For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BOARD. Stormwater Board charged with administering the storm sewer/stormwater program pursuant to I.C. 36-9-23 and 36-9-1-8. For the time period in which the interim user fee (as defined in § 56.05) is in effect the New Albany Sewer Board will serve as the Stormwater Board. A separate Stormwater Board shall be established to manage the program after the transition from the interim user fee structure.
ERU (EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT). The national accepted average of impervious area square footage of a detached single-family residential property equal to 2,500 square feet. This is the unit to which the base rate is applied.
IDEM. Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
IMPERVIOUS AREA. Surface areas of residential and non-residential properties which water will not penetrate and from which stormwater runoff will be produced. This includes, but is not limited to, rooftops, sidewalks, parking lots, pavements, concrete, compacted aggregate or gravel and asphalt.
NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPED PROPERTY. All tracts of real property either zoned or developed for:
(1) Residential use intended for occupancy by more than two families per residential structure (e.g., apartment houses with three or more units under a single roof);
(2) Commercial uses;
(3) Non-profit non-residential uses (e.g., governmental organizations, churches and fraternal organizations); and
(4) Industrial uses.
NPDES. National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
RESIDENTIALLY DEVELOPED PROPERTY. All tracts of real property either zoned or developed for residential use in structures designed and permitted for habitation by one or two families (i.e., single-family homes or two-family homes (duplex units)).
SFR (SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL). All tracts of real property with improvements intended for occupancy by one or two families for residential purposes (i.e., single-family homes or duplex units), regardless of the number of sewer taps and fees it incurs.
STORMWATER SYSTEM. A system of constructed and naturally occurring above ground and below ground facilities or infrastructure intended to collect, treat, convey and otherwise manage runoff from rain, snow and other precipitation including, but not limited to, drains, inlets, conduits, culverts, manholes, channels, ditches, drainage easements, retention and detention basins, infiltration facilities, lakes, ponds, streams, creeks, rivers and other related components.
VACANT/UNIMPROVED PROPERTY. All tracts of real property that are wholly vacant and unimproved, regardless of the zoning classification assigned to the property or the uses permitted thereon by applicable law, rules and regulations.
(Ord. G-05-52, passed 11-2-2005)