“Bear Creek watershed” means the geographic region enclosing Bear Creek and its tributaries.

“Construction” includes, but is not limited to, constructing any of the following: buildings, additions to buildings, streets, parking lots, sidewalks, driveways, trenches for utilities, or landscaping.

“Contaminant” means any substance or material such as, but not limited to, oil, gasoline, antifreeze, animal waste, lawn and yard fertilizers, defoliants, paint, wet concrete, herbicides, or pesticides, that could cause harm or otherwise have an adverse effect on the city’s storm drain system or waters (surface or ground) within the Bear Creek watershed.

“Debris” means any foreign material such as, but not limited to, trackout, sediment from erosion, landscaping supplies, lawn clippings, leaves, brush, tree trimmings, household trash, litter, and concrete.

“Landscaping” means the process of arranging soil, trees, shrubs, grass, irrigation systems, or other commonly used landscaping materials on a piece of property. For this chapter, landscaping does not include routine lawn or yard maintenance such as grass mowing.

“Responsible party” means the property owner or his/her authorized representative (e.g., contractor, job superintendent, or foreman).

“Storm drain system” means the system of pipes, manholes, curbs, gutters, curb inlets, catch basins, canals, ditches, detention basins, ponds and streams intended to convey storm water runoff.

“Storm event” means any storm distributing rainfall such that accumulated waters are capable of carrying sediment.

“Trackout” means the tracking of mud, soil, debris, or contaminant onto any street, alley, sidewalk, or public way. [Ord. 801 § 3.]