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<br />Publicly owned treatment works or POTW shall mean any device or system used in the <br />treatment (including recycling and reclamation) of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a <br />liquid nature that is owned by the state or a municipality, and includes sewers, pipes, or other <br />conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW. <br /> <br />Representative storm event shall mean a storm event that is greater than one-tenth of an <br />inch in magnitude and that occurs at least 72 hours after the previously measurable (greater than <br />one-tenth of an inch rainfall) storm event. <br /> <br />Significant redevelopment shall mean changes of one acre or more to the impervious <br />surface on a five acre or larger developed parcel, but does not include a stormwater detention <br />basin that includes a water quality feature. <br /> <br />Single-family residential shall mean the use of a lot with one building designed for and <br />containing not more than two dwelling units. <br /> <br />Storm water management handbook for construction activities shall mean the Storm <br />Water Management Handbook for Construction Activities promulgated by the city, Harris <br />County and Harris County Flood Control District, as it may be amended from time to time. <br /> <br />Storm water discharges associated with construction activity shall mean storm water <br />discharges from construction activity, including clearing, grading, excavation and demolition <br />activities. The term does not include discharges from facilities or activities excluded from the <br />NPDES program under 40 CFR Part 122. <br /> <br />Storm water discharges associated with industrial activity shall have the meaning <br />provided in Section 122.26(b)(14) of Title 40 of the CFR, other than subsection (x) of that <br />Section. <br /> <br />Storm water quality management plan or SWQMP shall mean a plan prepared pursuant to <br />the requirements of division 2 of this article and the design manual. <br /> <br />Storm water quality permit or SWQ permit shall mean a current, valid permit issued <br />pursuant to division 2 of this article. <br /> <br />Structural control shall mean a structure or vegetative practice that is generally designed <br />to reduce pollutant levels in storm water runoff. <br /> <br />Structural control maintenance agreement shall mean an agreement entered into pursuant <br />to section 34-263 of this Code. <br /> <br />Structure shall mean that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind, <br />or any piece of work, including, but not limited to, a paved surface, that is artificially built up or <br /> <br />4 <br />