For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COMBINED RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS PROPERTY. A residential property in which business is conducted on the property. Business shall mean an act or means of providing goods or services for compensation. For example, a residential property that conducts accounting services in the home shall be classified as a COMBINED RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS PROPERTY.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (ERU). The average amount of impervious surface area for a single-family residential property located within the corporate limits of the city. The ERU for the City of Frankfort is 2,860 square feet, and shall be used in calculating user fees for non-residential and combined residential/business.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA. The horizontal surface area of property covered with materials that include, but are not limited to, concrete, asphalt, rooftop, blacktop, gravel and stone, such that the infiltration of storm water is prevented or impeded. The total amount of impervious surface area located on a property without regard to topographic features of the property is included. Driveways, roadways, parking lots and other areas used for vehicular traffic are considered IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREAS. Undisturbed land, tilled agricultural land, ponds, lawns and fields are not considered IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA.
INFILTRATION. The process of allowing runoff to penetrate the ground surface and flow through the upper soil surface.
MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY. A multi-family property containing four or more units shall be classified as a non-residential (business) property for the purposes of the storm water utility. Those containing one, two or three units shall be classified as a residential property.
NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. All properties not categorized as residential properties. Nonresidential properties include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Agricultural property;
(2) Businesses;
(3) Churches and other places of religious affiliation;
(4) Colleges;
(5) Commercial property;
(6) Community centers;
(7) Federal, state and local government property;
(8) Hospitals and medical centers;
(9) Industrial property;
(10) Multi-family properties which contain four or more units;
(11) Mobile home parks that are operated as a business in which the business owner rents or leases mobile homes to tenants.
(12) Retirement centers;
(13) Schools;
(14) Properties whose primary function is not as a single-family residence; and
(15) Common areas of residential properties including, but not limited to, private streets and parking lots, recreational areas, office areas, maintenance areas and all other areas not occupied by residential units.
PRIVATE STORM WATER FACILITIES. Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate storm water that are not subject to the control and/or not under the ownership of the local, state or federal government.
PUBLIC STORM WATER FACILITIES. Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate storm water that are subject to the control and/or under the ownership of the local, state or federal government. This shall include facilities in a right-of-way or easement.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. A lot or parcel on which a building or mobile home is situated in which a single-family resides, or on which one, two, or three residential units is located. See, however, the definition for “Non-Residential Property” regarding mobile home parks and properties not primarily residential in function.
STORM WATER USER. The owner/renter of a lot or parcel of residential property, non-residential property or combined residential/business property within the city.
STORM WATER SYSTEM. All facilities and conveyances subject to the control of and/or under the ownership of the city used for collecting and conveying storm water to, through and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet, including, but not limited to, inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, pipes, pumping stations, manholes, structures, channels, outlets, creeks, catch basins, ditches, streams, culverts, retention or detention basins and other structural components and equipment that transport, move or regulate storm water. The system includes public streets, roads, alleyways and highways.
(Ord. 2006-16, passed 7-26-06)