For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ADMINISTRATOR. The same as MS4 COORDINATOR defined below.
BOARD. The Board of Directors of the Department, as defined in I.C. 8-1.5-5-4 and exercising the powers granted under I.C. 8-1.5-5-6.
CONVEYANCE. Any structural process for transferring storm water between at least two points. This term includes: piping, ditches, swales, curbs, gutters, catch basins, channels, storm drains and roadways.
DEPARTMENT. The County Department of Stormwater Management created by § 31.09. It also refers to, and is the same as, the Howard County Stormwater District Board.
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE. Solid waste generated by households that:
(1) Is ignitable;
(2) Is toxic;
(3) Is reactive;
(4) Is corrosive; or
(5) Otherwise poses a threat to human health or the environment.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any discharge to a MS4 conveyance that is not composed entirely of stormwater, except naturally introduced floatables, such as leaves or tree limbs. Sources of illicit discharges include but are not limited to sanitary wastewater, septic tank effluent, commercial car wash wastewater, oil spills or disposal, radiator flushing disposal, laundry wastewater, roadway accidental spillage, pollutant run-off, and household hazardous wastes. Authorized discharges enumerated in § 53.05 are not illicit discharges.
MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DISTRICT MS4 AREA. That area of Howard County described in the NPDES General Permit issued by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEM COORDINATOR or MS4 COORDINATOR. The individual designated by the Board to administer and provide oversight of the MS4 program, which includes program coordination, development and implementation. This office is also referred to, and is the same as, the ADMINISTRATOR.
MUNICIPAL STORMWATER DISTRICT MS4 SYSTEM. A conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, or storm drains, that:
(1) Is owned, operated or regulated by Howard County, Indiana;
(2) Discharges into the waters of the State of Indiana;
(3) Is designated or used for collecting or conveying stormwater;
(4) Is not a combined sewer; and
(5) Is not a part of a publicly owned treatment works (POTW) as defined in 40 CFR 122.2.
MUTUAL DRAIN. A drain that:
(1) Is located on two or more tracts of land that are under different ownership;
(2) Was established by the mutual consent of all the owners; and
(3) Was not established under or made subject to any Indiana drainage statute.
PRIVATE DRAIN. A drainage system that:
(1) Is located on land owned by one person or by two or more persons jointly; and
(2) Was not established under or made subject to any Indiana drainage statute.
RESPONSIBLE PERSON. The person who is responsible for any violation of this chapter.
SPILL or SPILLAGE. The unexpected, unintended, abnormal, or unapproved dumping, leakage, drainage, seepage, discharge, or other loss of petroleum, hazardous substances, extremely hazardous substances or objectionable substances. The terms do not include releases to impervious surfaces when the substance does not migrate off the surface or penetrate the surface and enter the soil.
STORMWATER. Water resulting from rain, melting or melted snow, hail or sleet.
VIOLATION. Any act or omission which violates or fails to comply with any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 2004-BCC-37, passed 11-1-04; Am. Ord. 2010-BCC-12, passed 4-19-10; Am. Ord. 2023 BCCO-25, passed 6-19-23)