For the purposes of this Part
3, the following terms phrases, words and their derivations shall have the meanings given herein. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense and words in the singular include the plural. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. Words not defined herein shall have their usual and customary meanings with reference to related ordinances of the Village.
Schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention and educational practices, maintenance procedures, and other management practices to prevent or reduce the discharge of pollutants directly or indirectly to stormwater, receiving waters, or stormwater conveyance systems. BMPs also include treatment practices, operating procedures, and practices to control site runoff, spillage or leaks, sludge or water disposal, or drainage from raw materials storage.
CLEAN WATER ACTThe federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §
1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.
Activities subject to NPDES construction permits. These include construction projects resulting in land disturbance of one acre or more. Such activities include but are not limited to clearing and grubbing, grading, excavating, and demolition.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALAny material, including any substance, waste, or combination thereof, which, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial present or potential hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
ILLEGAL DISCHARGEAny direct or indirect nonstormwater discharge to the storm drain system, except as exempted in §
225-307 of this Part
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A connection involving either:
A. Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, that allows an illegal discharge to enter the storm drain system, including but not limited to any conveyances that allow any nonstormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drain system and any connections to the storm drain system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by an authorized enforcement agency; or
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drain system that has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)The system of conveyances (including sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, bioswales, ditches, man-made channels, rain gardens, or storm drains) owned and operated by the Village and designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater, and that is not used for collecting or conveying sewage.
PERSONAny individual, association, organization, partnership, firm, corporation or other entity recognized by law and acting as either the owner or as the owner's agent.
POLLUTANTAnything which causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; nonhazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, ordnance, and accumulations, so that the same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.
PREMISESAny building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land, whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
STORMWATERAny surface flow, runoff, and drainage consisting entirely of water from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLANA document which describes the best management practices and activities to be implemented by a person or business to identify sources of pollution or contamination at a site and the actions to eliminate or reduce pollutant discharges to stormwater, the MS4, and/or waters of the State of Illinois or of the United States to the maximum extent practicable.
WASTEWATERAny water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated stormwater, discharged from a facility.