The following definitions shall be defined as written unless context indicates or requires a different meaning:
ACI. The abbreviation for American Concrete Institute.
ADVERSE IMPACTS. Any deleterious impact on water resources or wetlands affecting their beneficial uses including recreation, aesthetics, aquatic habitat, quality, and quantity.
ALLEY. A public or private strip of land along the side or rear of a lot intended and designed to provide secondary access to a lot along whose principal frontage is a public street.
ANSI. The abbreviation for American National Standard Institute.
APPLICANT. Any person, firm, or governmental agency who executes the necessary forms to procure official approval of a development or permit to carry out construction of a development from the City of Lockport.
APPROVAL. Action by the Conventional Site Plan Review Committee or corporate authorities to authorize signing of all certificates on all documents.
ARMORING. A form of channel modification which involves the placement of materials (e. g., concrete, riprap, bulkheads) within a stream channel or along a shoreline to protect property above streams, lakes and ponds from erosion and damage caused by wave action and stream flow.
ASTM. The abbreviation for American Society for Testing and Materials.
AWWA. The abbreviation for American Water Works Association.
BASE FLOOD. The flood having a one-percent probability of being equaled or exceeded in a given year. The base flood is also known as the 100-year frequency flood event.
BASE FLOOD ELEVATION (BFE). The highest water surface elevation that can be expected during the base flood.
BENCHMARK. A permanent object of known elevation.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP). A measure used to control the adverse stormwater-related effects of development. BMPs include structural devices (e.g. swales, filter strips, infiltration trenches, and detention basins) designed to remove pollutants, reduce runoff rates and volumes, and protect aquatic habitats. BMPs also include non-structural approaches, such as public education efforts to prevent the dumping of household chemicals into storm drains.
BIKEPATH. A right-of-way or pathway across or within a tract of land to be used primarily by bicyclists.
BLOCK. A tract of land bounded by street, or by a combination of streets and public parks, railroads, cemeteries, or waterways.
BOCA. The abbreviation for Building Officials and Code Administrators International, Inc.
BUILDING. Any structure with substantial walls and roof securely affixed to the land and entirely separated on all sides from any other structure by space or by walls in which there are no communicating doors, windows openings. A structure which is designed or intended for shelter, enclosure or protection of persons, animals or other property.
BUILDING PERMIT. An official document or certificate issued by the City of Lockport authorizing construction, alterations, additions, repair, removal and/or demolition of a structure.
BUILDING SETBACK LINE. A line parallel to the street line at a distance from it, establishing the minimum open space to be provided between the building and adjacent street, so designated on a plat of subdivision or designated by city ordinance.
BULKHEAD. A retaining wall that protects property along water.
BYPASS FLOWS. Stormwater runoff or groundwater from upstream properties tributary to a property's drainage system but not under its control.
CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. The certificate issued by the city which permits the use of a building in accordance with the approved plans and specifications and which certifies compliance with the provision of law for the use and occupancy of the building in its several parts together with any special stipulations of conditions of the building permit.
CHANNEL. Any river, stream, creek, brook, branch, natural or artificial depression, ponded area, flowage, slough, ditch, conduit, culvert, gully, ravine, wash or natural or man-made drainage way which has a definite bed and banks or shoreline, in or into which surface or groundwater flows, either perennially or intermittently.
CHANNELIZATION. A modification involving a significant change in the channel cross-section, typically involving relocation of the existing channel (e.g., straightening).
CHANNEL MODIFICATION. Alteration of a channel by changing the physical dimension or materials of its bed or banks. Channel modification includes damming, rip rapping (or other armoring), widening, deepening, straightening, relocating, lining and significant removal of bottom or woody rooted vegetation, but does not include the clearing of debris or removal of trash or dredging to previously documented thalweg elevations and side slopes.
CITY. The City of Lockport, Illinois.
CITY ENGINEER. The person charged with engineering responsibilities for the City of Lockport, as designated by the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
COMPENSATORY STORAGE. An excavated, hydrological and hydraulically equivalent volume of storage created to offset the loss of existing flood storage.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. The long-range public policy affecting community character, economic well-being, cultural and social amenities, ease and convenience of circulation, and orderly development of various land uses, serving as a policy guide in all decisions related to community growth, adopted and from time to time amended by the corporate authorities.
