§ 117-2. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Administering authority means the department of city planning, as it relates to the issuance of improvement location permits. The department of city planning, the department of engineering, or any duly authorized representative of the city utilities, as it relates to identifying violations and placing stop work orders.

Agricultural land use means use of land for the production of animal or plant life, including forestry, pasturing or yarding livestock, and planting, growing, cultivating, and harvesting crops for human or livestock consumption for profit. The term "agricultural land" further clarified as uses that require specific verifiable tax filings relative to the agricultural nature of the operation.

Best management practices (BMPs) means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants, directly or indirectly, into stormwaters, 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.

City planner means the city planner or his designated representative.

Department of engineering means the city department of engineering as the designated unit of government given the authority to review the performance specifications of this chapter.

Director of engineering means the director of engineering or his designated representative.

Erosion means the detachment and movement of soil, sediment, or rock fragments by any means including water, wind, ice, or gravity.

Erosion control measure means a practice or a combination of practices to control erosion and resulting sedimentation.

Erosion control plan means a written and/or graphic description of pertinent information concerning erosion control measures designed to meet the requirements of this chapter as submitted by the applicant for review and approval by the department of city planning.

Exposed land uses means those activities that result in continuous or habitual nonagricultural disturbance of land not associated with construction. Exposed land uses shall include, but shall not be limited to, nonsurfaced public or private race tracks and recreational yards, driveways and parking areas, mining and extraction sites, manufacturing storage yards, site clearing and tree harvesting, and other manmade activities that cause land to be subject to erosion due to the lack of pavement, vegetative cover, or other stable surfacing. For the purposes of this chapter, gravel shall not be considered a stable surface when used for vehicular traffic and parking.

Land disturbing activity means any manmade change of the land surface, including removing vegetative cover, excavating, filling, transporting, and grading. In the context of this chapter, it includes only nonagricultural land disturbing activities.

Land users means those entities, individually and collectively who are performing land disturbing activities or have caused these activities to occur. These include but are not limited to owners, operators, contract agents, lessees, renters, and occupiers. For enforcement purposes, the owner is the entity continually responsible for meeting the performance requirements of this chapter.

Longterm operation and maintenance agreement means a written description of the pertinent information concerning the longterm maintenance schedule and expectations to ensure that stormwater management BMPs are kept functional. The maintenance agreement will specify minimum operation and maintenance requirements and intervals to be performed by the property owner.

Nonagricultural land use means use of land for industrial, commercial, manufacturing, wholesale or retail sale of goods or services, residential, institutional, and recreational uses of land. These uses shall also include utility and public works projects including lanes, sewers, conduits, alleys, and streets, and other land uses not included under agricultural land use.

Post-construction stormwater pollution prevention plan means a written and/or graphic description of pertinent information concerning permanent stormwater pollution prevention measures designed to meet the requirements of this chapter and submitted for review prior to the issuance of an improvement location permit and approved by the department of engineering.

Runoff means the portion of precipitation from such sources as rainfall, snowmelt, or irrigation water that flows over the ground surface.

Site means the entire area included in the legal description of the land on which land disturbing activity has been proposed in the permit application or is currently occurring.

Stormwater management system means the structural or nonstructural practices that are designed and constructed to reduce stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes, and/or establish storage rates on-site.

(Ord. No. 5085, § 1(162.09), 12-4-2006)