For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. The county’s Stormwater Board.
COUNTY. Includes the county acting through its duly appointed, qualified, and acting advisory Plan Commission, together with the officers, employees, attorneys, and designees of said Commission.
DRAINAGE WAY. Any drainage easement, channel, swale, ditch, or other facilities in which the general public or the county has a right, or interest, for stormwater drainage purposed, or right to use, that conveys surface stormwater runoff to waters of the state throughout the county.
GRADING. The cutting and filling of the land surface to a desired slope or elevation.
INDIVIDUAL PARCEL. A single parcel of land within the county.
INDIVIDUAL PARCEL OWNER. A person who has an ownership interest in, financial control of, or a leasehold interest in an individual parcel.
OWNER. A single property or, collectively as all the homes, within a neighborhood, even if a homeowners association has never been developed, or has dissolved, where the home(s) directly contribute to the stormwater facility, structure, or feature.
PERSON. Except to the extent exempted from this chapter, any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, city, county, or other political subdivision of the state, any interstate body, or any other legal entity.
QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL INSPECTOR. A person who has been certified by the county to be qualified to inspect stormwater quality management activities and oversee maintenance activities.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. The portion of precipitation from such sources as rainfall, snow melt, or irrigation water that flows over the ground surface.
WATERS OF THE STATE. Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, branches, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, drainage systems, springs, wells, and other bodies of surface and subsurface water, natural or artificial, lying within, or forming a part of, the boundaries of the state which are not entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single person.
(Ord. 2019-25, passed 10-15-2019)