(1) 
This chapter is adopted under the authority granted by Wis. Stats. § 61.354, for villages. This chapter supersedes all provisions of any ordinance previously enacted under Wis. Stats. § 59.69, § 60.62, § 61.35, or § 62.23, that relate to Chapter 10. Except as otherwise specified in Wis. Stats. § 59.693, § 60.627, § 61.354, or § 62.234, Wis. Stats. § 59.69, § 60.62, § 61.35, or § 62.23, applies to this chapter and to any amendments to this chapter.
(2) 
The provisions of this chapter are deemed not to limit any other lawful regulatory powers of the same governing body.
(3) 
The Board hereby designates the Director to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter.
(4) 
The requirements of this chapter do not preempt more stringent requirements that may be imposed by any of the following:
(a) 
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources administrative rules, permits or approvals including those authorized under Wis. Stats. § 281.16 and § 283.33.
(b) 
Targeted non-agricultural performance standards promulgated in rules by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under s. NR 151.004, Wis. Adm. Code.
(c) 
61.354 of the Wisconsin State Statutes.
The Board finds that runoff from land disturbing construction activity carries a significant amount of sediment and other pollutants to the waters of the state located within the Village.
The Board also finds that uncontrolled, post-construction runoff has a significant impact upon water resources and the health, safety and general welfare of the community and diminishes the public enjoyment and use of natural resources. Specifically, uncontrolled post-construction runoff can:
(1) 
Degrade physical stream habitat by increasing stream bank erosion, increasing streambed scour, diminishing groundwater recharge, diminishing stream base flows and increasing stream temperature.
(2) 
Diminish the capacity of lakes and streams to support fish, aquatic life, recreational and water supply uses by increasing pollutant loading of sediment, suspended solids, nutrients, heavy metals, bacteria, pathogens and other urban pollutants.
(3) 
Alter wetland communities by changing wetland hydrology and by increasing pollutant loads.
(4) 
Reduce the quality of groundwater by increasing pollutant loading.
(5) 
Threaten public health, safety, property and general welfare by overtaxing storm sewers, drainage ways, and other minor drainage facilities.
(6) 
Threaten public health, safety, property and general welfare by increasing major flood peaks and volumes.
(7) 
Undermine floodplain management efforts by increasing the incidence and levels of flooding.
(1) 
Purpose. The general purpose of this chapter is to establish runoff management requirements that will diminish the threats to public health, safety, welfare and the aquatic environment. Specific purposes are to:
(a) 
Further the maintenance of safe and healthful conditions.
(b) 
Prevent and control the adverse effects of stormwater; prevent and control soil erosion; prevent and control water pollution; protect spawning grounds, fish and aquatic life; control building sites, placement of structures and land uses; preserve ground cover and scenic beauty; and promote sound economic growth.
(c) 
Control exceedance of the safe capacity of existing drainage facilities and receiving water bodies; prevent undue channel erosion; control increases in the scouring and transportation of particulate matter; and prevent conditions that endanger downstream property.
(2) 
Intent. It is the intent of the Board that this chapter regulates stormwater discharges to waters of the state. This chapter may be applied on a site-by-site basis. The Board recognizes, however, that the preferred method of achieving the stormwater performance standards set forth in this chapter is through the preparation and implementation of comprehensive, systems- level stormwater management plans that cover hydrologic units, such as watersheds, on a municipal and regional scale. Such plans may prescribe regional stormwater devices, practices or systems, any of which may be designed to treat or prevent runoff from more than one site prior to discharge to waters of the state. Where such plans are in conformance with the performance standards developed under Wis. Stats. § 281.16 for regional stormwater management measures and have been approved by the Village, it is the intent of this chapter that the approved plan be used to identify measures acceptable for the community.
ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY
A governmental employee empowered under Wis. Stats. § 59.693, § 60.627, § 61.354, § 62.234, that is designated by the Board to administer this chapter.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AREA
The part of the farm where there is concentrated production activity or impervious surfaces. Agricultural production areas include buildings, driveways, parking areas, feed storage structures, manure storage structures, and other impervious surfaces. The agricultural production area does not include the agricultural activity area.
AGRICULTURE ACTIVITY AREA
The part of the farm where there is planting, growing, cultivating and harvesting of crops for human or livestock consumption and pasturing or outside yarding of livestock, including sod farms and silviculture. Practices in this area may include waterways, drainage ditches, diversions, terraces, farm lanes, excavation, filling and similar practices. The agricultural activity area does not include the agricultural production area.
AUTHORIZED ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
Employees or designees of the Director are hereby designated to enforce this chapter.
