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(74) Record Drawings - Drawings prepared, signed and sealed by a professional engineer or land surveyor representing the final "as-built" record of the actual in-place elevations, location of structures, and topography. (75) Registered Profession - An engineer, land surveyor or architect license under the laws of the State of Indiana to practice the respective profession. (76) Regulated Drain - A drain, either open channel or closed tile/sewer, subject to the provisions of the Indiana Drainage Code, LC.-36-9-27. (77) Retention - A system that is designed to capture stormwater and contain it until it infiltrates into the soil or evaporates. (78) Right-of-way - A strip of land occupied or intended to be occupied by a street, pedestrian-way, hiking path, biking path, crosswalk, railroad, electric transmission line, oil or gas pipeline, water main, sanitary or storm sewer main, special landscaping, drainage, or for another special use. The usage of the term "right -of-way" for land platting purposes shall mean that every right- of-way hereafter established and shown on a final plat is to be separate and distinct from the lots or parcels adjoining such right-of-way and not included within the dimensions or areas of such lots or parcels. Rights-of-way intended for streets, crosswalks, water mains, sanitary sewers, storm drains, screening or special landscaping, or any other use involving maintenance by the Town Council shall be dedicated to public use by the subdivider on whose plat such right-of-way is established. All divisions of land along existing roadways shall dedicate half right of way for public purposes along it's entire frontage in the amount as specified for the classification of the existing roadway. (79) Roadway drainage - The runoff and drainage located within 20 feet of the edge of public and/or private roadways adjacent to, abutting, or within the boundaries of the property to be addressed in a proposed Stormwater Management submittal. (80) Runoff - The waters derived from melting snow or rain falling within a tributary drainage basin that exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soils of that basin. (81) Soil Erosion - The stripping of soil and weathered rock from land creating sediment for transportation by water, wind or ice, and enabling formation of new sedimentary deposits. (82) Storm Drain - A system of open or enclosed conduits and appurtenant structures intended to conveyor manage stormwater runoff, ground water and drainage. MOORESVlLLE STORMW ATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE 14