The following words, as used in this article, shall have
the meanings indicated below:
APPLICANT
A landowner or developer, including heirs, successors and assigns,
who has filed an application with the Township.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (BMPs)
Stormwater quantity and quality management measures, techniques,
controls, etc. utilized to mitigate and minimize the negative impacts of runoff
to streams, lakes, wetlands, forests, residential, business, commercial, or
institutional properties, as well as new land development sites. BMPs can
be nonstructural (preventative actions) and structural (treatment facilities).
SPRING
A place where water flows naturally from rock or soil upon the land
or into a body of surface water.
STORM SEWER
A system of pipes and/or open channels that conveys intercepted runoff
and stormwater from other sources but excludes domestic sewage and industrial
wastes.
STORMWATER
Water which surfaces, flows, or collects during and subsequent to
rain or snowfall events.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Procedures involved in the control of water that runs off the surface
of the land from rain and melting snow.
STREAM
A natural watercourse with perennial or intermittent flow.
SWIMMING POOL
A water-filled enclosure, permanently constructed or portable, having
a depth of more than 18 inches below the level of the surrounding land, or
an aboveground pool, having a depth of more than 30 inches, designated, used,
and maintained, for swimming and bathing.
TOWNSHIP ENGINEER
Duly appointed employee or independent contractor performing engineering
services for the Township or such individual appointed by the Supervisors
to perform the duties and services designated herein.
WATERCOURSE
A channel or conveyance of surface water having defined bed and banks,
whether natural or artificial.
WETLANDS
Those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface water or groundwater
at a frequency and duration sufficient to support and which under normal conditions
do support a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated
soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs and similar
areas.