[Ord. No. 3911-07 §1, 12-19-2007]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
With respect to a stream, a natural or enhanced vegetated area (established by Section 413.070(A)(1) below) lying adjacent to the stream.
Any land area susceptible to flooding, which would have at
least a one percent (1%) probability of 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.
Any manmade paved, hardened or structural surface regardless
of material. Impervious cover includes, but is not limited to, rooftops,
buildings, streets, roads, decks, swimming pools and any concrete
or asphalt.
Any land change including, but not limited to, clearing,
grubbing, stripping, removal of vegetation, dredging, grading, excavating,
transporting and filling of land, construction, paving and any other
installation of impervious cover.
Those actions or activities which comprise, facilitate or
result in land development.
Any land or vegetation change, including, but not limited
to, clearing, grubbing, stripping, removal of vegetation, dredging,
grading, excavating, transporting and filling of land, that do not
involve construction, paving or any other installation of impervious
cover.
Those actions or activities which comprise, facilitate or
result in land disturbance.
Any plot, lot or acreage shown as a unit on the latest County
tax assessment records.
The permit issued by the (local permitting authority) required
for undertaking any land development activity
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture,
public or private corporation, trust, estate, commission, board, public
or private institution, utility, cooperative, City, County or other
political subdivision of the State, any interstate body or any other
legal entity.
With respect to a stream, the combined areas of all required
buffers and setbacks applicable to such stream.
Belonging or related to the bank of a river, stream, lake,
pond or impoundment.
With respect to a stream, the area established by Section 413.070(A)(2) extending beyond any buffer applicable to the stream.
Any stream, beginning at:
The sloping land that contains the stream channel and the
normal flows of the stream. Where no established top-of-bank can be
determined, the stream bank will be the "ordinary high water mark"
as defined by the Corps of Engineers in Title 33 of the Code of Federal
Regulation, Part 328.3.
The portion of a watercourse that contains the base flow
of the stream.
