As used in this chapter:
(a) “Best management practice (BMP).” Any practice or combination of practices that is determined to be the most effective, practicable (including technological, economic, and institutional considerations) means of preventing or reducing the amount of pollution generated by non-point sources of pollution to a level compatible with water quality goals. “BMPs” may include structural practices, conservation practices and operation and maintenance procedures.
(b) “Channel.” A natural stream that conveys water, or a ditch or channel excavated for the natural flow of water.
(c) “Conservation.” The wise use and management of natural resources.
(d) “Development area.” Any tract, lot, or parcel of land, or combination of tracts, lots or parcels of land, which are in one ownership, or are contiguous and in diverse ownership, where earth-disturbing activity is to be performed.
(e) “Detention basin.” A storm water management pond that remains dry between storm events. A storm water management pond includes a properly engineered/ designed volume which is dedicated to the temporary storage and slow release of runoff waters.
(f) “Ditch.” An excavation, either dug or natural, for the purpose of drainage or irrigation, and having intermittent flow.
(g) “Erosion.” The process by which the land surface is worn away by the action of water, wind, ice or gravity.
(h) “Existing.” In existence at the time of the passage of this chapter and these regulations.
(i) “Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).” The agency with overall responsibility for administering the National Flood Insurance Program.
(j) “Grading.” Earth-disturbing activity such as excavation, stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling, or any combination thereof.
(k) “Grubbing.” Removing, clearing or scalping material such as roots, stumps or sod.
(l) “Impervious cover.” Any surface that cannot effectively absorb or infiltrate water. This includes roads, streets, parking lots, rooftops, and sidewalks.
(m) “Larger common plan of development or sale.” A contiguous area where multiple separate and distinct construction activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules under one plan.
(n) “Local County SWCD.” The local County Soil and Water Conservation District.
(o) “Natural Resources Conservation Service (MRCS).” An agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service (SCS).
(p) “NPDES Permit.” A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit issued by Ohio EPA under the authority of the USEPA, and derived from the Federal Clean Water Act.
(q) “Ohio EPA.” The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
(r) “Person.” Any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, agency, unincorporated association, municipal corporation, township, County, State agency, the Federal government, or any combination thereof.
(s) “Professional engineer.” A person registered in the State of Ohio as a professional engineer, with specific education and experience in water resources engineering, acting in strict conformance with the Code of Ethics of the Ohio Board of Registration for Engineers and Surveyors.
(t) “Retention basin.” A storm water management pond that maintains a permanent pool of water. These storm water management ponds include a properly engineered/designed volume dedicated to the temporary storage and slow release of runoff waters.
(u) “Riparian area.” Naturally vegetated land adjacent to watercourses which, if appropriately sized, helps to, limit erosion, reduce flood flows, and/or filter and settle out runoff pollutants, or which performs other functions consistent with the purposes of these regulations.
(v) “Riparian setback.” Those lands within the Village which are alongside streams, and which fall within the area that the Village prohibits and restricts changes in land use and the building of structures.
(w) “Sediment.” Solid material, both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site of origin by wind, water, gravity or ice, and has come to rest on the earth's surface either on dry land or in a body of water.
(x) “Sediment control.” The limiting of sediment being transported by controlling erosion or detaining sediment-laden water, allowing the sediment to settle out.
(y) “Soil.” Unconsolidated erodible earth material consisting of minerals and/or organics.
(z) “Soil Conservation Service, USDA.” The Federal agency now titled the “Natural Resources Conservation Service,” which is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture.
(aa) “Storm water runoff.” Surface water runoff which converges and flows primarily through water conveyance features such as swales, gullies, waterways, channels or storm sewers, and which exceeds the maximum specified flow rates of filters or perimeter controls intended to control sheet flow.
(bb) “Stream.” A body of water running or flowing on the earth's surface, or a channel with defined bed and banks in which such flow occurs. Flow may be seasonally intermittent.
(cc) “Wetland.” Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances, do support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions, including swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas.
(dd) “Wetland setback.” Those lands within the Village that fall within the area defined by the criteria set forth in these regulations.
(ee) “100-year Floodplain.” Any land susceptible to being inundated by water from a base flood, which is the flood that has a 1% or greater chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. For the purposes of these regulations, the “100-year floodplain” shall be the area defined and shown on FEMA Flood Insurance Maps.
(Ord. 2007-72. Passed 12-12-07.)