CONDUIT. Any channel, pipe, sewer or culvert used for the conveyance or movement of water, whether open or closed.
CONTROL STRUCTURE. A structure designed to limit the rate of flow that passes through the structure to a specific rate, given a specific upstream and downstream water surface elevation.
CORPORATE AUTHORITIES. The Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Lockport.
CULVERT. A structure designed to carry storm water runoff or small streams below barriers such as roads, driveways, or railway embankments.
DBH (DIAMETER AT BREAST HEIGHT). The caliper of the tree trunk in inches measured at a height of 4.5 feet above ground.
DEPRESSIONAL AREA. Any area which is lower in elevation on all sides than surrounding properties (i.e., does not drain freely), or whose drainage is severely limited, such as by a restrictive culvert.
DETENTION AREA. An area of land reserved for the temporary storage of storm water runoff.
DETENTION BASIN. A constructed structure for the temporary storage of stormwater runoff with a controlled release rate. A detention basin is also known as a site runoff storage facility.
DETENTION TIME. The mean residence time of stormwater in a detention basin.
DEVELOPER. Any person whose concern and desire is to develop or improve land governed by this chapter.
DEVELOPMENT. Any constructed change to real estate including:
(1) Construction, reconstruction, repair or replacement of a building or an addition to a building.
(2) Construction of roads, bridges, or similar projects.
(3) Redevelopment of a site.
(4) Filling, dredging, grading, cleaning, excavating, paving, or other non-agricultural alterations of the ground surface.
(5) Storage of materials or deposit of solid or liquid waste.
(6) Any other activity that will alter the magnitude, frequency, deviation, direction, or velocity of stormwater flows from a property, including extensive vegetation removal.
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER. The individual responsible for the engineering design and the preparation of the proposed improvement plans, supporting calculations, and other required documents for the development of land. This individual shall be a registered professional engineer licensed by the State of Illinois.
DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING CONSULTANT. The person or firm approved by the corporate authorities and charged with development engineering responsibilities for the City of Lockport as directed by the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
DRAINAGE PLAN. A plan, including engineering drawings and supporting calculations, which describes the existing storm water drainage system and environmental features, as well as the drainage system and environmental features which are proposed after development of a property.
DRIP LINE. An imaginary, perpendicular line that extends downward from the outermost tips of the tree branches to the ground.
DRIVEWAY APRON (PARKWAY). That portion of a driveway located between the sidewalk (if any) or the property line and the back of curb (if any) or to the edge of the pavement.
DRIVEWAY. A private passageway for vehicular access from a public street onto an adjacent lot.
DRY BASIN. A detention basin designed to drain completely after the temporary storage of stormwater runoff and to normally be dry over the majority of its bottom area.
EASEMENT. A grant by a property owner for the use of an area of land by the general public, a corporation, or a certain person or persons for a specific purpose or purposes.
ELEVATION. The elevation of structures, the earth, or other items with respect to established benchmarks in terms of U.S.G.S. datum.
EROSION. The process whereby soil is detached by the action of water or wind.
EXCESS STORMWATER RUNOFF. The volume and rate of flow of stormwater discharged from an urbanized drainage area which is or will be in excess of that volume and rate of flow which existed before urbanization.
FEMA. The abbreviation for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FILLING. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, transported or moved by man to a new location, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FILTERED VIEW. The maintenance or establishment of woody vegetation of sufficient density to screen developments from a stream or wetland, to provide for stream bank stabilization and erosion control, to serve as an aid to infiltration of surface runoff, and to provide cover to shade the water. The vegetation need not be so dense as to completely block the view, but the practice of clear cutting all vegetation will not be allowed.
FINAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The map or drawing on which the plans for development of land are presented for final approval, as described in § 153.20.062.
FINAL GRADE SURVEY. A topographical survey prepared and certified by a registered land surveyor or registered professional engineer indicating spot elevations and elevation contours on a given parcel. The elevation contours shall be a minimum of one foot and in sufficient detail to adequately determine the proper final grading on a parcel as determined by the Director of Public Works or his/her designee. This survey shall be provided by the permittee to city at the permittee's expense. The survey shall be submitted to a scale no smaller than one inch equals 30 feet (one inch is the same as 30 feet).
