For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply, unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUSINESS.
An act or means of providing goods or services for compensation.
COMBINED RESIDENTIAL/BUSINESS PROPERTY.
A residential property in which business is conducted on the property.
COMPACTED GRAVEL.
A gravel, crushed stone, or rock surface that impedes or prevents the infiltration of stormwater into the soil. Such surfaces are subject to vehicular or equipment traffic, or are used as a roadway, driveway, alley or parking surface.
CREDIT.
A reduction in the stormwater user fee for a utility rate payer, based on attainment of criteria specified in this chapter.
EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT (ERU).
The average amount of impervious surface area for a single-family residential property located within the corporate limits of the city. The ERU for the city is 2,840 square feet, and shall be used in calculating user fees for non-residential properties.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREA.
The horizontal surface area of property covered with materials that include, but are not limited to, concrete, asphalt, rooftop, blacktop and compacted gravel, such that the infiltration of stormwater is prevented or impeded. The total amount of impervious surface area located on a property without regard to topographic features of the property is included. Driveways, roadways., parking lots and other areas used for vehicular traffic are considered
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AREAS
. Undisturbed land, tilled agricultural land, ponds, lawns and fields are not considered impervious surface areas.
INFILTRATION.
The process of allowing runoff to penetrate the ground surface and flow through the upper soil surface.
MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY.
A lot or parcel on which a building is situated containing two to four residential units shall be billed as a single ERU and bills shall be sent to the owner of the property. A multi-family property containing five or more units shall be classified and billed as non-residential property.
MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY.
A non-residential property that contains more than one unit within the same parcel.
MULTI-UNIT PROPERTIES
include, but are not limited to, commercial plazas, strip malls, apartment buildings, medical complexes and commercial office buildings.
NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
All properties not categorized as residential properties or combined residential/business properties.
NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Agricultural property;
(2) Businesses and commercial property;
(3) Churches and other places of religious affiliation;
(4) Community centers;
(5) Federal, state and local government property;
(6) Home-based business properties which require an improvement location permit in accordance with § 157.096 of the Seymour Zoning Code.
(7) Hospitals and medical centers;
(8) Industrial property;
(9) Multi-family properties which contain five or more units;
(10) Mobile home parks;
(11) Retirement centers;
(12) Schools and colleges;
(13) Common areas of residential developments, including but not limited to, private streets, parking lots, recreational areas, office areas, maintenance areas and all other areas not occupied by residential units.
PRIVATE STORMWATER FACILITIES.
Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate stormwater that are not subject to the control and/or not under the ownership of the local, state or federal government.
PUBLIC STORMWATER FACILITIES.
Facilities designed to transport, move or regulate stormwater that are subject to the control and/or under the ownership of the local, state or federal government. This shall include facilities in the right-of-way.
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
A lot or parcel on which a building or mobile home is situated in which a single-family resides including home-based business properties allowed without a permit as defined in § 157.096 Of the Seymour Zoning Code. A
MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY
consisting of four or fewer residential units in a single building shall also qualify as a single
RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
.
SEYMOUR STORMWATER SYSTEM.
All facilities and conveyances subject to the control of and/or under the ownership of the city used for collecting and conveying stormwater to, through and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet, including, but not limited to, inlets, conduits and appurtenant features, pipes, pumping stations, manholes, structures, channels, outlets, creeks, catch basins, ditches, legal county drains, streams, culverts, retention or detention basins and other structural components and equipment that transport, move or regulate stormwater. The system includes public streets, roads, alleyways and highways.
STORMWATER USER.
The owner/renter of a lot or parcel of residential property or non-residential property within the city's corporate limits.
(Ord. 1, 2014, passed 2-10-2014)