For the purpose of this chapter, certain words and terms used in this chapter are defined as set out in this article.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.0, 1991)
means a human made construction of inclined earth which is designed to perform a specific function in a project or graded area not including pre-existing slopes or man made slopes altered through natural processes such as erosion.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.1, 1991)
means a surety bond, assignment of funds, or irrevocable bank letter of credit to guarantee all work is done in compliance with all applicable city requirements.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.2, 1991)
means the publicly elected body of local representatives for the incorporated city of Sumner, Washington vested with the power to enact and repeal local laws, regulations, rules, policies, and procedures.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.3, 1991)
means the directing engineer for the city. Any act in this chapter requiring the authorization of the city engineer may be done by an authorized employee of the engineering department.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.4, 1991)
means a professional engineer registered in the state of Washington to practice in the field of civil engineering.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.5, 1991)
means the removal of vegetation from a site in such a manner as to affect the erosive potential of the soils on a site.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.6, 1991)
means the implementation of all land-disturbing activities.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.7, 1991)
means an orderly sequential construction with no significant delays due to factors within the control of the permittee.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.8, 1991)
means water originating from rainfall or other precipitation which is transmitted downhill through sheet flow, rivulets, channels, drainage ditches, pipes, creeks, streams, and rivers.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.9, 1991)
means the list of charges, to permittees or other persons, established by the city council to reimburse the city for time spent in review of permit applications and inspection of potential or actual violations of law.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.10, 1991)
means movement of earth requiring the removal of most or all of the existing vegetation and in sufficient quantities to alter the natural topography and general character of a site.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.11, 1991)
means the clearing or removal of vegetation, or the movement of earth or other sediment producing materials which are in direct contact with the ground.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.12, 1991)
means the 1990 version of the King County, Washington, Surface Water Design Manual by the King County department of public works.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.13, 1991)
means the written document served to a permittee or other person subject to the provisions of this chapter which precedes all forms of enforcement actions including stop work orders, revocation of permits, and assessment of cumulative civil penalties.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.14, 1991)
means the maximum surface water runoff rate (in cubic feet per second) determined for the two-year 24-hour storm.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.15, 1991)
means an engineering plan showing all devices, controls, and measures which will be implemented after construction by the permittee to minimize erosion on the subject property and stabilize soils on a long term basis.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.16, 1991)
means the person, corporation, or other private or governmental entity applying for or granted a sediment and erosion control permit or sediment and erosion control approval as a part of another permit.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.17, 1991)
means the preliminary clearing and shaping of a site.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.18, 1991)
means a mechanism or construction which is designed to either prevent erosion or remove suspended sediment from runoff and shall include but is not limited to silt fences, hay bales, brush barriers, gravel filter berms, inlet protection, sediment traps, sediment basins, mulching, matting, plastic covers, surface roughening, terracing, swales, rip rap, and gabions.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.19, 1991)
means the city sediment and erosion control permit which is the official approval for land-disturbing activities.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.20, 1991)
means all activities undertaken to limit erosion and remove suspended sediment from runoff and shall include but is not limited to all sediment and erosion control devices, vegetative buffers, grading phasing, seasonal construction, permanent vegetation establishment, and proper grading design.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.21, 1991)
means the ratio of horizontal run to vertical fall on a slope and shall be expressed as a ratio or as a percentage of a one to one ratio.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.22, 1991)
means to secure soil or deposited sediment so that the rate of erosion is minimized.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.23, 1991)
means slopes which exceed 25 percent slope grade.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.24, 1991)
means the tract of land which is the subject of the permit, and/or approval action, and/or inspection of violation, as defined by the full legal description of all parcels involved.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.25, 1991)
means an engineering plan showing all devices, controls, and measures which will be implemented by the permittee to minimize erosion on the subject property and remove suspended sediment from site runoff during and immediately after the period of construction or other land-disturbing activity.
(Ord. 1529 § 2.26, 1991)