For purposes of chapters 17.81 through 17.91, inclusive, of this title, the following words, terms and phrases shall have the following meanings:
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES OR BMPs: | Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, treatment requirements, operating practices, techniques, methodologies or other management practices that, through experience and research, have proven reliable to prevent or reduce pollutants from entering the storm sewer system, and that are recognized, required, or accepted as BMPs under the clean water act, the water quality act, and related rules, regulations, guidance documents and storm water permits issued thereunder. All BMPs shall be designed and installed to allow for necessary maintenance as specified in its design manual for each BMP. BMPs shall be an integral part of an SWPPP as necessary for compliance with a UPDES permit, or a city discharge permit under chapter 17.84 of this title. |
CITY: | Salt Lake City Corporation, a municipal corporation of the state. |
CITY DISCHARGE PERMIT: | A permit to discharge storm water into the city's storm sewer system, issued pursuant to section 17.84.400 of this title. |
CLEAN WATER ACT: | The federal water pollution control act, 33 U.S.C. section 1251 et seq., as amended, including all related rules and regulations. |
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY: | Activities for which a UPDES general construction storm water permit, as defined in the rules promulgated under the clean water act, must be obtained. These include construction activities such as clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating and demolition that disturb one acre of land or more, including projects less than one acre that are part of a larger common plan of development. |
COUNCIL: | The Salt Lake City council. |
COUNTY: | Salt Lake County, Utah. |
DEPARTMENT: | The city's department of public utilities. |
DEVELOPED PARCEL: | Any parcel which has been altered by grading or filling of the ground surface, or by construction of any improvements or other impervious surface area that affects the hydraulic properties of the parcel. |
DIRECTOR: | The director of the department, or the director's duly authorized designee. |
DISCHARGE: | Any addition, injection, pumping, spilling, dumping, emitting, emptying, leaching, or introduction of any material so that such material, directly or indirectly, enters into the storm sewer system or any watercourse. Discharge includes any storm water runoff. |
DISCHARGE PERMIT: | Means and includes any permit regulating discharges into the storm sewer system, including a UPDES permit, and a city discharge permit. |
EPA: | The U.S. environmental protection agency. |
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT OR ERU: | The unit of measurement of the magnitude of use of the storm sewer system attributable to a developed parcel. One ERU is equal to the storm water runoff from a developed parcel containing two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of combined impervious surface area, in any configuration, which is the estimated contribution of storm water runoff from the average single-family residential dwelling unit and accompanying parcel of land. |
ILLICIT CONNECTION: | An illicit connection is defined as either of the following: (1) Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm sewer system including but not limited to any conveyances which allow any non-storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm sewer system and any connections to the storm sewer system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or (2) Any drain or conveyance connected from any land use to the storm sewer system and that has not been documented in plans, maps or equivalent records and approved by an authorized agency. |
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE: | Any direct or indirect discharge to the municipal separate storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of storm water, except for discharges allowed under a city discharge permit, a UPDES permit, or waters used for emergency firefighting operations. |
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE: | That hard surface area of a developed parcel that either prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil mantle and/or causes water to run off the surface in greater quantities or at an increased rate of flow from that which would be present under natural conditions. Impervious surfaces may include, but are not limited to, rooftops, concrete or asphalt paving, walkways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas, trafficked gravel, or other surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration into the ground of runoff of storm and surface water. |
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY: | Generally, activity for which a UPDES permit is required. Industrial activity is more particularly defined in 40 CFR section 122.26(b)(14) and Utah administrative rule R.317-8-2.5, which definitions are incorporated herein by reference. Such activities include, by way of example, manufacturing, processing or raw materials storage at an industrial plant, and most construction activity on parcels of one acre and greater or part of a larger common plan of development. |
NON-STORM WATER DISCHARGE: | Any discharge to the storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of storm water. |
ON PARCEL MITIGATION OR MITIGATION: | Post-construction storm water control facilities designed to city standards located on the parcel, which either hold runoff for a short period of time and release it to the storm sewer system, or hold water for a considerable length of time and disperse it by evaporation or infiltration into the ground. |
OPERATOR: | With respect to any industrial activity or construction activity, the person or persons who either individually or taken together meet the following two (2) criteria: a) they have operational control over the site specifications (including the ability to make modifications in specifications); and b) they have the day to day operational control of those activities at the site necessary to ensure compliance with SWPPP requirements and any permit conditions. |
PARCEL: | The smallest separately segregated unit or plot of land which is documented and given a property serial number by the county. |
PERSON: | Any individual, partnership, co-partnership, firm, limited liability company, corporation, association, joint stock company, trust, estate, government entity or any other entity recognized by law, and any offices, departments, institutions, bureaus or agencies thereof, or any other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or as the owner's agent. |
POLLUTANT: | Anything that causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutant includes, without limitation, dredged soil, solid waste, salt piles, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, filter backwash, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, toxic materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, petroleum products, and industrial, municipal, recreational and agricultural waste. |
POLLUTION: | Means any man-made or man-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological, or radiological integrity of any waters of the State, unless such alteration is necessary for the public health and safety. Alterations which are not consistent with the requirements of the Clean Water Act and implementing regulations shall not be deemed to be alterations necessary for the public health and safety. A discharge not in accordance with Utah Water Quality Standards, stream classification, and UPDES permit requirements, including technology-based standards shall be deemed to be pollution. |
PREMISES: | Any building lot, parcel, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips. |
PROHIBITED DISCHARGE: | Any discharge prohibited by section 17.84.100 of this title. |
RESPONSIBLE PARTY: | A. An operator; B. A person or entity who discharges to the storm sewer system or any watercourse, whether or not pursuant to a discharge permit; or C. A person or entity responsible for emergency response for a facility or operation. |
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCEL: | Any parcel of land which is improved with a ""dwelling unit"" as defined by subsection 17.72.030B3 of this title. |
STATE: | The state of Utah. |
STORM WATER: | Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation. |
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN OR SWPPP: | A plan that describes and ensures the implementation of the best management practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify sources of pollution or contamination at a site, and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to storm water, the storm sewer system and/or receiving waters to the maximum extent practicable. |
STORM WATER RULES: | The rules promulgated by the state relating to storm water discharges, and set forth in Utah administrative rule R.317-8-3.9. |
STORM SEWER FACILITIES: | Any facilities comprising part of the storm water sewer system. |
STORM SEWER SYSTEM: | The city-owned and operated system of conveyances designed or used for collecting, storing, controlling, treating and/or conveying storm water. This system includes, but is not limited to, sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade or altered channels, reservoirs or piped storm drains. This system does not include any part of the sanitary sewer system. |
STORM SEWER UTILITY: | The utility created in section 2.08.100 of this code, which operates, maintains, regulates and improves storm water facilities and programs within the city. |
UPDES PERMIT: | A permit issued by the Utah Department of Environmental Quality that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the state, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group or general area-wide basis. |
UNDEVELOPED PARCEL: | Any parcel which is not a developed parcel. |
UTAH POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM OR UPDES PROGRAM: | The program delegated to the state by the EPA pursuant to 33 USC section 1342(b) and sections 19-5-101 to 123 of the Utah code. |
VIOLATION: | |
WASTEWATER: | Wastewater means any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water or allowable non-storm water, discharged from a facility. |
WATER QUALITY ACT: | The statute codified at section 19-5-101 et seq., Utah Code, as amended, including all related rules and regulations. |
WATERCOURSE: | Aqueducts, pipelines, natural or artificial streams or channels through or in which water at any time flows. (Ord. 29-20, 2020: Ord. 53-07 § 8, 2007) |