§ 32-189. Definitions.

The following words and terms as used in this division shall be deemed to mean and be construed as follows:

Best management practices (BMPs) means schedules of activities, prohibitions of practices, general good housekeeping practices, pollution prevention, educational practices, source controls, treatment controls, and other management practices and methods to prevent or reduce the direct or indirect release of pollutants into the stormwater management system.

City best management practices (city BMPs) means BMPs imposed by the director of public works.

Construction activity means any activity that disturbs the soil, including but not limited to clearing, grading, digging or excavating. Provided that, construction activity shall not include yardwork or landscaping, or the construction and maintenance of decks, patios, and similar structures.

Construction site means any location where construction activity occurs, excluding subdivision developments and utility construction sites.

Contractor means any person or firm performing or managing construction activity at a construction site, including any construction manager, general contractor or subcontractor. Also includes, but is not limited to, paving, building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical or landscaping contractors, and material suppliers delivering materials to the site.

Discharge means any substance directly or indirectly added or introduced to the stormwater management system.

Discharger means any person who causes, allows, permits, or is otherwise responsible for, a discharge.

Domestic sewage means sewage originating primarily from kitchen, bathroom and laundry sources, including waste from food preparation, dishwashing, garbage grinding, toilets, baths, showers and sinks.

Facility means any building, structure, installation, process, or activity from which there is or may be a discharge into the stormwater management system.

Fertilizer means a substance or compound that contains an essential plant nutrient element in a form available to plants and is used primarily for its essential plant nutrient element content in promoting or stimulating growth of a plant or improving the quality of a crop, or a mixture of two or more fertilizers.

Household hazardous waste means any material generated in a household (including single and multiple residences) that would be classified as hazardous pursuant to K.A.R. 28-29-23b.

Illegal or illicit discharge means any discharge to the stormwater management system that is prohibited under this article.

Illegal or illicit connection means any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface, which has not been approved or allowed by the city.

Mechanical fluid means any fluid used in the operation and maintenance of machinery, vehicles and any other equipment, including lubricants, antifreeze, petroleum products, oil and fuel.

Mobile commercial cosmetic cleaning or mobile washing means power washing, steam cleaning, and any other method of mobile cosmetic cleaning, of vehicles and/or exterior surfaces, engaged in for commercial purposes or related to a commercial activity.

Oil means any kind of oil in any form, including, but not limited to: petroleum, fuel oil, crude oil, synthetic oil, motor oil, cooking oil, grease, sludge, oil refuse, and oil mixed with waste.

Release means to dump, spill, leak, pump, pour, emit, empty, inject, leach, dispose, add, or otherwise introduce into the stormwater management system.

Rubbish means nonputrescible solid waste, excluding ashes, that consist of:

(a)

Combustible waste materials, including paper, rags, cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, leaves, and similar materials; and

(b)

Noncombustible waste materials, including glass, crockery, tin cans, aluminum cans, metal furniture, and similar materials that do not burn at ordinary incinerator temperatures (1,600 to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).

Sanitary sewage means the domestic sewage and/or industrial waste that is discharged into the city sanitary sewer and passes through the sanitary sewer to the city sewage treatment plant for treatment.

Sediment means soil (or mud) that has been disturbed or eroded and transported naturally by water, wind or gravity, or mechanically by any person.

Septic tank waste means any domestic sewage from holding tanks such as vessels, chemical toilets, campers, trailers, septic tanks and aerated tanks.

Solid waste means any garbage, rubbish, refuse and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material, resulting from industrial, municipal, commercial, construction, mining or agricultural operations, and residential, community and institutional activities.

Stormwater management system means all surfaces, structures and systems that contribute to or convey stormwater, including private drainage systems, the MS4, surface water, groundwater, waters of the state and waters of the United States.

Subdivision development means a site in which any parcel of land has been platted into two or more lots, and has construction activity taking place thereon.

Surface water means water bodies and any water temporarily residing on the surface of the ground, including oceans, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, ponds, streams, puddles, channelized flow and runoff.

Uncontaminated means not containing pollutants.

Utility agency means private utility companies, city departments or contractors working for private utility companies or city departments, engaged in the construction or maintenance of utility distribution lines and services, including, but not limited to, water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, electric, gas, telephone, television and communication services.

Utility construction site means the location or lot where private utility companies, city departments or contractors working for private utility companies or city departments, are engaged in the construction or maintenance of utility distribution lines and services, including, but not limited to, water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, electric, gas, telephone, television and communication services.

Wastewater means any water or other liquid, other than uncontaminated stormwater, discharged from a facility.

Water quality standard means the designation of a body or segment of surface water in the state for desirable uses and the narrative and numerical criteria deemed by state or federal regulatory standards to be necessary to protect those uses.

Yard waste means leaves, grass clippings, tree limbs, brush, soil, rocks or debris that result from landscaping, gardening, or yard maintenance.

(Ord. No. 6659, § 3, 9-11-07; Ord. No. 6706, § 18, 7-1-08)