For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ARSD. Administrative Rules of South Dakota.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs). Control measures which prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants (defined at ARSD 74:52:01:35) to waters of the state.
CLEARING. Any activity that removes the vegetative surface cover.
DRAINAGE WAY. Any channel that conveys surface runoff throughout the site.
GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL PLAN (GECP). A set of plans indicating the specific measures and sequencing used to control sediment and erosion on a construction site. (Required for all sites one-half acre or greater.)
GRADING PERMIT. A permit issued by the city for construction, excavating, clearing and/or land disturbing activity.
LAND DISTURBANCE/DISTURBING ACTIVITY. Any type of activity that involves grading, clearing and/or moving topsoil or any other natural surface from the property. This also includes bringing fill material onto the site.
NOTICE OF STABILIZATION/RE-VEGETATION AGREEMENT. A signed agreement between a property buyer and property seller or a building contractor and property buyer where landscaping and re-vegetation will be required. This agreement determines responsibilities between the two parties for sediment and erosion control on the site.
PERIMETER CONTROLS. Erosion control measures which protect neighboring properties from non-stormwater discharges.
SD DENR. South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
STABILIZATION. The use of permanent or temporary landscape practices that prevent exposed soils from eroding including, but not limited to, grass, trees, sod, mulch or other materials which prevent erosion and retain moisture.
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP). Required by SD DENR for stormwater permit for construction areas disturbing more than one acre or industrial activities having a Standard Industrial Code (SIC) between 20 through 39.
WATERCOURSE. Any body of water including, but not limited to, lakes, ponds, streams, and other bodies of water delineated by the City of Winner.
WATERS OF THE STATE. All waters within the jurisdiction of this state, including streams, lakes, ponds, impounding reservoirs, marshes, watercourses, waterways, wells, springs, irrigation systems, drainage systems, and all other bodies or accumulations of water, surface or underground, natural or artificial, public or private, situated wholly or partly within or bordering upon the state, but not waste treatment systems, including treatment ponds or lagoons designed to meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act (CWA), being 33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq. other than cooling ponds as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 423.11(m).
WATERWAY. A channel that directs surface runoff to a watercourse or to a public storm drain.
(Prior Code, § 14.08.02) (Ord. 893, passed - -)