The following words and phrases shall be defined as follows for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 7 of this title:
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs): A wide range of management procedures, schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices which have been demonstrated to effectively control the quality and/or quantity of storm water runoff and which are compatible with the planned land use. BMPs also include treatment requirements, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw material storage. A list of sample BMPs and their effectiveness ratings can be found in the South Weber City storm water quality credit package dated November 1996 (available at the South Weber City public works department).
CATCH BASIN: A drain inlet designed to keep out large or obstructive matter.
DEBRIS: Any dirt, rock, sand, vegetation, rubbish or litter.
DETENTION BASIN: A depression designed to detain storm water runoff until downstream storm sewer resources are less heavily taxed. A detention basin contains an inlet and an outlet, allows debris to settle out, and regulates water flow.
DEVELOPMENT: Any manmade change to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, site preparation, filling, grading, paving, excavation, and construction of buildings or other structures.
DIRECTOR: The public works director of the South Weber City or his duly appointed deputy, agent, or representative.
DISTURB: To alter the physical condition, natural terrain or vegetation of land by clearing, grubbing, grading, excavating, filling, building or other construction activity.
DRAIN INLET: A point of entry into a sump, detention basin, or storm drain system.
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL: Any material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial presence or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed. Hazardous material includes, but is not limited to, any hazardous substance designated under 40 CFR part 116 pursuant to section 311 of the clean water act.
ILLICIT CONNECTION: Either of the following:
A. Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illicit discharge to enter the storm drain system. Examples include, but are not limited to, any conveyances which allow nonstorm water discharge such as sewage, process wastewater, or wash water to enter the storm drain system, and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains or sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by a government agency; or
B. Any drain or conveyance connected to or discharging to the storm drain system, which has not been: 1) documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records submitted to the city, and 2) approved in writing by the city.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE: Any nonstorm water discharge to the storm sewer system. Illicit discharges include both direct connections (e.g., wastewater piping either mistakenly or deliberately connected to the storm sewer system) and indirect connections (e.g., infiltration into the storm sewer system or spills collected by drain inlets).
LAND DEVELOPMENT: Any development of a parcel, lot, subdivision plat or site plan. If there is more than one lot in the subdivision plat or site plan, all lots in the subdivision plat or site plan shall jointly be considered to be part of the land development.
NONSTORM WATER RUNOFF: Any runoff other than storm water.
PERSON: Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, company or body politic, including any agency of the state of Utah and the United States government.
POLLUTANT: Dredged spoil, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, munitions, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, industrial, municipal and agricultural waste, paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; nonhazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, articles, and accumulations, that may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure (including, but not limited to, sediments, slurries, and concrete resinates); and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
REDEVELOPMENT: Alterations of a property that change the footprint of a site or building in such a way that disturbs one acre of land or more.
STORM DRAIN: A closed conduit for conducting collected storm water.
STORM SEWER SYSTEM: The system of conveyances (including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, detention basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, sumps, storm drains, and ground water) owned and operated by the city, which is designed and used for collecting or conveying storm water. The storm sewer system is also referred to as a "municipal separate storm sewer system" or "MS4".
STORM WATER: Any flow that occurs during or following any form of natural precipitation. Storm water includes only the portion of such flow that is composed of precipitation.
STORM WATER RUNOFF: Water that is generated by storm water flows over land.
SUMP: A formalized underground structure, surrounded by drain rock, that acts as a detention basin to allow the slow release of water into the surrounding subsoil. Sumps usually receive storm water runoff from paved areas such as streets, parking lots, building roofs, etc. (Ord. 07-14, 6-12-2007)