1329.01 DEFINITIONS.

   The definitions contained in the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Permit entitled "Authorization for Storm Water Discharges Associated with Construction Activity under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" that are in effect at the time a permit application is submitted under this Chapter shall apply to this Chapter, as well as the definitions contained in regulations adopted by the Director of Public Works to implement this Chapter, except for the following:

   (a)   "Applicant" means any person requesting a permit for or approval of a Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (CSMP), Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWP3), a property subdivision or consolidation, site plan, land development plan, or for any other activity which involves soil disturbing or land clearing.

   (b)   "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Building or the Commissioner's designee, except where otherwise specified.

   (c)    "Director" means the Director of Building and Housing, or the Director's designee.

   (d)   "Owner" shall mean the record or equitable owner of real property, a lessee in control, an agent of either the owner or lessee in control, and/or a person in control of real property.

   (e)   "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, or any other legal entity.

   (f)   "Soil-disturbing activity" means any land change, including but not limited to clearing, grading, excavating, transporting, or filling of land, grubbing or stump removal that occurs during clearing or timber activities, or other alteration of the earth's surface where natural or human made ground cover, including but not limited to plants or trees, is removed or destroyed that may result in, or contribute to, increased stormwater quantity and/or decreased stormwater quality, erosion from water or wind, the movement of sediments into the waters or onto adjacent properties, or the degradation or filling of wetlands. Soil-disturbing activity shall include land clearing activity.

      (Ord. 22-42. Enacted 5-23-22.)