As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following
meanings:
APPLICANT
A person responsible for regulated construction activity
on a development site who is seeking to obtain stormwater construction
approval.
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY
A human-made activity, including without limitation, clearing,
grading, excavating, construction and paving, that results in an earth
change or disturbance in the existing cover or topography of land,
including any modification or alteration of a site or the footprint
of a building that results in an earth change or disturbance in the
existing cover or topography of land.
CONVEYANCE
Any structure or other means of safely conveying stormwater
and stormwater runoff within a stormwater management system, including,
without limitation, a watercourse, closed conduit, culvert, or a bridge.
COUNTY DRAINS
Open or closed drains within the jurisdiction of Wayne County
established pursuant to the Michigan Drain Code of 1956, MCLA § 280.1
et seq., as amended.
DEVELOPMENT SITE
The property on which regulated construction activity will
occur or is occurring or has occurred.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Township of Grosse Ile Department of
Public Services.
PERMIT SECTION
The Permit Section of the Township of Grosse Ile Department
of Public Services, and the Township Engineer.
PERSON
A natural person, trustee, court-appointed representative,
syndicate, association, partnership, limited liability company, firm,
club, company, corporation, business trust, institution, agency, government
corporation, municipal corporation, city, county, municipality, district,
or other political subdivision, department, bureau, agency or instrumentality
of federal, state, or local government, or other entity recognized
by law as the subject of rights and duties.
STORMWATER
Water resulting from precipitation, including, without limitation,
rain, snow, and snowmelt.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Consists of ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, and other
mechanisms that provide for the management of stormwater and stormwater
runoff to prevent flooding and to ensure the restoration and/or protection
of surface waters in the Township of Grosse Ile. The stormwater management
program consists of the requirements of this chapter and any rules
or regulations promulgated under this chapter, and activities mandated
by the certificate of coverage issued by the Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality to the Township pursuant to the general permit
Stormwater Discharges from Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems
(MS4s) Subject to Watershed Plan Requirements (General Permit No.
MIG619000).
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Any structure, feature or appurtenance subject to this chapter
or a rule promulgated pursuant to this chapter that is designed to
collect, detain, retain, treat, or convey stormwater or stormwater
runoff, including without limitation buffer strips, swales, gutters,
catch basins, closed conduits, detention systems, pretreatment systems,
wetlands, pavement, unpaved surfaces, structures, watercourses, or
surface waters.
STORMWATER RUNOFF
The excess portion of precipitation that does not infiltrate
the ground, but runs off and reaches a conveyance, surface water,
or watercourse.
SURFACE WATER
A body of water, including, without limitation, seasonal
and intermittent waters, in which the surface of the water is exposed
to the atmosphere, including, without limitation, lakes, open detention
basins, forebays, watercourses, bioretention areas, retention basins,
wetlands, and impoundments.
WATERCOURSE
An open conduit, either naturally or artificially created,
that periodically or continuously conveys water, including without
limitation, rivers, streams, vegetated swales, open channels, and
open drains.