The following words, terms and phases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
"Credit" means a conditional, recurring reduction in the amount of a stormwater user fee to an individual property that meets the qualification standards established in this Chapter and the Rules and Regulations of the Village of Winnetka Stormwater Utility.
"Developed Land" means a parcel within the corporate limits of the Village that has been altered from its natural state by the addition of impervious area.
"Direct Discharge" means the conveyance of stormwater runoff directly from a parcel of property to a receiving stream or Lake Michigan, without using any part of the stormwater system.
"Equivalent Runoff Unit (ERU)" means the base billing unit for the stormwater utility fee, used as an index to compare runoff generated by different types and uses of parcels with different stormwater runoff characteristics. One ERU is defined as the runoff generated by a typical single family residential parcel and shall equal three thousand four hundred (3,400) square feet of impervious area or any fraction thereof.
"Impervious Area" means the area within a parcel that prevents or significantly impedes the infiltration of stormwater into the soil. Impervious areas shall include, but are not limited to buildings, roofed structures, paved areas, walkways, driveways, parking lots, patios, decks, swimming pools, and similar non-porous areas.
"NPDES or National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System" means the national permitting program implemented under the Clean Water Act.
"Parcel" means an area of land within the corporate limits of the Village that has been established by a plat or other legal means and has been assigned a Property Index Number (PIN) by the County of Cook, Illinois.
"Stormwater Service Connection" means such pumps, pipes, drains and other appurtenances necessary to drain and channel runoff from any parcel into the Village of Winnetka stormwater system.
"Stormwater System, or Village Stormwater System" means the system of conveyances owned and operated by the Village and designed for or used in the collection, control, transportation, treatment or discharge of stormwater, including but not limited to storm sewers, storm drains, curbs, gutters, ditches, detention ponds or basins, dams, river impoundment, manmade channels or storm drains, and flood control facilities, and any appurtenances thereto.
"Stormwater Utility or Village Stormwater Utility" means the Village of Winnetka stormwater utility established by this chapter for the management, operation, maintenance, engineering, planning and capital investments related to the stormwater system.
"Undeveloped Parcel" means a parcel of land that remains in its natural state with no impervious area.
"User" means the owner of a parcel that uses, benefits from or connects to the Village's stormwater system. (Ord. MC-2-2014 § 2, 2014)