Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used herein shall be as follows:
(a) “303d/TMDL” are waters that are impaired based upon the Clean Water Act, Section 303(d), 33 U.S.C. §1313(d) or have an approved Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for contaminants.
(b) “Best Management Practices (BMPs)” are physical, structural and/or managerial practices that, when used singly or in combination, control site run-off, spillage and leaks, waste disposal and drainage from raw material storage and prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to waters of the state. BMPs may include schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, maintenance procedures, design standards, educational activities and treatment requirements.
(c) “Board” is the Vienna Utility Board.
(d) “City watershed” is that area within the corporate limits of the City of Vienna, and designated areas outside of those limits, over which surface water drains into the City. Designation of areas outside of the corporate limits of the City shall be made by the Utility Board.
(e) “Executive Director” is the General Manager of the Vienna Utility Board.
(f) “Facility” for purposes of this article is a building, structure, installation or construction site in which pollutants are produced and/or generated and/or discharged as a result of a process or processes, conducted within the building, structure, or installation.
(g) “Flat rate charge” is the charge applicable to a single-family dwelling per dwelling unit or other properties if so designated in this article.
(h) “Footing drain” is a pipe or conduit which is placed around the perimeter of a building foundation or other structures for the purpose of admitting ground water.
(i) “Illicit connection” means any direct or indirect non-stormwater discharge to a publicly maintained storm drain system which has not been permitted or allowed by the Board from the date of enactment of this article.
(j) “Illicit discharge” means any discharge, surface or subsurface, to a storm drain or into the stormwater collection system that is not composed entirely of stormwater, except discharges pursuant to a NPDES permit, discharges resulting from firefighting activities, and, other discharges exempted in this article.
(k) “Impervious area” is land area covered by buildings, pavement, gravel or other material that significantly inhibits stormwater from penetrating the soil.
(l) “Industrial sites” are those sites that contain industrial activities which require NPDES stormwater permits as set forth in 40 CFR 122.26(a)(6) or (b)(14).
(m) “Multi-unit property” is a residential or commercial property of any size that has located upon the property two or more tenants, at least one of which having no ownership interest in the property.
(n) “Non-stormwater” is all flows to the stormwater system not defined as stormwater by this article or as determined by the municipality. This includes, but is not limited to, cooling water, process water, ground water from a purge well and swimming pool discharge.
(o) “Pervious area” is all land area that is not impervious.
(p) “Pollutant” means objects including, but not limited to, dredged soil, solid waste, incinerator residue, sewage, garbage, sewage sludge, grease, petroleum products, munitions, chemical waste, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, silt, dirt, industrial, municipal and agricultural waste, gases entrained in water, paints, oil and other automotive fluids, soil rubbish, debris, materials containing fecal coliform, fecal streptococcus, and enterococcus, heavy metals, hazardous wastes, yard waste from commercial landscaping operations, animal waste, materials that result from the process of building, and offensive matter of any kind, which, when discharged to water, cause or contribute to water pollution.
(q) “Pollution” is the degradation of the physical, thermal, chemical, biological or radioactive properties of the waters of the state and/or the discharge of any pollutant to the waters of the state which will or is likely to create a nuisance or to render such waters harmful, detrimental or injurious to public health, safety or welfare of to the beneficial use of the water and/or the water environment.
(r) “Stormwater” is natural precipitation, surface runoff water, ground water discharge, water from operation of the water distribution system, water used in firefighting, runoff from street sweeping, flows from footing drains and all other discharge sources identified in the City’s stormwater NPDES permit, except as may be defined as non-stormwater by this article.
(s) “Stormwater management” is the process of collection, conveyance, storage, treatment and disposal of stormwater to ensure control of the magnitude and frequency of runoff to minimize the impact of the runoff upon the water quality of the receiving stream.
(t) “Stormwater management program” means those activities associated with the management, operation, maintenance and control of stormwater and stormwater works, including, but not limited to, public education, stormwater and surface runoff water quality improvement, mapping, planning, flood control, inspection, enforcement and any other activities required by state and federal law.
(u) “Stormwater system” is a stormwater system in its entirety or any integral part thereof used to collect and dispose of stormwater and an associated stormwater management program. It includes all facilities, structures and natural water courses used for collecting and conducting stormwater to, through and from drainage areas to the point of final outlet, including, but not limited to, any and all of the following: Inlets, conduits, corals, outlets, channels, ponds, drainage easements, water quality facilities, catch basins, ditches, streams, gulches, flumes, culverts, syphons, retention or detention basins, dams, floodwalls, levies, pipes, flood control systems and pumping stations, and associated stormwater management program.
(v) “User” is a person or entity which is the legal owner or occupant of a property that directly or indirectly contributes stormwater or non-stormwater flows to the stormwater system, whether within or outside the corporate limits of the City of Vienna. (Ord. 09-16. Passed 12-22-16.)