FINAL GRADING. The vertical location of the pavement or landscaped material surfaces after all grading work is completed in accordance with the approved final grading plans.
FINAL PUNCH LIST. A tabulation of construction deficiencies which must be corrected prior to final acceptance of a subdivision or other development.
FINE GRADING. The process of grading a parcel to the finished grades proposed on the grading plan.
FLOOD FRINGE. That portion of the flood plain outside of the designated floodway.
FLOOD PLAIN. That land typically adjacent to a body of water with ground surface elevations at or below the base flood or the 100-year frequency flood elevation including detached special flood hazard areas, ponding areas, etc. the flood plain is also known as the special flood hazard area.
FLOODING. A general or temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of inland waters, or the usual and rapid accumulation of runoff from surface waters from any source.
FLOODWAY. The floodway includes the channel, on-stream lakes, and that portion of a flood plain adjacent to a stream or channel which is needed to store and convey the critical duration 100-year frequency flood discharge with no more than a 0.1-foot increase in flood stage due to the loss of flood conveyance or storage, and no more than a 10% increase in velocities.
FOUNDATION OPENING ELEVATION. The lowest unprotected opening in a structure.
FRONTAGE. All the property on one side of a street between two intersecting streets (crossing or terminating) measured along the line of the street; or if the street is dead-ended, then all property abutting on one side between an intersecting street and the dead-end of the street.
GRADING. The excavation of, the filling of, or any combination thereof of any parcel and shall include the operations and conditions resulting from and necessary because of any excavation or filling of any parcel.
GROUND COVER. Any manmade or natural landscaping material, functional or ornamental, including but not limited to such material as grass or shrubbery used to protect top soil or soil from eroding.
HERITAGE TREE. A tree that meets species and size criteria for highest quality preservation as stated herein. The species criteria are based on naturally occurring trees for the area that are known to be strong and long lived.
HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. An organization or association established pursuant to an agreement, consisting of persons owning or assuming responsibility for open spaces, recreational facilities, or other commonly owned areas or property within a residential subdivision or other real estate development.
HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS. The features of a watercourse which determine its water conveyance capacity, including, size and configuration of the cross-section of the floodway; texture and roughness of materials along the watercourse; alignment of the watercourse; gradient of the watercourse; amount and type of vegetation within the watercourse; size, configuration and other characteristics of structures within the watercourse; and the characteristics of the overbank in low lying areas.
HYDROGRAPH. A graph showing for a given location on a stream or conduit, the flow rate with respect to time.
IBR. The abbreviation for Illinois Bearing Ratio.
IDNR-OWR. The abbreviation for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Water Resources.
IDOT. The abbreviation for the Illinois Department of Transportation.
IEPA. The abbreviation for Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
IMPROVEMENT. Changing any of the existing topographical features of land such as installing or constructing drainage, sewerage, or water systems, or streets, parking areas, sidewalks, lights, signs, trees, grading, or related appurtenances.
INFILTRATION. The passage or movement of water into the soil surface.
ISA. International Society of Arboriculture.
LAKE. A natural or artificial body of water encompassing an area of two or more acres, which retains water throughout the year.
LOT. A parcel of land in a subdivision separated from other parcels or portions by virtue of a plat recorded with the appropriate county office and identifiable by reference to said plat, and not dependent for such identification by metes and bounds.
MAJOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. That portion of a drainage system needed to store and convey flows beyond the capacity of the minor drainage system.
MINOR DRAINAGE SYSTEM. That portion of a drainage system consisting of culverts, gutters, storm sewers, small open channels and swales, usually designed to store and convey flows smaller than or equal to the runoff from the 10% annual probability storm.
MITIGATION. Measures taken to offset the negative impacts from development in wetlands, buffers and flood plain.
MWRD or MWRDGC. The abbreviation for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
NATURAL. In reference to watercourses, refers to those stream channels, grassed waterways and swales formed by the existing surface topography of the earth prior to changes made by man. Natural watercourses tend to follow a meandering path; their flood plains are not constrained by levees; the area near their banks have not been cleared, mowed or cultivated; the watercourse flows over soil and geologic materials typical of the area, with no alteration of the course or cross-section of the watercourse caused by filling or excavating.
