For the purposes of this chapter certain terms used herein are defined as set forth below:
"APPLICANT." A property owner or agent of a property owner who has filed an application for a storm water management permit.
"BUILDING PERMIT." A permit issued by the village for the construction, erection or alteration of a structure or building.
"CERTIFY" or "CERTIFICATION." The specific inspections and test where required have been performed, and that such tests comply with the applicable requirements of this chapter.
"CHANNEL." A natural or artificial watercourse with a definite bed and banks that conducts continuously or periodically flowing water.
"CLEARING." Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover.
"CUBIC YARDS." The amount of material in excavation and/or fill measured by the method of "average and areas".
"DETENTION." The temporary storage of storm runoff in a storm water management practice with the goals of controlling peak discharge rates and providing gravity settling of pollutants.
"DETENTION FACILITY." A detention basin or alternative structure designed for the purpose of temporary storage of stream flow or surface runoff and gradual release of stored water at controlled rates.
"DRAINAGE WAY." Any channel that conveys surface runoff throughout the site.
"EROSION CONTROL." A measure that prevents erosion.
"EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL." A plan prepared by or under the direction of a licensed professional engineer or licensed land surveyor indicating the specific measures and sequencing to be used to control sediment and erosion on a development site during and after construction.
"EXCAVATION." Any act by which organic matter, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
"EXISTING GRADE." The vertical location of the existing ground surface prior to excavation or filling.
"FILL." Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, replaced, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved by man to a new location and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
"GRADING." Excavation or fill or any combination thereof and shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
"IEPA." The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
"ILLINOIS URBAN MANUAL." The Illinois Urban Manual developed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency current edition.
"INFILTRATION." The process of percolating storm water into the subsoil.
"LAND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITY." Any activity that changes the volume or peak flow discharge rate of rainfall runoff from the land surface. This may include the grading, digging, cutting, scraping, or excavating of soil, placement of fill materials, paving, construction, substantial removal of vegetation, or any activity which bares soil or rock or involves the diversion or piping of any natural or man-made watercourse.
"LAND SURVEYOR." A registered surveyor of the State of Illinois.
"MWRDGC." The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago.
"OFF-SITE FACILITY." A storm water management measure located outside the subject property boundary described in the permit application for land development activity.
"ON-SITE FACILITY." A storm water management measure located within the subject property boundary described in the permit application for land development activity.
"PARCEL." All contiguous land under one ownership.
"PERMITTEE." Any person to whom a site development permit is issued.
"PERIMETER CONTROL." A barrier that prevents sediment from leaving a site by filtering sediment-laden runoff or diverting it to a sediment trap or basin.
"PERSON." Any person, firm or corporation, public or private, the State of Illinois and its agencies or political subdivisions, and the United States of America, its agencies and instrumentalities, and any agent, servant, officer or employee of any of the foregoing.
"PHASING." Clearing a parcel of land in distinct phases, with the stabilization of each phase completed before the clearing of the next.
"REDEVELOPMENT." Any construction, alteration or improvement exceeding 1.0 acre in areas where existing land use is high density commercial, industrial, institutional or multi-family residential.
"REMOVAL." Cutting vegetation to the ground or stumps, complete extraction, or killing by spraying.
"SEDIMENT CONTROL." A measure that prevents eroded sediment from leaving the site.
"SITE." A lot or parcel of land, or a contiguous combination thereof, where grading work is performed as a single unified operation.
"SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT." A permit issued by the village for the construction or alteration of ground improvements and structures for the control of erosion, runoff, and grading.
"STABILIZATION." The use of practices that prevent exposed soil from eroding.
"START OF CONSTRUCTION." The first land-disturbing activity associated with a development, including land preparation such as clearing, grading, and filling; installation of streets and walkways; excavation for basements, footings, piers, or foundations; erection of temporary forms; and installation of accessory buildings such as garages.
"STORM WATER MANAGEMENT." The use of structural or nonstructural practices that are designed to reduce storm water runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, peak flow discharge rates and detrimental changes in stream temperature that affect water quality and habitat.
"STORM WATER RUNOFF." Flow on the surface of the ground, resulting from precipitation.
"WATERCOURSE." Any body of water, including, but not limited to lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, and bodies of water delineated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Water Resources (IDNR/OWR), the United States Geologic Survey (USGS), the United States Army Corps of Engineers or the village.
"WATERWAY." A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or to the public storm drain.
"VACANT." Land on which there are no structures or only structures which are secondary to the use or maintenance of the land itself.
"VILLAGE." The Village of Tinley Park.
(Ord. 2008-O-004, passed 2-26-08)