For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENT. Employees or designees of the town designated to enforce this subchapter.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general house keeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge pollutants directly or indirectly to storm water, receiving waters or storm water conveyance systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures and practices to control site run-off, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal or drainage from raw materials storage.
CLEAN WATER ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. Activities subject to NPDES construction permits. Construction projects resulting in land disturbance of one acre or more. Such activities, include but are not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating and demolition.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. All material, including any substance, waste or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial presence or potential hazard to human health, safety, property or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of or otherwise managed.
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect non-storm water discharge to the storm drain system, except as exempted in § 153.06 of this chapter.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the drain system including, but not limited to, any which allow any non-storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater and wash water to the storm drain system and any connections to the drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted or approved by the town or, any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain which has not been documented in plans, maps, equivalent records and approved by the town.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Activities subject to NPDES industrial permits as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 122.26(b)(14).
NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by EPA or by a state under authority delegated pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 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.
NON-STORM WATER DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the storm drain system that is not composed entirely of storm water.
PERSON. Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or as the owner’s agent.
POLLUTANT. Anything which causes or contributes to pollution. POLLUTANTS may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; 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; floatables; pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
PREMISES. Any building, lot, parcel of land or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Publicly-owned facilities by which storm water is collected and/or conveyed, including, but not limited to, any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs and other drainage structures.
STORM WATER. Any surface flow, run-off and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation and resulting from such precipitation.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. A document which describes the best management practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to storm water, storm water conveyance systems and/or receiving waters to the maximum extent practicable.
WASTEWATER. Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water, discharged from a facility.
WATERCOURSE. Any river, stream, creek, brook, branch, natural or human-made drainageway in or into which storm water run-off or flood waters flow either continuously or intermittently.
(Ord. 2028, passed 4-18-2006)