For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICANT. Property owner or agent of a property owner who has filed an application for a stormwater management permit.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP). Structural device, measure, facility or activity that helps to achieve stormwater management control objectives at a designated site.
BUILDING. Any structure, either temporary or permanent, having walls and a roof, designed for the shelter of any person, animal, or property, and occupying more than 100 square feet of area.
CHANNEL. A natural or artificial watercourse with a definite bed and banks that conducts continuously or periodically flowing water.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. A plan that outlines the measures and practices used to control stormwater runoff at the site.
HOTSPOT. An area where land use or activities generate highly contaminated runoff, with concentrations of pollutants in excess of those typically found in stormwater.
IMPERVIOUS. Those surfaces that cannot effectively infiltrate rainfall (e.g., building rooftops, pavement, sidewalks, driveways, etc).
LANDOWNER. The legal or beneficial owner of land, including those holding the right to purchase or lease the land, or any other person holding proprietary rights in the land.
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. A legally recorded document that acts as a property deed restriction, and which provides for long-term maintenance of storm water management practices.
MAINTENANCE EASEMENT. A legal right granted by a landowner to a grantee allowing access and use of private land for stormwater management purposes.
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION. Pollution from any source other than from any discernible, confined, and discrete conveyances, and shall include, but not be limited to, pollutants from agricultural, silvicultural, mining, construction, subsurface disposal and urban runoff sources.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY. A stormwater management practice or device located within the subject property boundary used for the management of stormwater runoff.
RECHARGE. The replenishment of underground water reserves.
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT. Any construction, alteration or improvement exceeding 15,000 square feet in areas where existing land use is high density commercial, industrial, institutional or multi-family residential.
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT. The use of structural or non-structural practices that are designed to reduce storm water runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and/or peak flow discharge rates.
STORMWATER RUNOFF. Flow on the surface of the ground, resulting from precipitation.
STORMWATER TREATMENT PRACTICES (STPS). Measures, either structural or nonstructural, that are determined to be the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing point source or nonpoint source pollution inputs to stormwater runoff and water bodies.
WATERCOURSE. A permanent or intermittent stream or other body of water, either natural or man-made, which gathers or carries surface water.
(Ord. O-1974-04, passed 2-23-04)