Title 18 - Unified Development Ordinance

Active Stream Zone is the area of the stream that lies between the ordinary high water mark established on each side.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Best Management Practices (Also known as “BMPs”) is the utilization of methods, techniques or products that have been demonstrated to be the most effective and reliable in minimizing adverse impacts on water bodies and the adjacent Stream Corridors.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Director is the Director of Planning and Development Services.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Ordinary High Water Mark is the line on the shore established by the fluctuation of water indicated by a physical characteristic such as a clear natural line impressed on the bank, shelving, changes in the character of the soil, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, presence of litter or debris, or other appropriate means.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Recreational field is a facility such as picnic area, playground, soccer, baseball, softball and football fields, excluding parking lots and paved facilities such as tennis and basketball courts.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Storm sewer system refers to structures such as pipes, culverts, reinforced concrete boxes, lined ditches or other man made alterations, other than in situ materials, designed to convey storm water runoff which were built in accordance with 15.08 or which the Director determines are substantially equivalent to those built in accordance with 15.08.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Stream is a body of running water moving over the earth’s surface in a channel or bed, such as a creek, rivulet or river that flows at least part of the year. Streams are dynamic in nature and their structure is maintained through build up and loss of sediment. Streams are typically formed by natural forces but also includes drainageways, outside of street right-of-way, which were formed by man in the past. Storm sewer systems and roadside ditches in street right-of-way are not considered streams.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

Stream Corridor is a stream and the adjacent land that is set aside in conformance to this ordinance and which is substantially preserved in a natural state.

(History: Ord. ZRR-2382 §1, 2002)

Effective on: 1/1/1901