The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall be as defined in this section. Words and phrases used in this chapter and not otherwise defined shall be interpreted as defined in the regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement the provisions of the Federal Clean Water Act, and as defined by the State Water Resources Control Board to implement the Porter-Cologne Act in the State Water Code.
A. AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT OFFICER(S)
or
OFFICER.
Those individuals designated by the City Engineer to act as Authorized Enforcement Officers.
B. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES or BMPs. Structural devices, measures, stormwater management facilities or activities that help to meet development runoff requirements at the premises. BMP also include schedules of activities, prohibitions or practices, general good housekeeping, pollution prevention practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices, to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to watercourses, water bodies, and wetlands. Examples of best management practices include, but are not limited to, those described in publications by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the California Water Boards, the California Stormwater Quality Association, the Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association, the Contra Costa Clean Water Program, and, the City of Pinole.
C. CITY’S NPDES PERMIT. The NPDES permit issued to the City of Pinole, Permit No. CAS0029912, and any subsequent amendment, reissuance or successor to this NPDES permit.
D. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. The whole of an action which has the potential for adding or replacing or resulting in the addition or replacement of roofs, pavement, or other impervious surfaces and thereby resulting in increased flows and stormwater pollutants. A Development Project includes, but is not limited to a rezoning, tentative map, parcel map, conditional use permit, variance, site development permit, design review, or building permit.
E. DEVELOPMENT RUNOFF REQUIREMENTS. The provisions in the City’s NPDES permit that contain performance standards to address both the construction and post- construction phase impacts of new projects and redeveloped projects on stormwater quality. These requirements are in Contra Costa Clean Water Program Stormwater C.3. Guidebook.
F. FULL TRASH CAPTURE SYSTEM. Any device or series of devices that traps all particles retained by a 5mm mesh screen and has a design treatment capacity of not less than the peak flow rate resulting from a one-year, one-hour, storm in the tributary drainage catchment area.
G. CITY ENGINEER or DIRECTOR. The Director of Public Works or his or her designee.
H. GUIDEBOOK. The most recent version of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program Stormwater C.3. Guidebook.
I. NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGE. Any addition of any pollutant to the City's stormwater system, except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit, or discharges further exempted in Section 8.20.060 C and D of this chapter.
J. FACILITY. Any nonresidential premises.
K. POLLUTANT. Any material other than stormwater, including but not limited to petroleum products or byproducts, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, sewage sludge, heat, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, soil and industrial, municipal or agricultural waste discharged into the water or stormwater system.
L. PREMISES. Any building, lot, parcel, structure, facility, real estate, land or portion of land whether improved or unimproved, or installation, (including a building’s grounds or other appurtenances), and adjacent sidewalks and parking strips. Examples of premises include, but are not limited to, parking lots, gasoline stations, industrial facilities, and other commercial enterprises.
M. RESPONSIBLE PERSON. The owner or occupant of any premises or who engages in any activity from which there is or may be a non-stormwater discharge or any person who releases pollutants to the city’s stormwater system.
N. STORMWATER. The flow on the surface of the ground resulting from precipitation.
O. STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY. Any device that utilizes detention, retention, filtration, harvest for reuse, evapotranspiration, or infiltration to provide treatment (and/or control volume, flows, and durations) of stormwater for purposes of compliance with Development Runoff Requirements, including without limitation, a Full Trash Capture System.
P. STORMWATER CONTROL PLAN. A plan that meets those criteria contained in the most recent version of the Contra Costa Clean Water Program Stormwater C.3. Guidebook.
Q. STORMWATER SYSTEM. Those facilities by which stormwater may be conveyed to any stream, watercourse, other body of water or wetlands, including flood control channels, any roads with drainage system, city streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, improved channels, storm drains or storm drain system, which are not part of publicly owned treatment works (“POTW”) as that term is defined in 40 CFR Section 122.2.
R. UNLAWFUL DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the City’s stormwater system that is not composed entirely of stormwater, except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit, discharges resulting from firefighting activities and discharges further exempted at Section 8.20.050 of this chapter.
(Ord. 2017-13 § 2, 2017; Ord. 2004-16 § 1(part), 2004).