For the purpose of this regulation, the following terms shall have the meaning herein indicated:
(a) “Community” throughout this regulation, this shall refer to the City of Parma Heights or its designated representatives, boards, or commissions.
(b) “Impervious cover” means any surface that cannot effectively absorb or infiltrate water. This may include roads, streets, parking lots, rooftops, and sidewalks.
(c) “Noxious weed” 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 this regulation, the most recent version of this list at the time of application of this regulation shall prevail.
(d) “Ohio Environmental Protection Agency” referred throughout this regulation as the "Ohio EPA."
(e) “Ohio EPA Category 2 Wetlands” means those wetlands classified as Category 2 wetlands under OAC 37 45-1-54, in accordance with generally accepted wetland assessment methods acceptable to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio EPA at the time of application of this regulation.
(f) “Ohio EPA Category 3 Wetlands” means those wetlands classified as Category 3 wetlands under OAC 37 45-1-54, in accordance with generally accepted wetland assessment methods acceptable to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Ohio EPA at the time of application of this regulation.
(g) “Soil and water conservation district” means an entity organized under Chapter 1515 of the Ohio Revised Code referring to either the Soil and Water Conservation District Board or its designated employee(s), hereinafter referred to as Cuyahoga SWCD.
(h) “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.
(i) “Substantial damage” means damage of any origin sustained by a structure whereby the cost of restoring the structure to its before damaged condition would be equal to, or would exceed, 50% of the market value of the structure before the damage occurred.
(j) “Watercourse” means any brook, channel, creek, river, or stream having banks, a defined bed, and a definite direction of flow, either continuously or intermittently flowing.
(k) “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 areas (40 CFR 232, as amended).
(l) “Wetland setback” means those lands within the City of Parma Heights that fall within the area defined by the criteria set forth in Section 1108.05 of this regulation.
(Ord. 2023-80. Passed 1-8-24.)