§ 5-6-232. Definitions.

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

(1)

Billing unit: 2,062 square feet of impervious area.

(2)

Director: The director of transportation and environmental services or the director's authorized representative.

(3)

Impervious area: A surface composed of any material that significantly impedes or prevents natural infiltration of water into the soil. Impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to: roofs, buildings, streets, parking areas, and any concrete, asphalt, or compacted gravel surface.

(4)

Inspection: An onsite review of compliance with a city permit, the city's stormwater management program, and any applicable design criteria, or an onsite review to obtain information or conduct surveys or investigations necessary in the enforcement of this chapter.

(5)

Large single family residential detached properties: A single family home whose impervious surface area footprint is greater than 2,800 square feet.

(6)

Maintenance agreement or BMP maintenance agreement: A legally recorded document that acts as a property deed restriction, and which provides for the long-term maintenance of stormwater management practices.

(7)

Owner or property owner: The owner or owners of the freehold of the premises or lesser estate therein, a mortgagee or vendee in possession, assignee of rents, receiver, executor, trustee, lessee or other person, firm or corporation in control of a property.

(8)

Stormwater best management practice (BMP): A schedule of activities, prohibitions of practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices, including both structural and nonstructural practices, to prevent or reduce the pollution of surface water and groundwater systems.

(9)

Stormwater management facility: A structural control measure that controls stormwater runoff and changes the characteristics of that runoff including, but not limited to, the quantity and quality, the period of release, or the velocity of flow. A stormwater management facility is a type of stormwater best management practice. (Ord. No. 5060, 5/4/17, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/18)