For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. Physical, structural, and/or managerial practices that, when used singly or in combination, prevent or reduce pollution of water, that have been approved by the city, and that have been incorporated by reference into the Storm Water Regulations as if fully set out therein. (See Section 6A of the Storm Water Regulations for recommended Best Management Practices manuals.)
COMBINED SEWER DRAINAGE SYSTEM. A single pipe conveyance system intended to receive both sewage and storm or surface water.
CONTAMINANT. Any physical, chemical, biological, or radiological substance or matter in water.
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. The Highway Division of the city.
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. The Chief Administrator of the Department of Highways who is authorized to assign highway staff to oversee the implementation and enforcement of the Storm Water Regulations and this chapter.
DISCHARGE. Dispose, deposit, spill, pour, inject, seep, dump, leak or place by any means, or that which is disposed, deposited, spilled, poured, injected, seeped, dumped, leaked or placed by any means including any direct or indirect entry of any solid or liquid matter into the municipal separate storm sewer system.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. Illegal and/or unauthorized connections to the municipal separate storm water system whether or not such connections result in discharges into that system. ILLEGAL CONNECTION means either of the following:
(1) Any pipe, open channel, drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illicit discharge to enter the storm drain system including but not limited to any conveyances which allow any non-storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drain system, regardless of whether such pipe, open channel, drain or conveyance has been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or
(2) Any pipe, open channel, drain or conveyance connected to the municipal separate storm sewer system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the municipal separate storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of storm water and not specifically exempted under Section 2(J) of the Storm Water Regulations.
LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY. Any activity on property that results in a change in the existing soil cover (both vegetative and non-vegetative) and/or the existing soil topography. Land-disturbing activities include, but are not limited to, development, re-development, demolition, construction, reconstruction, clearing, grading, filling and excavation.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEMS (MS4). The conveyances owned or operated by the municipality for the collection and transportation of storm water, including the roads and streets and their drainage systems, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, and storm drains.
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT. A permit issued pursuant to 33 USC Section 1342(b) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group, or general area-wide basis.
PERSON. Any and all persons, including any individual, firm or association and any city or private corporation organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state or country.
POLLUTANT. Anything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; petroleum hydrocarbons; automotive fluids; cooking grease; detergents (biodegradable or otherwise); degreasers; cleaning chemicals; non-hazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; sediment; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; liquid and solid wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; concrete and cement; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
POLLUTION. The contamination or other alteration of any water's physical, chemical or biological properties by the addition of any constituent and includes but is not limited to, a change in temperature, taste, color, turbidity, or odor of such waters, or the discharge of any liquid, gaseous, solid, radioactive, or other substance into any such waters as will or is likely to create a nuisance or render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to the public health, safety, welfare, or environment, or to domestic, commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, or other legitimate beneficial uses, or to livestock, wild animals, birds, fish or other aquatic life.
PREMISES. Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
STATE WATERS. 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.
STORM WATER. Storm water runoff, snow melt runoff, surface runoff, street wash waters related to street cleaning or maintenance, infiltration and drainage.
STORM WATER APPEALS COMMITTEE. A three-member committee consisting of a Highway Commissioner, an engineer from a private engineering firm and an engineer from the Department of Highways.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. The programs to maintain quality and quantity of storm water runoff to pre-development levels.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES. The drainage structures, conduits, ditches, combined sewers, sewers, and all device appurtenances by means of which storm water is collected, transported, pumped, treated or disposed of.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. The set of drawings and other documents that comprise all the information and specifications for the programs, drainage systems, structures, Best Management Practices, concepts and techniques intended to maintain or restore quality and quantity of storm water runoff to pre-development levels.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP). A plan that clearly describes appropriate control measures that include a description of all pollution control measures (i.e., Best Management Practices) that will be implemented as part of the construction activity to control pollutants in storm water discharges and describes the interim and permanent stabilization practices for the site.
STORM WATER REGULATIONS. A supplement to this chapter that includes additional conditions and requirements. Copies are available at the Department of Highways and the Office of the City Clerk.
STORM WATER RUNOFF. Flow on the surface of the ground, resulting from precipitation and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
STORM WATER UTILITY. The Department of Highways and its duly authorized agents created by ordinance of the city to administer this chapter, and other storm water regulations adopted by the city.
STRUCTURAL BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. Devices that are constructed to provide control of storm water runoff.
STRUCTURAL STORM WATER CONTROL. A structural storm water management facility or device that controls storm water runoff and changes the characteristics of that runoff including, but not limited to, the quantity and quality, the period of release or the velocity of flow.
(Ord. passed 8-1-06)