As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person(s), corporation, or public or private organization proposing
a development which would involve disturbance to the natural terrain as herein
defined.
An excavation; the difference between a point on the original ground
and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade; also, the material
removed in excavation.
Any construction, reconstruction, demolition, or removal or structures,
roadways, parking, or other paved areas, utilities, or other similar facilities,
including any action requiring a building permit by the Town.
The removal of mineral and/or organic matter by the action of wind,
water and/or gravity.
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock, or any other similar
material is dug into, cut, removed, displaced, relocated, or bulldozed, and
shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
Any act by which earth, sand, or other material is placed or moved
to a new location above ground. The fill is also the difference in elevation
between a point of existing undisturbed ground and a designated point of higher
elevation of the final grade.
Any physical land development activity which includes such actions
as clearance of vegetation; moving or filling of land; removal or excavation
of soil or mineral resources; or similar activities.
The municipal agency charged with the responsibility to maintain
the transportation network of streets, roads and public rights-of-way. The
director shall be that person who supervises the functions of such an agency.
The surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed
after a fall of rain or snow and including seepage flows that do not enter
the soil but run off the surface of the land; also, that portion of water
that is not absorbed by the soil, but runs off the land surface.
Solid material, both mineral and/or organic, that is in suspension,
is being transported, or has been moved from its site or origin by wind, water
and/or gravity as a product of erosion.
The (approved) document required before any person may cause a disturbance
to the natural terrain within the Town as herein regulated; also, herein referred
to as “erosion and sediment control plan” or “approved plan.”
Any tidewater or coastal wetland and its mean high water level, and
any freshwater wetland at its seasonal high water level, including but not
limited to any river, stream, brook, pond, lake, swamp, marsh, bog, fen, wet
meadow, or any other standing or flowing body of water. The edge of the watercourse
as herein defined shall be used for delineation purposes.