OFFICIAL MAP. The official map, labeled “City of Lockport Official Zoning Map,” adopted and from time to time amended by the corporate authorities, showing the corporate limits, the one and one-half mile extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city, location of existing and proposed public service facilities and improvements, land use areas, current and future public streets, highways, park and school sites, and land for other public purposes in the city and its environs.
ONE HUNDRED YEAR EVENT. A rainfall, runoff, or flood event having a 1% chance of occurring in any given year.
ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARK (OHWM). The point on the bank or shore up to which the presence and action of surface water is so continuous so as to leave a distinctive mark, such as by erosion, destruction or prevention of terrestrial vegetation, predominance of aquatic vegetation, or other easily recognized characteristics.
OWNER. The person having sufficient proprietary interest of record in the land being proposed to be developed, to commence and maintain proceedings to plat the same under the statutes of the State of Illinois or under the ordinances of the city.
PARCEL. A lot, a portion of a lot, land site, or any portion of real estate not publicly owned.
PARKWAY. The area between the back of the curb and the public sidewalk, or the area between the curb and the property line where there is no sidewalk, or the area between the edge of the roadway pavement and the sidewalk where there is no curb, or the area between the edge of the roadway pavement and the property line where there is no curb or sidewalk.
PEAK FLOW. The maximum rate of flow at a given point in a channel or conduit.
PEDESTRIANWAY. A right-of-way or pathway across or within a tract of land to be used primarily by pedestrians.
PERMITTEE. Any person to whom a grading permit is issued.
PERSON. A natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
PLAN AND ZONING COMMISSION. The Plan and Zoning Commission of the City of Lockport.
PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD). A unified development of one or more parcels of contiguous land in single ownership or unified control including two or more principal buildings and more than one principal use-planned and constructed as a unified development where specific regulations of a given zoning district are modified, if application is processed and approved under the planned unit development procedures of the city's zoning ordinance.
PLAT, FINAL. The drawings and documents presented for final approval, as described in § 153.20.061.
PLAT, PRELIMINARY. The drawings and documents presented for tentative approval, as described in § 153.20.041.
PLAT. A map or drawing on which the plans for subdivision of land are presented and which the owner submits for approval and intends to record in final form, and as further defined in Ch. 153.20.
POND. A body of water less than two acres in area, which retains a normal water level year round.
PONDING. The creation of pockets or depressions which have no surface drainage relief provided and which, in the event of a failure on the part of the drainage system to collect and convey all stormwater runoff, will contain standing water. That portion of surface waters which are flowing are not ponding.
POSITIVE DRAINAGE. Provision for overland drainage paths for all areas of a property, including areas drained by storm sewers, so that ponding does not occur.
PRELIMINARY DEVELOPMENT PLAN. The map or drawing on which the plans for development of land are presented for tentative approval, as described in § 153.20.041.
PRIVATE IMPROVEMENT. Any installed or constructed facility for which the responsibility of maintenance and ownership will be retained by the owner or a private association.
PROPERTY. Contiguous land under single ownership or control.
PROPOSED GRADING PLAN. The depiction of any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate.It shall also be held to mean the depiction of any manmade change, including but not limited to, the damming, obstructing, changing or altering of any natural drainage course or natural draining way.
PROTECTIVE COVENANT. Recorded conditions entered into between private parties and constituting a restriction on the use of all or some private property within a subdivision or development for the mutual benefit of successor property owners, and to provide protection against undesirable aspects of development which would tend to impair the stability of property values.
PUBLIC AGENCY. Any public agency created by authority of the State of Illinois or the Federal Government.
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT. Any facility for which the City of Lockport or other public agency may ultimately assume the responsibility for maintenance and operation and which is constructed for general public use or benefit.
REGULATORY FLOOD PLAIN. The flood plain as depicted on maps recognized by FEMA as defining the limits of the special flood hazard area.
REGULATORY FLOODWAY. Those portions of the flood plain depicted on maps as floodway and recognized by the IDNR-OWR and FEMA for regulatory purposes.