AVERAGE ANNUAL RAINFALL
A calendar year of precipitation, excluding snow, which is considered typical. For purposes of this chapter, average annual rainfall means measured precipitation in Green Bay, Wisconsin between March 29 and November 25, 1969.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE OR BMP
Structural or non-structural measures, practices, techniques or devices employed to avoid or minimize soil, sediment or pollutants carried in runoff to waters of the state.
BUSINESS DAY
A day the office of the Director that is routinely and customarily open for business.
CEASE AND DESIST ORDER
A court- issued order to halt land disturbing construction activity that is being conducted without the required permit.
COMBINED SEWER SYSTEM
A system for conveying both sanitary sewage and stormwater runoff.
COMMON PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT OR SALE
A development or sale where multiple separate and distinct land disturbing construction activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules but under one plan. A common plan of development or sale includes, but is not limited to, subdivision plats, certified survey maps, and other developments.
CONNECTED IMPERVIOUSNESS
An impervious surface that is directly connected to a separate storm sewer or water of the state via an impervious flow path.
CONSTRUCTION SITE
An area upon which one or more land disturbing construction activities occur, including areas that are part of a larger common plan of development.
CONTAMINATED STORMWATER
Stormwater that comes into contact with material handling equipment or activities, raw materials, intermediate products, final products, waste materials, byproducts or industrial machinery in the source areas listed in NR 216 (effective August 1, 2004).
DEPARTMENT (DNR)
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
DESIGN STORM
A hypothetical discrete rainstorm characterized by a specific duration, temporal distribution, rainfall intensity, return frequency, and total depth of rainfall. The TR-55, Type II, 24- hour design storms for Village are: one year, 2.2 inches; two year, 2.5 inches; five year, 3.2 inches; ten year, 3.7 inches; twenty-five year, 4.3 inches; and 100-year, 5.1 inches.
DEVELOPMENT
Residential, commercial, industrial, institutional, or other land uses and associated roads.
DIRECTOR
The Director of Public Works or his or her designee.
DISCHARGE
As defined in Wis. Stats. Ch 283 (most current edition) when used without qualification includes a discharge of any pollutant. Discharge of pollutant or discharge of pollutants. As defined in Wis. Stats. Ch 283 (most current edition), means any addition of any pollutant to the waters of this state from any point source.
EFFECTIVE INFILTRATION AREA
The area of the infiltration system that is used to infiltrate runoff and does not include the area used for site access, berms or pretreatment.
EROSION
The process by which the land's surface is worn away by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity.
EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL PLAN
A comprehensive plan developed to address pollution caused by erosion and sedimentation of soil particles or rock fragments during construction.
EXCEPTIONAL RESOURCE WATERS
Waters listed in s. NR 102.11, Wis. Adm. Code.
EXTRATERRITORIAL
The unincorporated area within three miles of the corporate limits of a first, second, or third class city, or within 1 1/2 miles of a fourth class city or village.
FINAL STABILIZATION
That all land disturbing construction activities at the construction site have been completed and that a uniform perennial vegetative cover has been established, with a density of at least 70% of the cover, for the unpaved areas and areas not covered by permanent structures, or that employ equivalent permanent stabilization measures.
FINANCIAL GUARANTEE
A performance bond, maintenance bond, surety bond, irrevocable letter of credit, or similar guarantees submitted to the Director by the responsible party to assure that requirements of the chapter are carried out in compliance with the stormwater management plan.
GOVERNING BODY
The Board of the Village of Suamico, Brown County, State of Wisconsin.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Any 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.
HIGHWAY
As found in Wis. Stats. § 340.01 (22).
HIGHWAY RECONDITIONING
As found in Wis. Stats. § 84.013 (1)(b).
HIGHWAY RECONSTRUCTION
As found in Wis. Stats. § 84.013(1)(c).
HIGHWAY RESURFACING
As found in Wis. Stats. § 84.013(1)(d).
ILLICIT CONNECTIONS
Either of the following:
(1) 
Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface that allows an illicit discharge to enter the MS4 including but not limited to any conveyances that allow any non-stormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the MS4 and any connections to the MS4 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,
(2) 
Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the MS4 which has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by an authorized enforcement agency.
ILLICIT DISCHARGE
Any discharge to a municipal separate storm sewer system that is not composed entirely of stormwater except discharges authorized by a WPDES permit or other discharge not requiring a WPDES permit such as landscape irrigation, individual residential car washing, fire fighting, diverted stream flows, uncontaminated groundwater infiltration, uncontaminated pumped groundwater, discharges from potable water sources, foundation drains, air conditioning condensation, irrigation water, lawn watering, flows from riparian habitats and wetlands, and similar discharges.
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE
An area that releases as runoff all or a large portion of the precipitation that falls on it, except for frozen soil. Rooftops, sidewalks, driveways, parking lots and streets are examples of areas that typically are impervious. Gravel surfaces are considered impervious, unless specifically designed to encourage infiltration.
