§ 20-381. 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:

Buffer means, with respect to a stream, a natural or enhanced vegetated area lying adjacent to the stream.

Director means the director of the city community development department.

Impervious cover means any manmade paved, hardened or structural surface regardless of material. Impervious cover includes, but is not limited to:

(1)

Rooftops;

(2)

Buildings;

(3)

Streets;

(4)

Roads;

(5)

Decks;

(6)

Swimming pools; and

(7)

Any concrete or asphalt.

Land development means any land change including, but not limited to:

(1)

Clearing, grubbing, stripping or the removal of vegetation;

(2)

Dredging, grading or excavating;

(3)

Transporting and filling of land;

(4)

Construction;

(5)

Paving; and

(6)

Any other installation of impervious cover.

Land development activity means those actions or activities which comprise, facilitate or result in land development.

Land disturbance means any land or vegetation change including, but not limited to:

(1)

Clearing, grubbing, stripping or the removal of vegetation;

(2)

Dredging, grading or excavating;

(3)

Transporting and filling of land, that does not involve construction;

(4)

Paving; or

(5)

Any other installation of impervious cover.

Land disturbance activity means those actions or activities which comprise, facilitate or result in land disturbance.

Floodplain means any land area susceptible to flooding, which would have at least a one percent probability of a flooding occurrence in any calendar year based on the basin being fully developed as shown on the current land use plan (i.e., the regulatory flood).

Parcel means any plot, lot or acreage shown as a unit on the latest county tax assessment records.

Permit means the permit issued by the city community development department required for undertaking any land development activity.

Protection area or stream protection area means, with respect to a stream, the combined areas of all required buffers and setbacks applicable to such stream.

Riparian means belonging or related to the bank of a river, stream, lake, pond or impoundment.

Setback means, with respect to a stream, the area established by section 20-426 extending beyond any buffer applicable to the stream.

Stream means any stream, beginning at:

(1)

The location of a spring, seep, or groundwater outflow that sustains streamflow; or

(2)

A point in the stream channel with a drainage area of 25 acres or more.

Where evidence indicates the presence of a stream in a drainage area of other than 25 acres, the city community development department may require field studies to verify the existence of a stream.

Stream bank means the sloping land that contains the stream channel and the normal flows of the stream.

Stream channel means the portion of a watercourse that contains the base flow of the stream.

Watershed means the land area that drains into a particular stream.

(Ord. No. 06-12-72, § 1(ch. 14, art. 6, § 3), 12-7-2006; Ord. No. 08-11-29, § 1(ch. 14, art. 6, § 3), 11-17-2008; Ord. No. 09-01-35, § 1(ch. 14, art. 6, § 3), 1-21-2009)