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32. “Maintenance agreement” means a legal document that provides
for long-term maintenance of storm water management and best
management practices.
33. “MEP” or “maximum extent practicable” means a level of
implementing best management practices in order to achieve a
performance standard specified in this ordinance which takes
into account the best available technology, cost
effectiveness and other competing issues such as human
safety and welfare, endangered and threatened resources,
historic properties and geographic features. MEP allows
flexibility in the way to meet the performance standards and
may vary based on the performance standard and site conditions.
34. “Minor reconstruction of a highway” means reconstruction of
a highway that is limited to 1.5 miles in continuous or
aggregate total length of realignment and that does not
exceed 100 feet in width of roadbed widening.
35. “New development” means that portion of a post-construction
site where impervious surfaces are being created or
expanded. Any disturbance where the amount of impervious
area for the post-development condition is greater than the
pre-development condition is classified as new development.
For purposes of this ordinance, a post-construction site is
classified as new development, redevelopment, routine
maintenance, or some combination of these three
classifications as appropriate.
36. “Off-site” means located outside the property boundary
described in the permit application.
37. “On-site” means located within the property boundary
described in the permit application.
38. "Ordinary high-water mark" has the meaning given in s. NR
115.03(6), Wis. Adm. Code.
39. “Outstanding resource waters” means waters listed in s. NR
102.10, Wis. Adm. Code.
40. “Percent fines” means the percentage of a given sample of
soil, which passes through a # 200 sieve.
41. “Performance standard” means a narrative or measurable
number specifying the minimum acceptable outcome for a
facility or practice.
42. “Permit” means a written authorization made by the Public
Works Department to the applicant to conduct land disturbing
construction activity or to discharge post-construction
runoff to waters of the state.
43. “Permit administration fee” means a sum of money paid to the
Public Works Department by the permit applicant for the
purpose of recouping the expenses incurred by the authority
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