§ 34-152. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and terms shall have the meanings set forth except where otherwise specifically indicated. Words and terms not defined shall have the meanings indicated by common dictionary definition.

Building means a structure that is constructed or erected partially or wholly above ground and is enclosed by walls and a roof. The term "building" includes manufactured homes and includes both the above-ground and the below-ground portions of the structure.

Clean Water Act (CWA) means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.), and any subsequent amendments thereto.

City means the City of Wheaton, Illinois.

Department means the City of Wheaton Department of Engineering or successor agency.

Director means the City of Wheaton Director of Engineering or successor position or his or her designee.

Drain means piping and appurtenances for conveying a fluid.

Facility means something that is built, installed, or established to serve a particular purpose.

Hazardous materials means any material which may cause, or significantly contribute to, a substantial hazard to human health, safety, property, or the environment.

Illicit connection means either of the following:

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Any drain or conveyance, whether on the surface or subsurface that allows an illicit discharge to enter the storm drainage system, including, but not limited to, any conveyances that allow any non-stormwater discharge including sewage, process wastewater, and wash water to enter the storm drainage system and any connections to the storm drainage system from indoor drains and sinks, regardless of whether said drain or connection had been previously allowed, permitted, or approved by the community, or

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Any drain or conveyance connected from a commercial or industrial land use to the storm drainage system that has not been documented in plans, maps, or equivalent records and approved by the community.

Illicit discharge means any direct or indirect non-stormwater discharge to the storm drainage system, except as exempted in subsection 34-155(c) of this article.

Industrial activity means activities subject to an industrial NPDES stormwater permit, as defined in 40 CFR, Section 122.26 (b)(14).

Line means a hollow conduit through which fluids are transported between two or more points.

Municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) means a conveyance or system of conveyances (including, but not limited to, sidewalks, roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, manmade channels, and storm sewers) owned or operated by a governmental entity and designed or used for collecting or conveying stormwater, and that is not used for collecting or conveying sewage.

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit means a permit issued by Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) that authorizes the discharge of pollutants to waters of the United States, whether the permit is applicable on an individual, group, or general area-wide basis.

Non-stormwater discharge means any discharge to the storm drainage system that is not the direct result of precipitation and/or snow melt in the tributary drainage basin.

Notice of intent (NOI) means Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Intent to participate in coverage under the general permit to discharge stormwater associated with industrial activity.

Parcel means contiguous land under single ownership or control.

Person means any individual, association, partnership, public or private corporation, municipality, political subdivision, government agency, or any other legal entity, including heirs, successors, agents, officers, and assigns of such entity.

pH neutral means pH value between 6.5 and 9.0 standard units.

Plan means the DuPage County Stormwater Management Plan, adopted by the DuPage County Board in September 1989, as amended from time to time.

Pollutant means anything that causes or contributes to pollution. Pollutants may include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents; oil and other automotive fluids; nonhazardous liquid and solid wastes and yard wastes; refuse, rubbish, garbage, litter, or other discarded or abandoned objects, and accumulations, so that same may cause or contribute to pollution; floatables; pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, wastewater, fecal coliform and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; animal wastes; wastes and residues that result from constructing a building or structure; and noxious or offensive matter of any kind.

Premises means any building, lot, parcel of land, or portion of land whether improved or unimproved, including adjacent sidewalks and parking strips.

Runoff means the waters derived from precipitation and/or melting snow within a tributary drainage basin that exceeds the infiltration capacity of that basin.

Sewage means polluted stormwater, wastewater, or other refuse liquids usually conveyed by sewers.

Sewer means an artificial conduit to carry off sewage and/or surface water (as from rainfall), including sanitation, stormwater, and/or combined sewers.

Sewerage means a system of sewers and appurtenances for the collection, transportation, pumping, and treatment of sewage.

Storm drainage system means a facility by which stormwater is collected and/or conveyed, including, but not limited to, any roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, gutters, curbs, inlets, piped storm drains, pumping facilities, retention and detention basins, natural and human-made or altered drainage channels, reservoirs, and other drainage structures.

Stormwater means any surface flow, runoff, and drainage from any form of natural precipitation, and resulting from such precipitation.

Structure means anything that is erected or constructed. The term "structure" includes, without limitation: buildings, manufactured homes, tanks, dams, sewers, constructed channels, outfalls, parking lots, driveways, roads, sidewalks, and concrete patios.

Wastewater means water that has been used and is not for reuse unless treated by a wastewater treatment facility.

Waters of the United States as defined in the CWA. "Waters of the United States" applies only to surface waters, rivers, lakes, estuaries, coastal waters, and wetlands. Not all surface waters are legally "Waters of the United States." Generally, Waters of the United States include the following:

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All interstate waters;

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Intrastate waters used in interstate and/or foreign commerce;

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Tributaries of the above;

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Territorial seas at the cyclical high tide mark; and

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Wetlands adjacent to all the above.

(Ord. No. F-2034, § 1, 9-18-2017)