For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGRICULTURAL LAND USE. The use of land for the production of animal or plant life, including forestry, pasturing or yarding livestock, and planting, growing, cultivating and harvesting crops for human or livestock consumption.
CITY. The City of Richmond, or designated party.
EASEMENTS. An acquired legal right for the specific use of land owned by others.
EROSION. The detachment and movement of soil, sediment or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity.
EROSION CONTROL MEASURE. A practice or a combination of practices to control erosion and resulting sedimentation.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. A written description of pertinent information concerning erosion control measures designed to meet the requirements of this chapter as submitted by the applicant for the review and approval of the city.
LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY. Any human- made change of the land surface including removing vegetative cover, excavating, filling, transporting and grading. In the context of this chapter, it includes only nonagricultural land-disturbing activities.
MS4. Municipal separate storm sewer system.
NONAGRICULTURAL LAND USE. The commercial use of land for the manufacturing and wholesale or retail sale of goods and services, residential or institutional use of land intended primarily to shelter people, highway use of land including lanes, alleys and streets, and other land uses not included under agricultural land use.
NPDES PERMIT or NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM PERMIT. A permit issued by EPA (or by a state under authority delegated pursuant to 33 U.S.C. § 1342(b) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to water of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group or general area-wide basis.
PERSON. Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, company, corporation, association, trust, estate, political subdivision, state agency or any other legal entity or their legal representative, agent or assigns legally capable of owning property in the state.
RUNOFF. The portion of the precipitation from such sources as rainfall, snowmelt or irrigation water that flows over the ground surface.
SITE. The entire area included in the legal description of the land on which land-disturbing activity has been proposed in the permit application.
(Prior Code, § 57.07) (Ord. 54-1981, passed - -)