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two (2) points. The term includes piping, ditches, swales, curbs, gutters, catch
<br />basins, channels, storm drains, and roadways.
<br />(11) Culvert — A closed conduit such as a pipe designed for the conveyance of surface
<br />drainage water under a roadway, railroad, embanlument or other nmpediment, (See
<br />also Pipe System)
<br />(12) Detention —A system which is designed to capture stormwater, store it, and release
<br />it over a given period of time through an outlet structure at a controlled rate,
<br />(13) Detention Facility — A manmade structure for the temporary storage of stormwater
<br />runoff with a controlled release during or immediately following a storm.
<br />(14) Developed or Development — A land alteration that requires, pursuant to state law
<br />or local ordinance, the approval of a site plan, plat, special land use, planned unit
<br />development, rezoning of land, land division approval, private road approval, or
<br />other approvals required for the construction of land or the erection of buildings or
<br />structures; provided, however, that for purposes of this Ordinance only, developed
<br />or development shall not include the actual construction of, or an addition,
<br />extension or modification to, an individual single-family or a two-family detached
<br />dwelling,
<br />(15) Developer —Any person proposing or implementing the development of land.
<br />(16) Development Site — Any land that is being or has been developed or that a
<br />developer proposes for development.
<br />(17) Discharger — Any person who directly or indirectly discharges stormwater from
<br />any property, Discharger also means any employee, officer, director, partner,
<br />contractor, or other person who participates in, or is legally or factually responsible
<br />for, any act or omission that is or results in a violation of this Ordinance.
<br />(18) Ditch — An earthen conveyance with side slopes steeper than 5:1 or carrying
<br />greater than 10 cubic feet per second,
<br />(19) Drain — A buried slotted or perforated pipe or other conduit (subsurface drain) or a
<br />ditch (open drain) for carrying off surplus groundwater or surface water,
<br />(20) Drainage — The collection, conveyance, or discharge of ground water and/or
<br />surface water.
<br />(21) Drainage Facilities — All ditches, channels, conduits, retention -detention systems,
<br />tiles, swales, sewers, and other natural or artificial means of draining stormwater
<br />from land.
<br />(22) Easement - An authorization grant by a property owner for the use by another of
<br />any designated part of his property for a clearly specified purpose including but not
<br />limited to common pedestrian ways and hiking and biking paths,
<br />TOWN OF MOORESV LLE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE
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