For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. The City of Shorewood designated to enforce this chapter.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Pollution prevention practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to reduce the discharge of pollutants to storm water, receiving waters, or storm water conveyance systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
FACILITY or OPERATION. Any person, business, or institution discharging into the city’s stormwater system, including but not limited to commercial or residential buildings, and industrial or factory buildings.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. Those materials which because of their quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics are a hazard to human health, safety and property when improperly disposed of.
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE. Any direct non-stormwater discharge to the storm drain system of pollutants or hazardous materials.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. Any drain or conveyance causing an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system or connected to the storm drain system which has not been approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGE. A discharge into the storm drain system that is not normal stormwater.
PERSON. An individual or corporate bodies, political bodies, partnerships, and unincorporated associations.
POLLUTANT. Paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; hazardous substances, concrete washout, and wastes.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Publicly-owned facilities by which stormwater 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, and other drainage structures.
STORMWATER. Any surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting of natural precipitation and resulting from such precipitation.
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN. A document which describes the best management practices and activities to be implemented by government to reduce pollutant discharges to stormwater, stormwater conveyance systems, and/or receiving waters.
(Ord. 455, passed 12-8-2008; Am. Ord. 597, passed 12-12-2022)