As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ADMINISTERING AUTHORITYThe Administrator of Public Works of the Zoning Committee and/or the Village Board empowered under §
61.354, Wis. Stats., that is designated by the Village of Rothschild Board to administer this article.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE or BMPStructural or nonstructural measures, practices, techniques or devices employed to avoid or minimize sediment or pollutants carried in runoff to waters of the state.
BUSINESS DAYA day the office of the Administrator of Public Works, or the designee, is routinely and customarily open for business.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDERA court-issued order to halt land disturbing construction activity that is being conducted without the required permit.
CONNECTED IMPERVIOUSNESSAn impervious surface that is directly connected to a separate storm sewer or water of the state via an impervious flow path.
CONSTRUCTION SITEAn area upon which one or more land disturbing construction activities occur, including areas that are part of a larger common plan of development or sale where multiple separate and distinct land disturbing construction activities may be taking place at different times under different schedules but under one master plan.
DESIGN STORMA hypothetical discrete rain storm characterized by a specific duration, temporal distribution, rainfall intensity, return frequency, and total depth of rainfall.
DEVELOPMENTResidential, commercial, industrial or institutional land uses and associated roads.
DIVISION OF LANDThe creation division of a lot, parcel or tract of land by the owner thereof or the owner's agent for the purpose of sale or of building development, where:
A. The act of division creates five or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres or less in area; or
B. Five or more parcels or building sites of 1 1/2 acres each or less in area are created by successive divisions within a period of five years.
EFFECTIVE INFILTRATION AREAThe area of the infiltration system that is used to infiltrate runoff and does not include the area used for site access, berms or pretreatment.
EROSIONThe process by which the land's surface is worn away by the action of wind, water, ice or gravity.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLANA comprehensive plan developed to address pollution caused by erosion and sedimentation of soil particles or rock fragments during construction.
EXTRATERRITORIALThe unincorporated area within 1.5 miles of the corporate limits of the Village.
FINAL STABILIZATIONAll land disturbing construction activities at the construction site have been completed and a uniform, perennial, vegetative cover has been established, with a density of at least 70% of the cover, for the unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures, or employment of equivalent permanent stabilization measures.
FINANCIAL GUARANTEEA performance bond, maintenance bond, surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or similar guarantees submitted to the Administrator of Public Works, or the designee, by the responsible party to assure that requirements of this article are carried out in compliance with the stormwater management plan.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACEAn area that releases as runoff all or a large portion of the precipitation that falls on it, except for frozen soil. Rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and streets are examples of areas that typically are impervious.
INFILL AREAAn undeveloped area of land located within existing development.
INFILTRATIONThe entry of precipitation or runoff into or through the soil.
INFILTRATION SYSTEMA device or practice such as a basin, trench, rain garden or swale designed specifically to encourage infiltration, but does not include natural infiltration in pervious surfaces such as lawns, redirecting of rooftop downspouts onto lawns or minimal infiltration from practices such as swales or roadside channels designed for conveyance and pollutant removal only.
KARST FEATUREAn area or surficial geologic feature subject to bedrock dissolution so that it is likely to provide a conduit to groundwater, and may include caves, enlarged fractures, mine features, exposed bedrock surfaces, sinkholes, springs, seeps or swallets.
LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITYAny man-made alteration of the land surface resulting in a change in the topography or existing vegetative or nonvegetative soil cover that may result in runoff and lead to an increase in soil erosion and movement of sediment into waters of the state. "Land disturbing construction activity" includes clearing and grubbing, demolition, excavating, pit trench dewatering, filling and grading activities.
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTA legal document that provides for long-term maintenance of stormwater management practices.
MEP or MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLEA level of implementing best management practices in order to achieve a performance standard specified in this article which takes into account the best available technology, cost-effectiveness and other competing issues, such as human safety and welfare, endangered and threatened resources, historic properties and geographic features. MEP allows flexibility in the way to meet the performance standards and may vary based on the performance standard and site conditions.
NEW DEVELOPMENTDevelopment resulting from the conversion of previously undeveloped land or agricultural land uses.
OFF SITELocated outside the property boundary described in the permit application.
ON SITELocated within the property boundary described in the permit application.
PERCENT FINESThe percentage of a given sample of soil which passes through a No. 200 sieve.
PERFORMANCE STANDARDA narrative or measurable number specifying the minimum acceptable outcome for a facility or practice.
PERMITA written authorization made by the Administrator of Public Works, or the designee, to the applicant to conduct land disturbing construction activity or to discharge post-construction runoff to waters of the state.
PERMIT ADMINISTRATION FEEA sum of money paid to the Village by the permit applicant for the purpose of recouping the expenses incurred by the Village in administering the permit.
PERVIOUS SURFACEAn area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.
POST-CONSTRUCTION SITEA construction site following the completion of land disturbing construction activity and final site stabilization.
PREDEVELOPMENT CONDITIONThe extent and distribution of land cover types present before the initiation of land disturbing construction activity, assuming that all land uses prior to development activity are managed in an environmentally sound manner.
REDEVELOPMENTAreas where development is replacing older development.
RESPONSIBLE PARTYAny entity holding fee title to the property or other person contracted or obligated by other agreement to implement and maintain post-construction stormwater BMPs.
RUNOFFStormwater or precipitation, including rain, snow or ice melt or similar water, that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.
SEDIMENTSettleable solid material that is transported by runoff, suspended within runoff or deposited by runoff away from its original location.
SEPARATE STORM SEWERA conveyance or system of conveyances, including roads with drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, constructed channels or storm drains, which meets all of the following criteria:
A. Is designed or used for collecting water or conveying runoff.
B. Is not part of a combined sewer system.
C. Is not draining to a stormwater treatment device or system.
D. Discharges directly or indirectly to waters of the state.
SITEThe entire area included in the legal description of the land on which the land disturbing construction activity occurred.
STOP-WORK ORDERAn order issued by the Administrator of Public Works, or the designee, which requires that all construction activity on the site be stopped.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANA comprehensive plan designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from stormwater after the site has undergone final stabilization following completion of the construction activity.
TECHNICAL STANDARDA document that specifies design, predicted performance and operation and maintenance specifications for a material, device or method.
TOP OF THE CHANNELAn edge, or point on the landscape, landward from the ordinary high-water mark of a surface water of the state where the slope of the land begins to be less than 12% continually for at least 50 feet. If the slope of the land is 12% or less continually for the initial 50 feet landward from the ordinary high-water mark, the top of the channel is the ordinary high-water mark.
TR-55The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (previously Soil Conservation Service), Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds, Second Edition, Technical Release 55, June 1986.
TYPE II DISTRIBUTIONA rainfall type curve as established in the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Technical Paper 149, published 1973. The Type II curve is applicable to all of Wisconsin and represents the most intense storm pattern.