZE. The area of a unit of real property in one ownership as determined from records maintained by Marin County or the Town of Fairfax.
RUNOFF FACTOR.
(1) The indicator of storm water generation of a parcel.
(2) It is based upon the average ratio of impervious area to total parcel area for a particular land use category.
STANDARD RUNOFF UNIT or RU. The average estimated amount of impervious area of parcels in the single-family residential land use category, it is the product of the average single-family residential parcel size multiplied by the runoff factor for single-family residential parcels.
Average Parcel Size x .4 = RU
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Those storm water drainage conveyance facilities within the town by which storm water may be conveyed to waters of the United States, including any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels or storm drains, which are not part of a publicly-owned treatment works (POTW), as defined at Title 40 C.F.R. pt. 122.2. STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM also includes storm drains, as defined in § 8.32.010 of this code.
(Prior Code, § 8.36.030)
(Ord. 646, passed - -1996)