Unless otherwise stated, the following words shall, for the purpose of this chapter, have the meanings herein indicated:
ACTThe Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 864, No. 167.
AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONSAll activities connected with farming, including dairying, pasturage, agriculture, apiaries, horticulture, floriculture, forest management, viticulture and animal and poultry husbandry.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP)A nonpoint source pollution control practice that is developed by a process that considers water quality impacts, as well as political, social, economic and technical feasibility.
CONSERVATION DISTRICTA public organization created under state enabling law as a special-purpose district to develop and carry out a program of soil, water and related resource conservation, use and development within its boundaries, usually a subdivision of state government with a local governing body and always with limited authorities; often called a "soil conservation district" or a "soil and water conservation district." For this chapter, "conservation district" applies to the Wayne County Conservation District.
CRITICAL AREAAn area defined by this chapter to require more stringent control of postdevelopment runoff flow rates and/or pollutant loads than those specified for the general watershed area.
DEVELOPERA person or persons, partnership, association, corporation or other entity or any responsible person therein or agent thereof that undertakes any regulated activities covered by this chapter.
DEVELOPMENT SITEThe specific tract of land for which a regulated activity is proposed.
DRAINAGEThe flow of water or wastewater and the methods of directing such flow, whether natural or artificial.
DRAINAGE PLANThe documentation of the proposed stormwater management controls, if any, to be used for a given development site, the contents of which are established in §
91-13.
An individual designated by Salem Township to execute the regulations set forth in this chapter. Qualifications required include engineering registration.
ENGINEERA professional engineer licensed as such in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, duly appointed as the Engineer for Salem Township.
EROSIONThe removal of soil particles or rock fragments of the land surface by the action of running water, wind, ice or other geological agents.
FHWAFederal Highway Administration, United States Department of Transportation (USDOT).
FOREST MANAGEMENT OPERATIONSAll activities connected with the growing and harvesting of forest products, including the site preparation, cultivation and logging of trees, and the construction and maintenance of roads. The United States Department of Agriculture and PADER, Bureau of Forestry, recognize forestry practices and anything associated with forest management to be considered an agricultural operation. Refer to "agricultural operations."
IMPERVIOUS AREAA surface which prevents the infiltration and percolation of water into the ground.
LAND DEVELOPMENTAny of the following activities:
A. The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(1) A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
LAND DISTURBANCE ACTIVITYAny activity that changes existing cover or contours of the land. This includes grading; tilling; excavating; filling of ground; removal or destruction of the topsoil, trees or other vegetative cover; or any other activity which causes land to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU)An agreement initiated by the municipality and outside agency(s) to document the responsibilities and liabilities of concerned parties for specified task(s). The document may also include provisions for enacting a fee schedule for work performed.
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTIONPollution that enters a water body from diffuse origins in the watershed and does not result from discernible, confined or discrete conveyances.
NURSERYA tract of land on which trees and plants are raised or stored for transplanting and sale.
OBSTRUCTIONAny structure or assembly of materials which might impede, retard or change channel flows, including fill above or below land or water surfaces.
OWNERAny person, partnership, corporation, company or other legal entity holding a current legal title.
PADERThe Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.
PADOTThe Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
REGULATED ACTIVITYAn action or proposed action which impacts upon proper management of stormwater runoff and which is governed by this chapter as specified in §
91-4.
That part of precipitation which does not enter the soil but flows over the surface of the land.
SCSSoil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
SEMIPERVIOUS SURFACEA surface such as stone, rock, concrete or other materials which permits some vertical transmission of water into the ground.
STORMWATERRunoff and drainage from land surfaces resulting from precipitation, including snow or ice melt.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENTA program of controls and measures designed to regulate the quantity and quality of stormwater from a development and/or land disturbance while promoting the protection and conservation of groundwaters and groundwater recharge.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANThe plan for managing stormwater runoff adopted by the Lake Wallenpaupack Watershed Management District as required by the Act.
STORMWATER STRUCTURESThe basins, pipes, swales, terraces, etc., designed and installed to collect, transport, detain and/or retain stormwater.
SUBDIVISIONThe division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land, including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devisees, transfer of ownership or building or lot development; provided, however, that the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than 10 acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling, shall be exempted.
SUBWATERSHEDThe smallest breakdown unit of watershed for hydrologic modeling purposes for which the runoff control criteria have been established in the Stormwater Management Plan. These areas are identified in §
91-8.
Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.
USDAUnited States Department of Agriculture.
USDIUnited States Department of Interior.
USDOTUnited States Department of Transportation.
USEPAUnited States Environmental Protection Agency.
USFWSUnited States Fish and Wildlife Service.
WATERSHEDThe entire region or area drained by a river or other body of water, whether natural or man-made.