For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CONTRACTOR IN RESPONSIBLE CHARGE. Person or persons performing and supervising the development work on behalf of the owner, owner’s agent, tenant or owner’s tenant’s agent.
DEVELOPMENT. Any human-made change to real estate or property, including:
(1) The division or subdivision of any duly recorded parcel of property;
(2) Construction, reconstruction, demolition or placement of a building or any addition to a building;
(3) Installation of a manufactured home on a site or preparing a site for a manufactured home;
(4) Construction of roads, bridges or similar projects;
(5) Redevelopment of a site;
(6) Filling, dredging, grading, stripping, excavating, paving or other non-agricultural alterations of a ground surface;
(7) Storage of or deposit of solid or liquid waste; and
(8) Any other activity that might alter the magnitude, frequency, direction or velocity of storm water flows from a property.
DRAINAGE WAY. Any channel that conveys surface runoff throughout the site.
EROSION. The general process whereby soil or earth is moved by rainfall, flowing water, wind or wave action.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN. A set of plans prepared by or under the direction of a licensed professional engineer in the state, indicating the specific measures and sequencing to be used to control sediment and erosion on a development site during and after construction, to the maximum extent practicable.
EROSION CONTROL. A measure that prevents erosion.
EXCAVATION. Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar materials is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, re-located or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting from such actions.
GRADING. Excavation or fill of material, including the resulting conditions thereof.
PERIMETER CONTROL. A barrier that prevents sediment from leaving a site by filtering sediment-laden runoff or diverting it to a sediment trap or basin.
PERSON. Any individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, governmental entity, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner, the tenant or as the owner’s or tenant’s agent.
PHASING. Clearing a parcel of land in distinct phases, with the stabilization of each phase completed before the clearing of the next.
SEDIMENT CONTROL. Measures that prevent eroded sediment from leaving the site.
SEDIMENTATION. The process that deposits soils, debris and other materials either on other ground surfaces or in bodies of water or storm drainage systems.
SITE. A parcel of land or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
SITE DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL. An approval issued by the municipality for the construction or alteration of ground, as well as improvements and structures for the control of erosion, runoff and grading.
STABILIZATION. The use of practices that prevent exposed soil from eroding.
START OF CONSTRUCTION. The first land-disturbing activity associated with a development, including land preparation such as stripping, grading and filling; installation of streets and walkways; excavation for utilities, basements, footings, piers or foundations; erection of temporary forms; and installation of accessory buildings such as garages.
STRIPPING. Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover, including tree removal, by spraying or clearing, and storage or removal of topsoil.
STORM WATER. Any surface flow, runoff or drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
VILLAGE STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Publicly-owned or privately-owned facilities by which storm water is collected and/or conveyed, including, but not limited to, any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, drainage easements granted to the village and other drainage structures within the corporate limits of the village.
WATERCOURSE. Any body of water, including, but not limited to lakes, ponds, wetlands, rivers, streams, creeks, and bodies of water delineated by the village.
WATERWAY. A channel or swale that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or to the village storm drainage system.
(2009 Code, § 35-11-2) (Ord. 04-07, passed 6-14-2004)