RETENTION BASIN. A facility designed to store stormwater runoff without a gravity release.
RIGHT-OF-WAY. A general term denoting land, property, or interest therein, from opposite private property lines, acquired for or used as a roadway, pedestrian way or bikepath, or other public use.
ROADWAY. The paved area of the street right-of-way, exclusive of sidewalks, driveways, or other related uses.
ROOT ZONE. Portion of the tree located underground spreading out from the trunk in all directions, and at varying depths, generally confined to the drip line area.
ROUGH GRADING. The excavation on, the filling of, or any combination thereof with respect to a parcel to a two-inch plus or minus variance from the final grading requirement.
RUNOFF. The waters derived from melting snow or rain falling within a tributary drainage basin that exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soils of that basin.
SEDIMENTATION. The process that deposits hydraulically moved soils, debris, and other materials either on other ground surfaces or in bodies of water or stormwater drainage systems.
SHRUBBERY. A group of usually low and several-stemmed, woody plants.
STORM SEWERS. Closed conduits for conveying collected stormwater runoff.
STORMWATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM. All means, natural or man-made, used for conducting stormwater to, through or from a drainage area to the point of final outlet from a property. The stormwater drainage system includes but is not limited to any of the following:conduits and appurtenant features, canals, channels, ditches, streams, culverts, streets, storm sewers, detention basins, swales and pumping stations.
STREAM. A body of running water flowing continuously or intermittently in a channel on or below the surface of the ground.For purposes of this ordinance, the term “stream” does not include storm sewers.
STREET, ACCEPTED. A public street which has been accepted for maintenance by resolution by the corporate authorities.
STREET, ARTERIAL. A general term denoting a roadway primarily for through traffic. Arterial highways are generally characterized by their ability to quickly move relatively large volumes of traffic, but often with restricted capacity to serve abutting properties. The arterial system typically provides for high travel speeds and the longest trip movements. The rural and urban arterial systems are connected to provide continuous through movements at approximately the same level of service as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering and depicted in the “Roadway Classification Map”.
STREET, COLLECTOR. A roadway having continuity which carries traffic between local streets and arterials. Collector routes are characterized by a relatively even distribution of access locations and mobility functions. Traffic volumes and speeds are typically lower than those of arterials as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering and depicted in the “Roadway Classification Map”.
STREET, CUL-DE-SAC. A street having one open end and being permanently terminated at the other end by a vehicle turnaround.
STREET, DEAD END. A street having one open end and permanently or temporarily terminated at the other end with no provisions for vehicular turnaround.
STREET, FRONTAGE ROAD. A public or private roadway, paved parking lot aisle or driveway located adjacent and parallel to an arterial street for the purpose of separating through traffic on arterial streets from vehicles accessing adjoining property and controlling the point of access thereto.
STREET, INDUSTRIAL. Any street included in any subdivision of land to be used for industrial purposes as defined in the Lockport Zoning Ordinance and as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
STREET, INTERSECTION. The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lateral curb lines, or if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the roadways of two highways which join one another at some angle; or the area within which vehicles traveling upon a highway includes two roadways 30 feet or more apart, then every crossing of each roadway of such divided highway by an intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
STREET, LOCAL. A street of limited continuity used primarily for access to abutting properties. All public roads and streets not classified as arterials or collectors are classified as local roads and streets. Local roads and streets are characterized by the many points of direct access to adjacent properties and the relatively minor value in accommodating mobility. Speeds and volumes are usually low and trip distances short as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering.
STREET, MINOR ARTERIAL. A general term denoting a roadway primarily for through traffic. Minor Arterial highways are generally characterized by their ability to quickly move relatively large
volumes of traffic, but often with restricted capacity to serve abutting properties. The minor arterial system typically provides for high travel speeds and the longest trip movements. The rural and urban minor arterial systems are connected to provide continuous through movements at approximately the same level of service as determined by the Director of Public Works and Engineering and depicted in the “Roadway Classification Map”.
STREET, PRIVATE. Any road that is used for access and circulation and the ownership and maintenance responsibility of which is borne by the Owner or Owners' Association.
