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<br />Discharge shall mean the introduction or addition of any pollutant, storm water or other <br />substance into the MS4, or to allow, permit or suffer any such introduction or addition. <br /> <br />Discharger shall mean a person who causes or threatens to cause a discharge. <br /> <br />Dwelling unit shall mean a structure, or a portion of a structure, that has independent <br />living facilities including provisions for nontransient sleeping, cooking and sanitation. <br /> <br />EP A shall mean the Federal Environmental Protection Agency and any successor agency <br />thereto. <br /> <br />Home occupation shall mean a commercial activity conducted entirely in a dwelling unit <br />or accessory structure by a resident thereof that is incidental and secondary to the use of the <br />dwelling unit for residential purposes and does not change the character thereof. <br /> <br />Homeowners' Association shall mean an incorporated or unincorporated association <br />owned by or whose members consist primarily of the owners of the property covered by a <br />dedicatory instrument and through which the owners, or the board of directors or similar <br />governing body, manage or regulate the single-family residential subdivision that has as one of <br />its purposes the continued care and maintenance of all commonly-owned properties within the <br />subdivision, particularly the areas established for storm water quality controls, and the authority <br />and means to impose binding assessments upon the lot owners for that purpose. <br /> <br />Impervious surface shall mean any area that does not readily absorb water including, but <br />not limited to, building roofs, parking and driveway areas, compacted or rolled areas that are not <br />revegetated, sidewalks, and paved recreation areas. <br /> <br />Industrial activity certification or lAC shall mean a certification filed with the City. <br /> <br />Lot shall mean an undivided tract of land intended for single-family residential use <br />contained within a block and designated on a subdivision plat by alphabetical or numerical <br />designation. <br /> <br />Municipal separate storm sewer system or MS4 shall mean the system of conveyances <br />owned or operated by the city or any co-permittee of the city that is designed or used for <br />collecting or conveying storm water. <br /> <br />New development shall mean development of an undeveloped parcel of land one acre or <br />larger without regard to the amount of land that will actually be disturbed. The term does not <br />include development on an undeveloped and undivided parcel of five acres or more of one <br />dwelling unit and one or more accessory structures. The term also does not include a stormwater <br />detention basin that includes a water quality feature. <br /> <br />2 <br />