IN-FILL AREA
A new development area less than five acres in size that is located within existing urban sewer service areas, surrounded by already existing development or existing development and natural or man-made features where development cannot occur.
INDIVIDUAL
Any owner, operator, corporation, partnership, association, municipality, interstate agency, state agency, or federal agency.
INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY
Activities subject to WPDES industrial permits per NR 216 (effective August 1, 2004) and Wis. Stats. Ch. 283 (most current edition).
INFILTRATION
The entry of precipitation or runoff into or through the soil.
INFILTRATION SYSTEM
A device or practice such as a basin, trench, rain garden or swale designed specifically to encourage infiltration, but does not include natural infiltration in pervious surfaces such as lawns, redirecting of rooftop downspouts onto lawns or minimal infiltration from practices, such as swales or road side channels designed for conveyance and pollutant removal only.
KARST FEATURE
An area or surficial geologic feature subject to bedrock dissolution so that it is likely to provide a conduit to groundwater, and may include caves, enlarged fractures, mine features, exposed bedrock surfaces, sinkholes, springs, seeps, or swallets.
LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY (OR DISTURBANCE)
Any man-made alteration of the land surface resulting in a change in the topography or existing vegetative or non-vegetative soil cover, that may result in runoff and lead to an increase in soil erosion and movement of sediment into waters of the state. Land disturbing construction activity includes clearing and grubbing, demolition, excavating, pit trench dewatering, filling and grading activities, and soil stockpiling.
MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT
A legal document that provides for long-term maintenance of stormwater management and best management practices.
MEP OR MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICABLE
A level of implementing best management practices in order to achieve a performance standard specified in this chapter which takes into account the best available technology, cost effectiveness and other competing issues such as human safety and welfare, endangered and threatened resources, historic properties and geographic features. MEP allows flexibility in the way to meet the performance standards and may vary based on the performance standard and site conditions.
MINOR RECONSTRUCTION OF A HIGHWAY
Reconstruction of a highway that is limited to 1 1/2 miles in continuous or aggregate total length of realignment and that does not exceed 100 feet in width of roadbed widening.
MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
As defined in Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 216 (effective August 1, 2004), means a conveyance or system of conveyances including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, constructed channels or storm drains, which meets all the following criteria:
(1) 
Owned or operated by a municipality.
(2) 
Designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater.
(3) 
Is not a combined sewer conveying both sanitary and stormwater.
(4) 
Is not part of a publicly owned wastewater treatment works that provides secondary or more stringent treatment.
MUNICIPALITY
Any city, town, village, county, county utility district, town sanitary district, town utility district, school district or metropolitan sewage district or any other public entity created pursuant to law and having authority to collect, treat or dispose of sewage, industrial wastes, stormwater or other wastes.
NEW DEVELOPMENT
That portion of a post-construction site where impervious surfaces are being created or expanded. Any disturbance where the amount of impervious area for the post-development condition is greater than the pre-development condition is classified as new development. For purposes of this chapter, a post-construction site is classified as new development, redevelopment, routine maintenance, or some combination of these three classifications as appropriate.
NON-STORMWATER DISCHARGE
Any discharge to the MS4 that is not composed entirely of stormwater.
OFF-SITE
Located outside the property boundary described in the permit application.
ON-SITE
Located within the property boundary described in the permit application.
ORDINARY HIGH-WATER MARK
As found in s. NR 115.03(6), Wis. Adm. Code.
OUTFALL
The point at which stormwater is discharged to waters of the state or to a storm sewer.
OUTSTANDING RESOURCE WATERS
As found in s. NR 102.10, Wis. Adm. Code.
OWNER
Any person holding fee title, an easement or other interest in property.
PERCENT FINES
The percentage of a given sample of soil, which passes through a #200 sieve.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
A narrative or measurable number specifying the minimum acceptable outcome for a facility or practice.
PERMIT
A written authorization made by the Director to the applicant to conduct land disturbing construction activity or to discharge post-construction runoff to waters of the state.
PERMIT ADMINISTRATION FEE
A sum of money paid to the Director by the permit applicant for the purpose of recouping the expenses incurred by the authority in administering the permit.
PERVIOUS SURFACE
An area that releases as runoff a small portion of the precipitation that falls on it. Lawns, gardens, parks, forests or other similar vegetated areas are examples of surfaces that typically are pervious.
POLLUTANT
As found in Wis. Stats. § 283.01 (13).
POLLUTION
As found in Wis. Stats. § 281.01 (10).
POLLUTION PREVENTION
Taking measures to eliminate or reduce pollution.
POST-CONSTRUCTION SITE
A construction site following the completion of land disturbing construction activity and final site stabilization.
POST-DEVELOPMENT
The extent and distribution of land cover types present after the completion of land disturbing construction activity and final site stabilization.
