The following additional definitions apply:
ADMINISTRATOR
The person or position designated in writing by the City
Manager to administer this article on behalf of the City, and any
duly authorized agent of the administrator.
CHESAPEAKE BAY LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITY
A man-made change to the land surface that potentially changes
its runoff characteristics, including clearing, grading or excavation,
which disturbs an area equal to or greater than 2,500 square feet
and less than one acre. The term does not include land-disturbing
activities associated with a single-family residence separately built
and disturbing less than one acre, not part of a common plan of development
or sale, including additions or modifications to existing single-family
detached residential structures.
DEPARTMENT
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
GRANDFATHERED LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY
Until June 30, 2019, any land-disturbing activity for which
a currently valid proffered or conditional zoning plan, preliminary
or final subdivision plat, preliminary or final site plan or zoning
with a plan of development, or any document determined by the administrator
as being equivalent thereto, was approved by a City prior to July
1, 2012, and for which no coverage under the general permit for discharges
of stormwater from construction activities has been issued prior to
July 1, 2014.
LAND-DISTURBING ACTIVITY
A man-made change to the land surface that potentially changes
its runoff characteristics, including clearing, grading, or excavation,
that disturbs an area equal to or greater than one acre. The term
does not include those activities exempt from the VSMP permit requirement
pursuant to Code of Virginia § 62.1-44.15:34(C)(1), (2),
(4), (5), (6), (7), and (8).
OPERATOR
The owner or operator of any facility or activity subject
to the Virginia Stormwater Management Act, Article 2.3 of Chapter
3.1 of Title 62.1 of the Code of Virginia. In the context of stormwater
associated with a large or small construction activity, "operator"
means any person associated with a construction project that meets
either of the following criteria:
(1)
The person has direct operational control over construction
plans and specifications, including the ability to make modifications
to those plans and specifications; or
(2)
The person has day-to-day operational control of those activities
at a project that are necessary to ensure compliance with a stormwater
pollution prevention plan for the site or other state permit or VSMP
authority permit conditions.
REGULATIONS
The Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) Permit
Regulations, 9 VAC 25-870-10, et seq., as amended, or successor regulations.
SWPPP
A stormwater pollution prevention plan as defined in 9 VAC
25-870-10.
VSMP PERMIT
A consolidated stormwater management and erosion and sediment
control permit.