For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. A person responsible for regulated construction activity on a development site who is seeking to obtain stormwater construction approval.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE or BMP. A practice or combination of practices that have been determined by the city to be the preferred method of preventing, minimizing, or reducing pollution and other effects of stormwater runoff.
CITY. The City of Inkster.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. A human-made activity, including without limitation clearing, grading, excavating, construction and paving, that results in an earth change or disturbance in the existing cover or topography of land, including any modification or alteration of a site or the “footprint” of a building that results in an earth change or disturbance in the existing cover or topography of land.
CONVEYANCE. Any structure or other means of safely conveying stormwater and stormwater runoff within a stormwater management system, including without limitation a watercourse, closed conduit, culvert, or bridge.
COUNTY. The Charter County of Wayne.
COUNTY DRAINS. Open or closed drains within the jurisdiction of Wayne County pursuant to Act 40 of 1956 (Drain Code), MCLA §§ 280.1 et seq., as amended.
DEVELOPMENT SITE. The property on which regulated construction activity will occur or is occurring or has occurred.
DIRECTOR. The Director of the City of Inkster Department of Public Works.
ENGINEER. The City Engineer of the City of Inkster or his or her designee.
PERMIT SECTION. The permit section of the City of Inkster Department of Public Works, and the City Engineer.
PERSON. A natural person, trustee, court-appointed representative, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, club, company, corporation, business trust, institution, agency, government corporation, municipal corporation, city, county, municipality, district, or other political subdivision department, bureau, agency or instrumentality of federal, state, or local government, or other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.
REGULATED CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. A construction activity that is subject to the provisions of this chapter or a rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
STORMWATER. Water resulting from a period of precipitation, including without limitation rain, snow, and snowmelt.
STORMWATER CONSTRUCTION APPROVAL. An approval issued pursuant to this chapter and rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. Stormwater management program consists of ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, and other mechanisms that provide for the management of stormwater to prevent flooding and to ensure the restoration and/or protection of rivers, lakes, and streams in the City of Inkster. The STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM consists of the requirements of this chapter and any rules or regulations promulgated under this chapter, and activities mandated by the certificate of coverage issued by MDEQ to the city pursuant to the Michigan Voluntary Stormwater General Permit No. MIG619000.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Any structure, feature or appurtenance subject to this chapter or a rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter that is designed to collect, retain, treat, or convey stormwater runoff, including without limitation buffer strips, swales, gutters, catch basins, closed conduits, detention basins, wetland, pavement, unpaved surfaces, structures, watercourses, or any surface from which stormwater drains off site or directly or indirectly drains to the water of the state.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. The excess portion of precipitation that does not infiltrate the ground, but “runs off” and reaches a stream, water body, storm sewer, conveyance, surface water, or watercourse.
SURFACE WATER. A body of water, including without limitation seasonal and intermittent waters, in which the surface of the water is exposed to the atmosphere, including without limitation lakes, open detention basins, forebays, watercourses, bioretention areas, retention basins, wetlands, and impoundments.
WATERCOURSE. An open conduit, either naturally or artificially created, that periodically or continuously conveys water, including without limitation rivers, streams, vegetated swales, open channels, and open county drains.
(Ord. 826, passed 11-9-09)