§ 107-4. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivatives shall have the meaning stated below. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future tense, words in the plural number include the singular number, and words in the singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directive.

Applicant. Any person who wishes to obtain a building permit, zoning or subdivision approval.

Control measure. A practice or combination of practices to control erosion and attendant pollution.

Detention facility. A permanent natural or manmade structure, including wetlands, for the temporary storage of runoff which contains a permanent pool of water.

Flood fringe. The portion of the floodplain outside of the floodway.

Floodplain. The areas adjoining a watercourse or water basin that have been or may be covered by a regional flood.

Floodway. The channel of the watercourse, the bed of water basins, and those portions of the adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge floodwater and provide water storage during a regional flood.

Hydric soils. Soils that are saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during the growing season to develop anaerobic conditions in the upper part.

Hydrophytic vegetation. Macrophytic plant life growing in water, soil or on a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen as a result of excessive water content.

Land disturbing or development activities. Any change of the land surface including removing vegetative cover, excavating, filling, grading, and the construction of any structure.

Person. Any individual, firm, corporation, partnership, franchise, association, or governmental entity.

Public waters. Waters of the state as defined in Minn. Stats. § 103G.005, subdivision 15.

Regional flood. A flood that is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in the state and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of a 100-year recurrence interval.

Retention facility. A permanent natural or manmade structure that provides for the storage of stormwater runoff by means of a permanent pool of water.

Sediment. Solid matter carried by water, sewage, or other liquids.

Structure. Anything manufactured, constructed or erected which is normally attached to or positioned on land, including portable structures, earthen structures, roads, parking lots, and paved storage areas.

Wetlands. Lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. For purposes of this definition, wetlands must have the following three attributes:

(1)

Have a predominance of hydric soils;

(2)

Are inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support a prevalence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions; and

(3)

Under normal circumstances support a prevalence of such vegetation.

(Ord. No. 01-01, § 4, 4-25-2001)