For purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall
have the following meaning:
BASE RATE
The dollar rate per base unit calculated by the Director,
recommended by the Mayor and adopted by the City Council from time
to time by resolution.
BASE UNIT
One thousand square feet of impervious surface.
BOARD OF APPEALS
The City of Lancaster Stormwater Board of Appeals created
and acting in accordance with the terms hereof.
CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY
A property subject to a condominium regime established under
the Pennsylvania Uniform Condominium Act.
CUSTOMER
Any property owner or tenant of property who is listed as
a customer of the City of Lancaster on the City of Lancaster billing
records for water and/or sewer billings for the particular property
given a notice of assessment under this chapter and who is contractually
responsible for payment of the stormwater management fee.
DESIGN MANUAL
The 2006 Pennsylvania Stormwater Best Management Practices
Manual, as revised from time to time, which serves as the official
guide for stormwater management principles, methods, and practices
in Pennsylvania.
DEVELOPED
Man-made changes have been made to a property, which changes
may include, but are not limited to, buildings or other structures
for which a building permit must be obtained under the requirements
of the (Pennsylvania) Building Code and this Code, mining, dredging,
filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations, or the
storage of equipment or materials.
DEVELOPMENT
A project that consists of subdividing land or adding buildings
and other improvements to individual parcels of land.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Department of Public Works of the City
of Lancaster or the Director's designee.
DRAINAGE AREA
That area that contributes runoff to a single point, measured
in a horizontal plane.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE (GI)
Small-scale stormwater management practices, nonstructural
techniques, and better site planning to mimic natural hydrologic runoff
characteristics and minimize the impact of development on water resources.
Methods to design GI practices are specified in the Design Manual.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE (impervious area)
Any surface that prevents or limits the infiltration of water
into the ground. Any structure, building, parking area, driveway,
road, street, sidewalk, patio, deck, and any area of concrete, asphalt,
pavement, compacted gravel, packed stone, stone, brick, tile, swimming
pool, or artificial turf, and highly compacted soil shall be considered
"impervious surface" if they prevent or limit infiltration. "Impervious
surface" also includes any area used by or for motor vehicles or heavy
commercial equipment, regardless of surface type or material, including
any road, road shoulder, driveway, or parking area.
INFILTRATION
The passage or movement of water into the soil surface.
PROPERTY
Each and every parcel of real estate located within the City
of Lancaster.
PROPERTY MANAGER
A person, company or other entity hired by a property owner
to manage a property.
PROPERTY OWNER
The owner of record for a given property within the City,
as registered in the City's real estate database.
STORMWATER
Water that originates from precipitation.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The collection, conveyance, storage, treatment, and control
of stormwater as needed to reduce accelerated stream channel erosion,
flood damages and water pollution.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
An infiltration device, filtering device, stormwater pond,
stormwater wetland, hydrodynamic structure, or other practice designed
and constructed to control stormwater to reduce accelerated stream
channel erosion and pollution of surface waters. A stormwater management
facility does not include environmental site design practices or any
nonstructural stormwater management system.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FEE (SWMF)
An assessment levied by the City to cover the cost of constructing,
operating, and maintaining stormwater management facilities and fund
expenses related to the City's compliance with NPDES permit requirements
under applicable state law based on the impact of stormwater runoff
from impervious areas of developed land in the City.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Natural areas, environmental site design practices, stormwater
management measures, and any structure through which stormwater flows,
infiltrates, or discharges from a site.
STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE
The inspection, construction, reconstruction, modification,
repair, and cleaning of any part of a stormwater management facility
undertaken to assure that the facility remains in the proper working
condition to serve its intended purpose and prevent failure. Structural
maintenance does not include landscaping, grass cutting, or trash
removal.
WATERSHED
The total drainage area contributing runoff to a single point.
UNDEVELOPED LAND
Any land that is undeveloped, or if previously developed,
land that has been allowed to return naturally to an undeveloped state.