The following words, as used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings indicated below:
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, including heirs, successors and
assigns, who have filed an application with the Township.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
Stormwater quantity and quality management measures, techniques,
controls, etc., utilized to mitigate and minimize the negative impacts
of runoff to streams, lakes, wetlands, forests, residential, business,
commercial, or institutional properties, as well as new land development
sites. BMPs can be nonstructural (preventative actions) and structural
(treatment facilities).
SPRING
A place where water flows naturally from rock or soil upon
the land or into a body of surface water.
STORM SEWER
A system of pipes and/or open channels that convey intercepted
runoff and stormwater from other sources but exclude domestic sewage
and industrial wastes.
STORMWATER
Water which surfaces, flows, or collects during and subsequent
to rain or snowfall events.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Procedures involved in the control of water that runs off
the surface of the land from rain and melting snow.
STREAM
A natural watercourse with perennial or intermittent flow.
SWIMMING POOL
A water filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable,
having a depth of more than 18 inches below the level of the surrounding
land, or an aboveground pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches,
designated, used, and maintained for swimming and bathing.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
Duly appointed employee or independent contractor performing
engineering services for the Township or such individual appointed
by Council to perform the duties and services designated herein.
WATERCOURSE
A channel or conveyance of surface water having defined bed
and banks, whether natural or artificial.
WETLANDS
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water
or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support and
which under normal conditions do support a prevalence of vegetation
typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands
generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar areas.