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Borough of Doylestown, PA Definitions.
Ch 8 Pt 1 Art B Definitions.
§ 8-111 Word Usage.
§ 8-112 Terms defined.
§ 8-113 through § 8-120. (Reserved)
B: Definitions.
Chapter 8 : Flood Plain Regulations Part 1 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT B Definitions.
[Ord. 2011-12, 6/20/2011]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purpose of this Part, have the meanings indicated below.
Words used in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular. The word "building" shall be construed as if followed by the words "or a part thereof." The word "may" and "should" are permissive; the words "shall", "must" and "will" are mandatory.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense; words of the masculine gender include the feminine gender; and words of the feminine gender include the masculine gender.
AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITY — Activities associated with agriculture, such as agricultural cultivation, agricultural operation, and animal heavy use areas. This includes the work of producing crops, including tillage, land clearing, plowing, disking, harrowing, planting, harvesting crops or pasturing and raising of livestock and installation of conservation measures. Construction of new buildings or impervious area is not considered an agricultural activity.
A landowner, as herein defined, or agent of the landowner, who has filed an application for a stormwater management permit or an application to engage in a regulated activity.
Engineering or site drawings maintained by the contractor as he constructs the project and upon which he documents the actual locations of the building components and changes to the original contract documents. These documents, or a copy of same, are to be submitted to the Township for review and approval at the completion of the project.
Activities, facilities, designs, measures or procedures used to manage stormwater impacts from regulated activities, to meet state water quality requirements, to promote groundwater recharge and to otherwise meet the purposes of this Part. Stormwater BMPs are commonly grouped into one of two broad categories or measures: structural or nonstructural. In this Part, "nonstructural BMPs" or measures refer to operational and/or behavior-related practices that attempt to minimize the contact of pollutants with stormwater runoff, whereas "structural BMPs" or measures are those that consist of a physical device or practice that is installed to capture and treat stormwater runoff. Structural BMPs include, but are not limited to, a wide variety of practices and devices, from large-scale retention ponds and constructed wetlands to small-scale underground treatment systems, infiltration facilities, filter strips, low-impact design, bioretention, wet ponds, permeable paving, grassed swales, riparian or forested buffers, sand filters, detention basins, and manufactured devices. Structural stormwater BMPs are permanent appurtenances to the project site.
The area of land immediately adjacent to any stream, measured perpendicular to and horizontally from the top-of-bank on both sides of a stream.
Any structure, either temporary or permanent, having walls and a roof, designed or used for the shelter of any person, animal or property, and occupying more than 100 square feet of area.
A stormwater management facility designed to transmit stormwater runoff, which shall include streams, channels, swales, pipes, conduits, culverts, storm sewers, etc.
A pipe, conduit or similar structure, including appurtenant works that carries surface water.
Value used in the Soil Cover Complex Method. It is a measure of the percentage of precipitation that is expected to run off from the watershed and is a function of the soil, vegetative cover, and tillage method.
A man-made barrier, together with its appurtenant works, constructed for the purpose of impounding or storing water or another fluid or semifluid. A dam may include a refuse bank, fill or structure for highway, railroad or other purposes that impounds or may impound water or another fluid or semifluid.
The deliberate devotion of property by its owner for general public use.
The agent of the Bucks County Conservation District and/or agent of Doylestown Borough with the administration, review, or enforcement of any provisions of this Part by contract or memorandum of understanding.
A person, partnership, association, corporation or other entity, or any responsible person therein or agent thereof, that undertakes any regulated activity of this Part.
Any human-induced change to improved or unimproved real estate, whether public or private, including, but not limited to, land development, construction, installation, or expansion of a building or other structure, land division, street construction, drilling, and site alteration, such as embankments, dredging, grubbing, grading, paving, parking or storage facilities, excavation, filling, stockpiling, or clearing. As used in this Part, development encompasses both new development and redevelopment.
An impervious or impermeable surface that is disconnected from any stormwater drainage or conveyance system and is redirected or directed to a pervious area, which allows for infiltration, filtration.
A construction or other human activity which disturbs the surface of the land, including, but not limited to, clearing and grubbing, grading, excavations, embankments, land development, agricultural plowing or tilling, timber harvesting activities, mineral extraction, and the moving, depositing, stockpiling or storing of soil, rock or earth materials.
A plan for a project site, which identifies BMPs to minimize erosion and sedimentation.
EXCEPTIONAL VALUE WATERS (EV)
Surface waters of high quality which satisfy Pennsylvania Code Title 25 Environmental Protection, Chapter 93, Water Quality Standards, § 93.4b(b) (relating to antidegradation).
The initial condition of a project site prior to the proposed construction.
EXISTING RESOURCE AND SITE ANALYSIS MAP
A base map which identifies fundamental environmental site information including floodplains, wetlands, topography, vegetative site features, natural areas, prime agricultural land and areas supportive of endangered species.
A temporary inundation of the floodplain outside the floodway.
The designated area of a floodplain required to carry and discharge floodwaters of a given magnitude.
A vertical distance between the elevation of the design high water and the top of a dam, levee, tank, basin, or diversion swale. The space is required as a safety margin in a pond or basin.
Elected municipal officials of Doylestown Borough.
