§ 122-151. 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:

County manager means the county manager or his duly authorized representative.

Developed property means that property which has been altered from its natural state by the addition of any improvements, including but not limited to buildings, structures or impervious surfaces. For new construction, a property shall be considered developed pursuant to this article upon issuance of a certificate of occupancy, or upon completion of construction or final inspection if no such certificate is issued.

Dwelling unit means one or more rooms in a building forming a separate and independent housekeeping establishment, arranged, designed or intended to be used or occupied by one family, and having no enclosed space or cooking or sanitary facilities in common with any other dwelling unit with no ingress or egress though any other dwelling unit, and containing permanent provisions for sleeping facilities, sanitary facilities and not more than one kitchen.

Equivalent residential unit (ERU) means the statistical average horizontal impervious area of residential units. The horizontal impervious area includes but is not limited to all areas covered by structures, roof extensions, patios, porches, driveways and sidewalks. The common denominator used for relating runoff is the ERU.

Impervious area means an area covered by nonporous material which does not permit infiltration or percolation of water into the ground.

Lot means an area of land which abuts a street or other means of legal access and which either complies with or is exempt from the land development code, Ordinance No. 88-3, as amended (appendix A to this Code), and is sufficient in size to meet the minimum area and width requirements for its zoning classification as established in article VII of Ordinance No. 80-8, as amended (appendix B to this Code), and a portion of a subdivision or any other tract or parcel of land, including the airspace above or contiguous thereto, intended as a unit for transfer of ownership or for development or both. The word "lot" includes the word "plot," "tract" or "parcel."

Nonresidential developed property means any developed property that is classified by the property appraiser as land use types 10 through 99 using the state department of revenue land use codes, as may be amended from time to time.

Parcel of land means any quantity of land capable of being described with such definiteness that its location and boundaries may be established, which is designated by its owner or developer as a unit or which has been used or developed as a unit.

Residential developed property means developed property that is classified by the property appraiser of the county as land use types 00 through 09 using the state department of revenue land use codes, as may be amended from time to time.

Stormwater means that part of the precipitation that travels over natural, altered or improved surfaces to the nearest stream channel or impoundment, and that which appears in surface waters.

Stormwater facility means a conveyance, storage area or system of conveyances and storage areas (including, but not limited to, roads with drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, storm drains, treatment ponds, and other structural best management practices) which discharges to waters of the state, or to other municipal or county systems.

Stormwater management system means a system which is designed and constructed or implemented to control discharges which are necessitated by rainfall events, incorporating methods to collect, convey, store, absorb, inhibit, treat, use or reuse water to prevent or reduce flooding, over drainage, environmental degradation, and water pollution or otherwise affect the quality and quantity of the discharges.

(Ord. No. 92-89, § VII, 12-10-92; Ord. No. 2005-07, § I, 6-2-05; Ord. No. 2006-19, § I, 8-17-06)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.