§ 158.016 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purposes of this chapter certain terms used herein are defined as set forth below:
   BUILDING PERMIT. A permit issued by the village for the construction, erection or alteration of a structure or building.
   CERTIFY OR CERTIFICATION. Formally attesting that the specific inspections and tests where required have been performed, and that such tests comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
   CLEARING.  Any activity which removes vegetative ground cover.
   FINAL GRADE. The vertical location of the ground or pavement surface after the grading work is completed in accordance with the site development plan.
   NATURAL DRAINAGE. Channels formed in the existing surface topography of the earth prior to changes made by unnatural causes.
   PARCEL. All contiguous land in one ownership.
   PERMITTEE. Any person to whom a site development permit is issued.
   PERSON. Any individual, firm or corporation, public or private, the State of Illinois and its agencies or political subdivisions, and the United States of America, its agencies and instrumentalities, and any agent, servant, officer or employee of any of the foregoing.
   REMOVAL. Cutting vegetation to the ground or stumps, complete extraction, or killing by spraying.
   SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. A permit issued by the village for the construction or alteration of ground improvements and structures for the control of erosion, runoff and grading.
   STREAM. Any river, creek, brook, branch, flowage, ravine, or natural or manmade drainageway which has a definite bed and banks or shoreline, in or into which surface or groundwater flows, either perennially or intermittently.
   STRIPPING. Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover including tree removal, clearing, and storage or removal of topsoil.
   VACANT. Land on which there are no structures, or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.
   WETLANDS. Areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater 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.
(Ord. 04-02, § 158.003, passed 4-5-04)