For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions are adopted:
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMP'S): Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures and other management practices intended to prevent or reduce the pollution of waters of the United States. BMP's also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control construction site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal or drainage from raw materials storage. All BMP'S listed herein are excerpted from the Illinois Urban Manual.
CURB RAMP: A man-made ramp installed at the point of entrance/exit to a construction site to facilitate travel from the street to the site.
DEWATERING: The removal of unwanted or unneeded water from a construction site.
EROSION CONTROL: The control method used to prevent the loss of soil particles from a construction site due to rain, wind or water flow.
FINAL STABILIZATION: A uniform perennial vegetative cover with a density of at least seventy percent (70%) of the native background cover for the area that has been established on all unpaved areas not covered by permanent structures.
PERMANENT COVER: Final stabilization of a construction site or residential lot.
SEDIMENT CONTROL: The practice of preventing sediment from leaving a construction site in order to prevent water pollution.
STORM WATER RUNOFF: Water that flows across land as a result of precipitation, storm water runoff, snow melt and any other surface runoff and drainage.
TEMPORARY COVER: Temporary stabilization of a construction site or residential lot when the soil disturbing activities on a project are suspended for an extended period of time.
(Ord. 2019.20, 9-16-2019, eff. 1-1-2020)