Title 16 - Buildings and Construction

16.210 Stormwater Treatment

16.210.020  Definitions.

For the purposes of this Chapter, these words and phrases shall have the following meaning:

  1. A.
    Applicant means a property owner or agent of a property owner who has filed an application for a permit that is subject to the requirements of this Ordinance.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. B.
    Channel means a natural or artificial Watercourse with defined bed and banks that conducts continuously or periodically flowing water.

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  1. C.
    City means the City of Overland Park, Kansas.

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  1. D.
    Code means the Overland Park Municipal Code.

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  1. E.
    Dedication means the deliberate appropriation of property by its owner for general public use.

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  1. F.
    Developer means a person who engages in Development of real estate, whether or not that person is the Landowner.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. G.
    Development means any man-made changes to improved or unimproved real estate, including, but not limited to buildings or other structures, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation or drilling operations.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. H.
    Director means the Director of the Planning and Development Services Department or the Director’s authorized representative.

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  1. I.
    Director of Public Works means the Director of the Public Works Department or the Director’s authorized representative.

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  1. J.
    Impervious Cover means those surfaces that cannot effectively infiltrate rainfall, including building rooftops, pavement, sidewalks, and driveways.

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  1. K.
    Infiltration means the process of percolating Stormwater into the subsoil.

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  1. L.
    Infill Development means Development on a vacant or substantially vacant tract of land surrounded by existing Development except that tracts of land larger than ten (10) acres shall not be considered "Infill Development."

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  1. M.
    Land Disturbance means any activity that changes the physical conditions of landform, vegetation and hydrology, creates bare soil, or otherwise may cause erosion or sedimentation.  Such activities include, but are not limited to, clearing, removal of vegetation, stripping, grading, grubbing, excavating, filling, logging and storing of materials.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. N.
    Landowner means the legal or beneficial owner or owners of a lot or tract.  The holder of a contract to purchase or other person having an enforceable proprietary interest in a lot or tract shall be deemed a landowner.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. O.
    Maintenance Agreement means a legally recorded document that acts as a property deed restriction, and which provides for long-term maintenance of stormwater management practices.

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  1. P.
    Off-site Facility means a Stormwater Treatment Facility located outside the subject property boundary described in the permit application for land Development activity, including Facilities that may accept runoff from multiple projects.

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  1. Q.
    Pollutant means any substance or material which contaminates or adversely alters the physical, chemical or biological properties of water, including changes in temperature, taste, odor, turbidity, or color.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. R.
    Previously Constructed Development means all buildings, parking, sidewalks, and other impervious surfaces that currently exist on a site that were built in accordance with an approved Development plan.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. S.
    Redevelopment means Development on a tract of land that has been previously developed in substantial accordance with an approved Development plan or final plat, either under City or County zoning codes, and where all or most of the existing structures and/or site improvements built under that plan are proposed to be razed and a new structure or structures or other site improvements are proposed to be constructed in accordance with an approved Development plan or plat.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. T.
    Stop Work Order means an order issued which requires that all construction activity on a site be stopped.

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  1. U.
    Stormwater means stormwater runoff, snow melt runoff, and surface runoff and drainage from precipitation.

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  1. V.
    Stormwater Treatment Facilities or Facilities means all structures, plantings, natural features, or other physical elements that are designed, constructed and maintained in accordance with this Ordinance and which are provided to prevent or reduce Stormwater Pollution or to control Stormwater runoff volume and discharges.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. W.
    Stormwater Treatment Standards or Standards means the detailed design criteria, specifications, standard details, and maintenance requirements adopted in writing by the Director.

Effective on: 1/1/1901

  1. X.
    Watercourse means a permanent or intermittent stream or other body of water, either natural or man-made, which gathers or carries surface water.

(History: Ord. SWT-2900 §1, 2011; SWT-2807 §1, 2009; SWT-2669 §1, 2008)

Effective on: 1/1/1901