For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply. Words used in the singular shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. Words in the present tense shall include the future tense. The word “shall” is mandatory and not discretionary. The word “may” is permissive. Words not defined herein shall be construed to have the meaning given by common and ordinary use.
(1) “Abatement” means any action taken to remedy, correct or eliminate a condition with, associated with or impacting a drainage system.
(2) “Adjustment” means a modification in a non-residential customer’s storm water service fee for certain activities that impact storm water runoff or impact the Village’s cost for providing storm water management.
(3) “Agricultural property” is considered to be residential property and assigned one (1) ERU for billing purposes.
(4) “Apartment/condominium property” is considered to be a lot or parcel of real estate on which is situated a building containing three (3) or more single family dwelling units.
(5) “Approved plans” shall mean plans approved according to the permits and plan review which will govern all improvements made within the Village of North Baltimore that require storm water facilities or changes or alterations to existing storm water facilities.
(6) “Code” means the Codified Ordinances of the Village of North Baltimore.
(7) “Combined sewer” is a pipe or conduit primarily designed to convey sanitary sewage and secondarily intended to convey storm water.
(8) “Detention” is described as the temporary storage of storm water runoff in a basin, pond, or other structure to control the peak discharge rates by holding the storm water for a period of time and slowly releasing the storm water into existing systems.
(9) “Detention facility” means a facility by means of a single control point, which provides temporary storage of storm water runoff in ponds, parking lots, depressed areas, rooftops, underground storage, etc. for future release, and used to delay and attenuate flow.
(10) “Equivalent residential unit” is a value equal to 3,000 square feet of measured impervious area and is equal to the average amount of impervious area of residential properties within the Village of North Baltimore.
(11) “Exempt property” means public rights of way, public streets, public alleys and public properties owned by the Village of North Baltimore.
(12) “Facilities” means various storm water and drainage works that may include inlets, pipes, pumping stations, conduits, manholes, catch basins, channels, outlets, retention/detention basins, and other components.
(13) “Impervious area” means an area that has been paved and/or covered with buildings and materials that do not allow natural infiltration, which include but are not limited to, concrete, asphalt, rooftops, etc.
(14) “Infiltration” is defined as a complex process of allowing runoff to penetrate the ground surface and flow through the upper soil surface.
(15) “Non-residential properties” are all properties not encompassed by the definition of residential and shall be defined as non-residential. Non-resident properties will include:
A. Apartment and condominium properties;
B. Manufactured home parks;
C. Commercial properties;
D. Industrial property;
E. Institutional property;
F. Churches;
G. Schools;
H. Any other property not mentioned in this or the list of residential properties.
(16) “NPDES” means the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
(17) “NPDES Permit” means a permit issued to the Village of North Baltimore pursuant to Section 402 of the Clean Water Act.
(18) “Owner” means the person who holds actual, not merely equitable title to the property. Executors, administrators or estates, and persons who hold property in trust shall be considered owners.
(19) “Peak discharge” or the “Peak flow” is the maximum rate of flow water passing a given point during or after a rainfall event.
(20) “Private storm water facilities” are defined as various storm water and drainage works not under the control or ownership of the Village or other governmental agencies.
(21) “Public storm water facilities” are defined as various storm water and drainage works under the control and/or ownership of the Village or other governmental agencies.
(22) “Residential property” means all single family properties and duplexes within the Village of North Baltimore.
(23) “Retention” means the holding of storm water runoff in a constructed basin or pond or in a natural body of water without release except by means of evaporation, infiltration, or emergency bypass.
(24) “Retention facility” means a facility, which provides storage of storm water runoff and is designed to eliminate subsequent surface discharges.
(25) “Square feet of impervious area” means, for the purpose of assigning an ERU number to a parcel of land, the square feet of all impervious area using the outside boundary dimensions of the impervious area to include the total enclosed square feet, without regard for topographic features of the enclosed surface.
(26) “Storm water” means storm water runoff from storm events, snowmelt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage.
(27) “Storm sewer” means a sewer, which carries storm water, surface runoff, street wash waters, and drainage, but which excludes sanitary sewage and industrial wastes, other than unpolluted cooling water.
(28) “Storm water service charge” is defined as a charge billed to users of the Village’s storm water collection system.
(29) “Storm water system” means all man-made facilities, structures, and natural watercourses owned by the Village of North Baltimore, used for collection and conducting storm water to, through, and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet including, but not limited to, any and all of the following: conduits and appurtenant features, catch basins, swales, culverts, streets, curbs, gutters, and pumping stations. (Ord. 07-25. Passed 9-18-07.)