A SLOPE, USUALLY OF A ROAD, CHANNEL OR NATURAL GROUND, SPECIFIED IN PERCENT AND SHOWN ON PLANS AS SPECIFIED HEREIN. (TO) GRADE
To finish the surface of a roadbed, top of embankment, or bottom of excavation.
the U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) — Hydrologic Modeling System (HMS). this model was used to model the Neshaminy Creek watershed during the Act 167 Plan development and was the basis for the standards and criteria of this part
HIGH QUALITY WATERS (HQ)
An area where land use or activity generates highly contaminated runoff, with concentrations of pollutants in excess of those typically found in stormwater. Typical pollutant loadings in stormwater may be found in Chapter 8, Section 6, of the Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices Manual, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) No. 363-0300-002(2006).
A surface that prevents the percolation of water into the ground. Impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, streets, sidewalks, pavement, roofs, parking areas, or driveway areas. Any of these surface areas designed to be gravel or crushed stone shall be regarded as impervious surfaces. In addition, other areas determined by the Borough Engineer to be impervious within the meaning of this definition will also be classified as impervious.
Development in accordance with Article V, Section 503(1.1) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, Act of 1968, P.L. 805, No. 247, as reenacted and amended.[1]
A method for calculation of velocity of flow (e.g., feet per second) and flow rate (e.g., cubic feet per second) in open channels based upon channel shape, roughness, depth of flow and slope. "Open channels" may include closed conduits as long as the flow is not under pressure.
A registered professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the engineer for Doylestown Borough.
Doylestown Borough, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System; the federal government's system for issuance of permits under the Clean Water Act, which is delegated to DEP in Pennsylvania.
Natural Resource Conservation Service (previously "SCS").
A drainage element in which stormwater flows with an open surface. "Open channels" include, but shall not be limited to, natural and manmade drainageways, swales, streams, ditches, canals, and pipes flowing partly full.
"Point source" as described in 40 CFR § 122.2 at the point where the municipality's storm sewer system discharges to surface waters of the commonwealth.
Points of water disposal from a stream, river, lake, tidewater or artificial drain.
PADEP OR PA DEP
See DEP.
A stream that contains water at all times except during extreme drought.
Planning Commission of Doylestown Borough.
Techniques employed in stormwater BMPs to provide storage or filtering to trap coarse materials and other pollutants before they enter the system, but not necessarily designed to meet the volume requirements of this Part.
Any person licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or otherwise qualified by law to perform the work required by the Part.
A method of computing the peak rate of runoff at any location in a watershed as a function of the drainage area, runoff coefficient, and mean rainfall intensity for a duration equal to the time of concentration.
Any development that requires demolition or removal of existing structures or impervious surfaces at a site and replacement with new impervious surfaces. Maintenance activities, such as milling/removal of pavement and repaving, are not considered to be redevelopment. Interior remodeling projects and tenant improvements are also not considered to be redevelopment. Utility trenches in streets are not considered.
Any earth-disturbance activities or any activities that involve the alteration or development of land in a manner that may affect stormwater runoff.
The post-development peak rate of runoff for a development site that must be controlled to protect downstream areas.
The probability an event will occur in any given year. Typically displays as a whole number; e.g., twenty-five-year event, and represents the inverse of the frequency of that event.
The part of precipitation that flows over the land.
A barrier, dam, retention or detention basin to retain sediment.
An area of excavated earth filled with loose stone or similar material and into which water is directed for infiltration into the ground.
A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, Borough streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels or storm drains) primarily used for collecting and conveying stormwater runoff.
Stormwater runoff flowing in rills and swales of a shallow depth prior to entering a defined channel or waterway.
Runoff that flows over the ground surface as a broad, shallow water movement, not concentrated in a channel.
A method of runoff computation developed by SCS, which is based upon relating soil type and land use/cover to a runoff parameter called a curve number.
A system of pipes or other conduits which carries intercepted surface runoff, street water and other waters or drainage, but excludes domestic sewage and industrial waste.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ACT 167 PLAN
The plan for managing stormwater runoff adopted by Bucks County for the Neshaminy Creek Watershed as required by the Act of October 4, 1978, (P.L. No. 864) (Act 167), and known as the "Stormwater Management Act."[2]
Is abbreviated as BMPs or SWM BMPs throughout this Part. (See "BMP.")
Any structure, natural or man made, that, due to its condition, design or construction, conveys, stores or otherwise affects stormwater runoff. Typical stormwater management facilities include, but are not limited to, detention and retention basins, open channels, storm sewers, pipes and infiltration structures.
STORMWATER SITE PLAN (SWM SITE PLAN)
The plan prepared by the applicant or his representative indicating how stormwater runoff will be managed at the particular site of interest according to this Part.
The smallest unit of watershed breakdown for hydrologic modeling purposes for which the runoff control criteria have been established in the Neshaminy Creek Watershed Stormwater Management Act 167 Plan.
The time for surface runoff to travel from the hydraulically most distant point of the watershed to a point of interest within the watershed. This time is the combined total of overland flow time, concentrated flow time and flow time in pipes or channels, if any.
Any channel or conveyance of surface water having defined bed and banks, whether natural or artificial, with perennial or intermittent flow.
The region or area drained by a river, watercourse or other body of water, whether natural or artificial.