STREET, PUBLIC. All arterial, collector, or local streets which are shown and dedicated on the plat for public use, and the ownership and maintenance responsibility has been accepted by resolution by the corporate authorities and is borne by the city or other public agency.
STREET. The width of the right-of-way or easement, whether public or private, and shall not be considered as the width of pavement or other improvement on the right-of-way.
STRUCTURE. Anything built, constructed, installed, erected or placed on, in or under the ground, or attached to something on, in or under the ground.
SUBDIVIDER. Any person whose concern and desire is to subdivide parcels of land.
SUBDIVISION. The division of land into two or more parts, any of which is less than five acres, for the purpose, whether immediate or future, or transfer of ownership or building development, including all public streets, alleys, ways for public service facilities, parks, playgrounds, school grounds other public grounds, and all tracts, parcels, lots or blocks, and numbering of all such lots, blocks, or parcels by progressive numbers, giving their precise dimensions.
SURVEYOR. The individual responsible for the preparation of a plat of annexation, subdivision plat, or a plat of easement. This individual shall be a registered and licensed Professional Land Surveyor by the State of Illinois.
TIME OF CONCENTRATION. The elapsed time for stormwater to flow from the most hydraulically remote point in a drainage basin to a particular point of interest in that watershed.
TOP OF FOUNDATION SPOT SURVEY. A topographical elevation survey showing in detail the top of the foundation wall, the elevation of all openings in the foundation wall, and the building location relative to the lot lines.The aforementioned survey shall be conducted immediately after the foundation has been poured and backfilled and certified by a registered land surveyor. The survey shall be provided by the permittee to the city at the permitte's expense. The survey shall be submitted to a scale no smaller than one inch equals 30 feet.
TREE. A woody perennial plant exceeding ten feet in height at maturity having a single main stem trunk.
TREE BANK. A collection of money for required tree planting that cannot be reasonably or practically incorporated into a subdivision or development. This collection of money is to be utilized for tree planting elsewhere on public property in the City of Lockport.
TREE PRESERVATION AREAS. Those areas of a lot or parcel of land within which all trees four inches in DBH and larger shall be protected and preserved.
TRIBUTARY WATERSHED. All of the land surface area that contributes runoff to a given point.
TWO-YEAR EVENT. A runoff, rainfall, or flood event having a 50% chance of occurring in any given year.
URBAN RUNOFF POLLUTANTS. Contaminants commonly found in urban runoff which have been shown to adversely affect receiving water bodies. Pollutants of concern include sediment, heavy metals, petroleum-based compounds, nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, organic compounds producing biological oxygen demand (BOD), pesticides, salt, and pathogens.
USGS. The abbreviation for United States Geological Survey.
VEGETATION. All plant growth, including but limited to trees, shrubs, mosses and grasses.
WATERCOURSE OR WATERWAYS. Any river, stream, creek, brook, branch, natural or artificial depression, ponded area, slough, gulch, draw, ditch, channel, conduit, culvert, swale, grass waterway, gully, ravine, wash or natural or man-made drainage way, which has a definite channel, bed and banks, in or into which stormwater runoff and floodwater flow either regularly or intermittently.
WATERSHED. All land area drained by, or contributing runoff to, the same stream, river, lake, pond, stormwater facility or draining to a point.
WET BASIN. A stormwater detention basin designed to maintain a permanent pool of water after the temporary storage of stormwater runoff.
WETLANDS.
(1) Areas defined in current Federal methodology and recognized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for regulatory purposes. These areas are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions (known as hydrophytic vegetation). A wetland is identified based upon the three attributes:
(a) Hydrology;
(b) Soils; and
(c) Vegetation, as mandated by the current Federal wetland determination methodology.
(2) Classification of areas shall follow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual, Technical Report Y-87-1.
WETLAND BASIN. A stormwater detention basin designed with all or a portion of its bottom area as a wetland.
ZONING CERTIFICATE. A Certificate of Zoning Compliance prepared by the City prior to the issuance of the Building Permit.
ZONING LOT. A plot of land made up of one or more parcels, which is or may be occupied by a use, building or buildings, including the open spaces required by this chapter.
(Ord. 18-008, passed 2-7-18; Am. Ord. 21-021, passed 8-18-21)