The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and implementation
of this Bylaw. Additional definitions may be adopted by separate regulation:
ACRE
Forty-three thousand, five-hundred and sixty square feet
(43,560 sq. ft.).
AGRICULTURAL USE
The normal maintenance or improvement of land in agricultural
or aquacultural use, as defined by the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection
Act, M.G.L. c. 131, § 40, and its implementing regulations.
ALTER
Any activity, which will measurably change the ability of
a ground surface area to absorb water or will change existing surface
drainage patterns. Alter may be similarly represented as "alteration
of drainage characteristics," and "conducting land disturbance activities."
APPLICANT
Any person, individual, partnership, association, firm, company,
corporation, trust, authority, agency, department, or political subdivision,
of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or the federal government to
the extent permitted by law requesting a Stormwater Management Permit
for proposed land-disturbance activity.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP)
Structural, non-structural and managerial techniques that
are recognized to be the most effective and practical means to prevent
and/or reduce increases in stormwater volumes and flows, reduce point
source and nonpoint source pollution, and promote stormwater quality
and protection of the environment. "Structural" BMPs are devices that
are engineered and constructed to provide temporary storage and treatment
of stormwater runoff. "Nonstructural" BMPs use natural measures to
reduce pollution levels, do not require extensive construction efforts,
and/or promote pollutant reduction by eliminating the pollutant source.
BETTER SITE DESIGN
Site design approaches and techniques that can reduce a site's
impact on the watershed through the use of nonstructural stormwater
management practices. Better site design includes conserving and protecting
natural areas and greenspace, reducing impervious cover, and using
natural features for stormwater management.
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION
Document issued by the Town of Lunenburg Planning Board,
its employees, or authorized agents upon receipt of a final inspection
report and acknowledgement that all conditions of the Stormwater Management
Permit have been satisfactorily completed.
ENFORCEMENT ORDER
A written order issued by the Town of Lunenburg to enforce
the provisions of this Article.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4) or MUNICIPAL STORM
DRAIN SYSTEM
The system of conveyances designed or used for collecting
or conveying stormwater, including any road with a drainage system,
street, gutter, curb, inlet, piped storm drain, pumping facility,
retention or detention basin, natural or man-made or altered drainage
channel, reservoir, and other drainage structure that together comprise
the storm drainage system owned or operated by the Town of Lunenburg,
MA.
NEW DEVELOPMENT
Any construction, land alteration, or addition of impervious
surfaces on previously undeveloped sites resulting in a total disturbance
of land equal to or greater than 1 acre (or activities that are part
of a larger common plan of development disturbing greater than 1 acre)
that does not meet the definition of Redevelopment.
NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
Pollution from many diffuse sources caused by rainfall or
snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves,
it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally
depositing them into water resource areas.
OWNER
A person with a legal or equitable interest in property.
PERSON
Any individual, group of individuals, association, partnership,
corporation, company, business organization, trust, estate, the Commonwealth
or political subdivision thereof to the extent subject to Town Bylaws,
administrative agency, public or quasi-public corporation or body,
the Town of Lunenburg and any other legal entity, its legal representatives,
agents, or assigns.
POST-DEVELOPMENT
The conditions that reasonably may be expected or anticipated
to exist after completion of the land development activity on a specific
site or tract of land. Post-development refers to the phase of a new
development or redevelopment project after completion, and does not
refer to the construction phase of a project.
PRE-DEVELOPMENT
The conditions that exist at the time that plans for the
land development of a tract of land are submitted to the Lunenburg
Conservation Commission or Planning Board. Where phased development
or plan approval occurs (preliminary grading, roads and utilities,
etc.), the existing conditions at the time prior to the first plan
submission shall establish predevelopment conditions.
RECHARGE
The replenishment of underground water reserves.
REDEVELOPMENT
Development, rehabilitation, expansion, demolition, or phased
projects that disturb the ground surface or increase the impervious
area on previously developed sites. Any construction, land alteration,
or improvement of impervious surfaces resulting in total disturbance
of land equal to or greater than 1 acre (or activities that are part
of a larger common plan of redevelopment disturbing greater than 1
acre) that does not meet the definition of New Development.
STORMWATER AUTHORITY
The Town of Lunenburg Planning Board or its authorized agent(s).
The Planning Board is responsible for coordinating the review, approval
and permit process as defined in this Bylaw.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PERMIT (SMP)
A permit issued by the Planning Board after review of an
application, plans, calculations, and other supporting documents,
which is designed to protect the environment of the Town from the
deleterious effects of uncontrolled and untreated stormwater runoff.
WATERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
All waters within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, including, without limitation, rivers, streams, lakes,
ponds, springs, impoundments, estuaries, wetlands, coastal waters,
groundwaters, and vernal pools.
WETLAND RESOURCE AREAS
Areas specified in the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act Regulations, 310 CMR 10.00, as amended, and in the Town of Lunenburg Article
XXI General Wetlands Protection Bylaw, as amended.