(a) "Best Management Practice (BMP)" means 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 nonpoint sources of pollution to a level compatible with water quality goals. BMP's may include structural practices, conservation practices and operation and maintenance procedures.
(b) "Category 2 Wetlands" means those wetlands classified by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) as Category 2 wetlands under OAC 3745-1-54 (C)(2), or current equivalent Ohio EPA classification, in accordance with generally accepted wetland functional assessment methods acceptable to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio EPA at the time of application of these regulations.
(c) "Category 3 Wetlands" means those wetlands classified by the Ohio EPA as Category 3 wetlands under OAC 3745-1-54(C)(3), or current equivalent Ohio EPA classification, in accordance with generally accepted wetland functional assessment methods acceptable to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio EPA at the time of application of these regulations.
(d) "Community" refers to the City of Parma.
(e) "Cuyahoga County Wetlands Inventory Map" refers to the wetlands map created by the Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Plan.
(f) "Engineer" means the duly appointed engineer for the City of Parma.
(g) "Impervious cover" means any surface that cannot effectively absorb or infiltrate water. This may include roads, streets, parking lots, rooftops, sidewalks, and other areas not covered by vegetation.
(h) "National Wetlands Inventory Map" means wetland maps that were created by the Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of Interior. These can be found in City Hall and at the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District Office.
(i) "Natural succession" means a gradual and continuous replacement of one kind of plant and animal group by a more complex group. The plants and animals present in the initial group modify the environment through their life activities thereby making it unfavorable for themselves. They are gradually replaced by a different group of plants and animals better adapted to the new environment.
(j) "Noxious weeds" means any plant species defined by the Ohio Department of Agriculture as a "noxious weed" and listed as such by the Department. For the purposes of these regulations, the most recent version of this list at the time of application of these regulations shall prevail.
(k) "Ohio Wetlands Inventory Map" means wetland maps that were created by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. These can be found at City Hall and at the Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District Office.
(l) "Qualified professional" means an individual competent in the areas of botany, hydric soils, and wetland hydrology, and is acceptable to the City Engineer.
(m) "Soil disturbing activity" means clearing, grading, excavating, filling, or other alteration of the earth's surface where natural or human made ground cover is destroyed and which may result in, or contribute to, erosion and sediment pollution.
(n) "Watercourse" means any natural, public or private body of water including lakes, ponds, streams, gullies, swales, or ravines having banks and a defined bed, either continuously or intermittently flowing.
(o) "Wetland" means 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 uses.
(p) "Wetland setback" means those lands within the community that fall within the area defined by the criteria set forth in these regulations.
(Ord. 35-02. Passed 12-29-03.)