For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPS). Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good house keeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. 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 present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
ILLEGAL DISCHARGE. Any direct or indirect non-storm water discharge to the storm drain system, except as exempted in § 52.02.
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS. An illicit connection is defined as either of the following: Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system including but not limited to any conveyances which allow any non-storm water discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drain system and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted or approved by city or other authorized enforcement agency; or, any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain system which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the city or other authorized enforcement agency.
INDUSTRIAL WASTE. Any liquid, gaseous or solid waste substance resulting from any process of industry, manufacturing, trade or business, or from development of any natural resource.
NON-STORM WATER DISCHARGE. Any discharge to the storm drain system that is not composed entirely of storm water.
POTABLE WATER. As defined in most current Minnesota Plumbing Code.
POTABLE WATER SOURCES. Flows from drinking water distribution systems, including flows from system failures, pressure releases, system maintenance, well development, testing, fire hydrant flow testing and flushing, and dewatering of pipes, reservoirs, vaults, and wells.
SEWAGE.
(1) Water-carried waste products from residences, public buildings, institutions or other buildings or premises; and
(2) The excrement or other discharge from the bodies of human beings or animals, together with the ground water infiltration and surface water as may be present.
SEWERAGE SERVICE. The use of and benefit from the sewerage system, including the collection, transportation, pumping, treatment and final disposal of sewage.
SEWERAGE SYSTEM.
(1) All street lateral, main and intersecting sewers and structures by which sewage or industrial wastes are collected, transported, treated and disposed of.
(2) This shall not include plumbing inside or a part of a building or premises served, or service sewers from a building to the street lateral.
STORM DRAINAGE SYSTEM. Publicly-owned facilities by which storm water 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 flow occurring during or following any form of natural precipitation and resulting therefrom.
WASTEWATER. Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated storm water, discharged from a facility.
(`86 Code, § 3.20) (Am. Ord. 1029, passed 5-19-15)