For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE. A discharge of spills and dumping or any disposal of materials other than storm water into the system.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Those measures described in the latest edition of the National Menu of Best Management Practices, Post-Construction Storm water Management in New Development and Redevelopment, found at http://cfpub.epa.gov/NPDES/storm water/menuofbmps/index.cfm as published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Kentucky Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control Field Guide, as published by the Kentucky Division of Water, and Best Management Practices for Construction Activities, as published by the state’s Division of Conservation and Division of Water. This shall also include related documents published and distributed by the city.
BUILDER. A person, partnership, contractor or corporation constructing one or more buildings for occupancy or any other use.
CERTIFICATION. A signed, written statement that specific constructions, inspections or tests (when required) have been performed and that such comply with the applicable requirements of this subtitle.
CITY. A representative or designee of the city government to include persons from the city representative’s office.
CITY REPRESENTATIVE. The person or persons currently designated by the Mayor to Administer the Storm Water Program and any related permit activities.
CLEAN WATER ACT. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.).
CONTRACTOR. A person who contracts with the permittee, landowner, builder, developer or another contractor to undertake any or all of the land-disturbing activities covered by this chapter.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. Land-disturbance activities subject to state KPDES General construction permits or local permits. Such activities include, but are not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating and demolition.
CONSTRUCTION WEATHER DAYS. Days in which a needed activity could occur.
DETENTION BASIN. A drainage facility constructed to restrict the runoff of storm water to a prescribed maximum rate and to detain for a specified period of time the excess waters that accumulate upstream from the outlet structure.
DEVELOPMENT. The planning or construction project involving substantial property improvement and, usually, a change of land-use character within the site; the act of using land for building purposes.
DIRECTLY CONNECTED IMPERVIOUS AREA (DCIA). Surface area that drains/discharges to an outfall without passing through a BMP.
DRAINAGE AREA. The surface area from which water drains to a point of consideration.
ENGINEER. A person licensed as a professional engineer in the commonwealth in accordance with KRS Ch. 322.
EROSION PREVENTION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL (EPSC) MEASURE. The practice, or a combination of practices, to prevent erosion and to abate the resulting off-site sedimentation.
FEMA. The Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FINAL STABILIZATION.
(1) All soil disturbing activities at the site have been completed;
(2) There are no areas of active erosion evident; and
(3) A uniform perennial vegetative cover with a density of 70% of the cover for the area has been established or equivalent measures (i.e., mulches or geotextile fabrics, have been employed).
FLOODPLAIN. Any area inundated by a 100-year flood or as determined by the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map(s) or an engineering study.
FLOODWAY. The channel of a river or stream and those portions of the floodplain adjoining the channel that are required to carry and discharge the peak flow of the regulatory flood of any river or stream. The FLOODWAY is where the water is likely to be fastest and not include the channel and the portion of the adjacent floodplain.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE. Any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) that is not composed entirely of storm water exempted by this chapter or managed pursuant to a state pollution discharge elimination system permit (other than the city’s KPDES storm water permit) or otherwise defined by this chapter.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY. Activities subject to KPDES industrial permits as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 122.26(b)(14).
KDOW. The Kentucky Division of Water.
KENTUCKY POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM (KPDES) STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT. A permit issued by the Kentucky Division of Water (KDOW) under designated authority by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group or general area-wide basis.
LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY. All clearing and grubbing, clear cutting, construction, reconstruction, grading, modification, extension or expansion of structures or parking areas, placement of fill and dumping that change the natural cover or topography, thereby creating the potential for erosion and contribution of sediment.
LANDOWNER. A person holding legal title who directly or indirectly allows the land-disturbing activity or who benefits from it.
LAND SURVEYOR. A person licensed as a professional land surveyor in the commonwealth, according to KRS Ch. 322.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4). A conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, human-made channels or storm drains, that is designed or used for collecting or conveying storm water; not privately owned; not a combined sewer; and not part of a publicly owned treatment works (POTW).
NOI. Notice of intent.
NON-STORM WATER DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the storm drainage system that is not composed entirely of storm water or otherwise allowed by this chapter.
NOT. Notice of termination.
OUTFALL. The point or location where storm water runoff discharges from a BMP, conduit, stream or drain, storm sewer, channel or detention/retention facility.
PERIMETER OUTFALL. The locations from which storm water flow(s) from the project site/disturbed area.
PERIMETER CONTROL PLAN (PCP). A component of the Storm Water Quality Management Plan that documents how sediment is controlled from leaving the project site.
PERMITTEE. The person responsible for the land-disturbing activity; who must have ownership interest in the property and is designated on an approved SWQMP permit.
PERSON. Except to the extent exempted from this chapter, any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, city, town or other political subdivision of the state, any interstate body or any other legal entity conducting land-disturbing activities subject to this chapter.
POLLUTANT. Any thing of a chemical component or nature which causes or contributes to pollution.
POLLUTION. The contamination or other alteration of any water’s physical, chemical or biological properties by the addition of a constituent.
POST-CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (P-SWPPP). A component of the Storm Water Quality Management Plan that illustrates how the pollutants or pollution will be prevented, treated and otherwise managed in the long term, beyond that of construction phases.
PREMISES. Any building, lot, parcel of land or portion of land whether improved or unimproved.
PROJECT SITE. The area of land-disturbing activity.
QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL. An individual who is trained and experienced in storm water treatment techniques and related fields as may be demonstrated by state registration, professional certification, experience or completion of coursework, as accepted according to this chapter, that enable the individual to make sound, professional judgments regarding storm water control or treatment and monitoring, pollutant fate and transport, and drainage planning.
RETENTION BASIN. A drainage facility constructed to contain the runoff of storm water to a prescribed maximum rate/volume to pass into the ground water system without discharging the retained volume to surface waters, except through an emergency bypass under conditions beyond the designed capacity.
SITE. The entire area or project site of the land-disturbing activity as proposed in the permit application.
STOP-WORK ORDER. An order by the city directing a permittee to suspend all construction and/or operations, except for work related to remediation of the violation.
STORM SEWER. Channel, ditch, catch basin, inlet pipe, culvert, conduit or other conveyance used for the purposes of collecting and conveying storm water.
STORM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN (SWQMP). Illustration and documentation of how sediment and other pollutants are managed on the project site during and after the construction phase. This is composed of three primary elements:
(1) The Perimeter Control Plan;
(2) The Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan; and
(3) The Post-Construction Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan.
STORM WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN (SWQMP) PERMIT. A legal document that allows the permit holder to break ground or disturb soil on a site within the provisions of a SWQMP.
STORM WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP). A component of the Storm Water Quality Management Plan that illustrates how the suspension of sediment and other construction pollutants will be prevented.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH. Any and all rivers, streams, creeks, branches, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, drainage systems, springs, wells and other bodies of surface and subsurface water, natural or artificial, lying within or forming a part of the boundaries of the commonwealth which are not entirely confined and retained completely upon the property of a single person.
(Ord. 012-100, passed 4-9-2012)