PRE-DEVELOPMENT
The extent and distribution of land cover types present before the initiation of land disturbing construction activity, assuming that all land uses prior to development activity are managed in an environmentally sound manner.
PREMISES
Any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.
PREVENTION ACTION LIMIT
As found in s. NR 140.05(17), Wis. Adm. Code.
PROTECTIVE AREA
As found in Section 10.17 (3) (d) of the Village post-construction stormwater management ordinance.
REDEVELOPMENT
That portion of a post-construction site where impervious surfaces are being reconstructed, replaced, or reconfigured. Any disturbance where the amount of impervious area for the post- development condition is equal to or less than the pre-development condition is classified as redevelopment. For purposes of this chapter, a post-construction site is classified as new development, redevelopment, routine maintenance, or some combination of these three classifications as appropriate.
RESPONSIBLE PARTY
Any entity holding fee title to the property or performing services to meet the performance standards of this chapter through a contract or other agreement.
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE
That portion of a post-construction site where pre-development impervious surfaces are being maintained to preserve the original line and grade, hydraulic capacity, drainage pattern, configuration, or purpose of the facility. Remodeling of buildings and resurfacing of parking lots, streets, driveways, and sidewalks are examples of routine maintenance, provided the lower half of the impervious surface's granular base is not disturbed. The disturbance shall be classified as redevelopment if the lower half of the granular base associated with the pre-development impervious surface is disturbed or if the soil located beneath the impervious surface is exposed. For purposes of this chapter, a post-construction site is classified as new development, redevelopment, routine maintenance, or some combination of these three classifications as appropriate.
RUNOFF
Stormwater or precipitation including rain, snow or ice melt or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.
SEDIMENT
Settleable solid material that is transported by runoff, suspended within runoff or deposited by runoff away from its original location.
SEPARATE STORM SEWER
A conveyance or system of conveyances including roads with drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, constructed channels or storm drains, which meets all of the following criteria:
(1) 
Is designed or used for collecting water or conveying runoff.
(2) 
Discharges directly or indirectly to waters of the state.
(3) 
Is not part of a combined sewer system.
(4) 
Is not draining to a stormwater treatment device or system.
SITE
The entire area included in the legal description of the land on which the land disturbing construction activity is proposed in the permit application.
STOP WORK ORDER
An order issued by the Director which requires that all construction activity on the site be stopped.
STORMWATER
Runoff from precipitation including rain, snow, ice melt or similar water that moves on the land surface via sheet or channelized flow.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN
A comprehensive plan designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from stormwater after the site has under gone final stabilization following completion of the construction activity.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN/STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN
A 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 conveyance systems, and/or receiving waters to the maximum extent practicable.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PLAN
A comprehensive plan designed to reduce the discharge of runoff and pollutants from hydrologic units on a regional or municipal scale.
TECHNICAL STANDARD
A document that specifies design, predicted performance and operation and maintenance specifications for a material, device or method.
THE VILLAGE
The Village of Suamico.
TOP OF THE CHANNEL
An edge, or point on the landscape, landward from the ordinary high-water mark of a surface water of the state, where the slope of the land begins to be less than 12% continually for at least 50 feet. If the slope of the land is 12% or less continually for the initial 50 feet, landward from the ordinary high-water mark, the top of the channel is the ordinary high-water mark.
TR-55
The United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (previously Soil Conservation Service), Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds, Second Edition, Technical Release 55, June 1986.
TRANSPORTATION FACILITY
A public street, a public road, a public highway, a public mass transit facility, a public-use airport, a public trail, or any other public work for transportation purposes such as harbor improvements under Wis. Stats. § 85.095(1)(b).
TYPE II DISTRIBUTION
A rainfall type curve as established in the "United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Technical Paper 149, published 1973". The Type II curve is applicable to all of Wisconsin and represents the most intense storm pattern.
VILLAGE STORMWATER REFERENCE GUIDE
The most current edition of the Village of Suamico Stormwater Reference Guide for Post-Construction Stormwater Management and Construction Site Erosion Control is available at the Village Hall and online at www.suamico.org.
WASTEWATER
Any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated stormwater, discharged from a facility.
WATERCOURSE
A natural or artificial channel through which water flows. These channels include all blue and dashed blue lines on the USGS quadrangle maps, all channels shown on the soils maps in the NRCS soils book for Brown County, all channels identified on the site, and new channels that are created as part of a development. The term watercourse includes waters of the state as herein defined.
WATERS OF THE STATE
As found in Wis. Stats. § 281.01 (18).
(WPDES) WISCONSIN POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM STORMWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT
A Wisconsin pollutant discharge elimination system permit issued pursuant to Wis. Stats. Ch. 283. (most current edition).