Chapter 14.40
DEFINITIONS
Sections:
14.40.010 Definitions.
As used in title, the following terms are defined in this section:
“Agricultural activities” means the planting, growing, cultivating and harvesting of crops, including sod; growing and tending of gardens and trees; harvesting of trees; pasturing or yarding of livestock.
“Detention facility” means a structure designed to temporarily store stormwater runoff for later release in order to delay and reduce peak flow rates and pollutant concentrations. The most common detention facilities include dry basins, although wet ponds may also be used for detention storage, and vehicular parking lots, depressed landscaped areas, rooftops, and underground storage chambers.
“Development” means any man-made change to unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to, the construction of buildings, structures or accessory structures; the construction of additions or alterations to buildings, structures or accessory structures; the placement of buildings or structures; ditching, lagooning, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations; and the deposition or extraction of earthen materials.
“Gross aggregate area” means the total area, in acres, of all land located within the interior property boundary containing a proposed land development, redevelopment or land division activity.
“Hypsometry” means those parts of a map which represent, usually by contour lines, the physical distance of the surface of the earth above a specified reference surface.
“Infill” means the use of vacant land and property within a built-up area for further construction or development, especially as part of a neighborhood preservation or limited growth program.
“Infiltration” means the process by which rainfall or surface runoff percolates or penetrates into the underling soil.
“Land division” means a division of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner thereof or the owner’s agent for the purpose of sale or building development and redevelopment where the act of division creates a number of parcels or building sites of a minimum size, as defined in the city land division control ordinance.
“Off-site” means located outside the exterior property boundaries described in the permit application for a proposed land development or redevelopment activity, or outside the exterior boundaries of a proposed land division.
“On-site” means located within the boundary lines as described in the permit application for a proposed land development, redevelopment or land division.
“Planimetry” means those parts of a map which represent the horizontal location and extent of man-made and natural features.
“Post-development and redevelopment condition” means the extent and distribution of land cover and stormwater management facilities and measures anticipated to occur under conditions of full site development, redevelopment or property land division that will influence stormwater runoff and infiltration.
“Redevelopment” means any man-made change to real estate, including, but not limited to, the construction of buildings, structures or accessory structures; the construction of additions or alterations to buildings, structures or accessory structures; the placement of buildings or structures; ditching, lagooning, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations where a permit is required; and the deposition or extraction of earthen materials where a permit is required.
“Retention facility” means a storage structure designed to reduce or eliminate the surface discharge of stormwater through evaporation and infiltration. Wet ponds are the most common type of retention storage, although wet ponds may also be used for detention storage.
“Site” means the entire area of proposed land development, redevelopment or land division.
“Site-specific stormwater management plan” means a plan that identifies what actions should be taken to reduce stormwater quantity and pollutant loads from land development, redevelopment or property land division activities to levels meeting the purpose and intent of this title.
“Stormwater management facilities” means a structure designed to control or convey stormwater runoff pollutant loads, discharge volumes and peak flow discharge rates.
“Stormwater management measure” means a practice or technique to reduce stormwater runoff flow rates, volumes or pollutant loadings.
“Stormwater management system plan” is a plan developed to address stormwater drainage and nonpoint source pollution control problems under both existing and planned conditions within a logical planning area such as on a watershed or sub-watershed, and which meets the purpose and intent of this title.
“Stormwater runoff” means that portion of the precipitation falling during a rainfall event, or that portion of snowmelt, that runs off the surface of the land and into the natural or artificial drainage system.
“Wetland” means an area where the ground water elevation is at, near, or above the land surface, characterized by both hydric soils and the presence of hydrophytic plants. For the purpose of this title, a wetland shall have a minimum area of 2.5 acres. It should be noted that wetlands having a smaller area than 2.5 acres may be regulated for other purposes by the federal, state, county and municipal governments.
“Wetland functional value” means the type, quality and significance of the ecological and cultural benefits provided by wetland resources, such as: flood storage, water quality protection, ground water recharge and discharge, shoreline protection, fish and wildlife habitat, floral diversity, aesthetics, recreation and education. (Ord. 2112-07 § 10, 2007; Ord. 1749 § 1 (part), 2000)