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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In &lt;cite data-path="|27"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="City stormwater management system.">“City stormwater management system” includes:<para num="(1)">the City’s conveyance or system of conveyances designed or used to collect or convey stormwater through infrastructure, such as gutters, swales, inlets, pipes, manholes, pumping stations, culverts and other man-made channels, and outfalls;</para>
      <para num="(2)">City practices that retain, filter, or infiltrate stormwater for the purpose of reducing pollutant loadings; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">the City’s system of receiving waters, such as streams, wetlands, rivers, and harbors.</para>
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    <para num="(c)" heading="Director of Public Works; Director.">“Director of Public Works” or “Director” means the Director of Public Works or the Director’s designee.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Enabling Law.">“Enabling Law” means &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gen|4-202"&gt;State Environment Article § 4-202&lt;/cite&gt;.1 {“Watershed protection and restoration programs”}, which mandates that the City adopt and impose a stormwater management fee.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Impervious surface.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Impervious surface” means any surface that does not allow stormwater to infiltrate into the ground.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Impervious surface” includes rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, or pavement.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Exclusions.">“Impervious surface” does not include ballasted railroad tracks.</para>
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    <para num="(f)" heading="Person.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Person” has the meaning stated in &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(a)"&gt;§ 1-107(a) {“Person: In general”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the City Code’s &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Qualified inclusion of governmental entities.">Notwithstanding &lt;cite data-path="|general|1|1|1-107|(b)"&gt;§ 1-107(b) {“Person: Exclusion”}&lt;/cite&gt; of the &lt;cite data-path="|general"&gt;General Provisions Article&lt;/cite&gt;, in &lt;cite data-path="|27"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; “person”also  includes, except as otherwise provided in &lt;cite data-path="|27"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt; or by other applicable law,  a governmental entity or an instrumentality or unit of a governmental entity.</para>
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    <para num="(h)" heading="Professional engineer.">“Professional engineer” means a person licensed to practice engineering under State Code Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 14 {“Professional Engineers”}.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Professional land surveyor.">“Professional land surveyor” means a person licensed to practice land surveying under State Code Business Occupations and Professions Article, Title 15 {“Professional Land Surveyors”}.</para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="“Single-family property” defined.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Single-family property” means a developed lot that contains but 1 dwelling unit and is used exclusively as a single-family dwelling.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Supplemental definitions.">In this subsection, “dwelling”, “dwelling unit”, “lot”, and “single-family dwelling” have the meanings stated in the Baltimore City Zoning Code.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Stormwater remediation fee; Fee.">“Stormwater remediation fee” or “fee” means the stormwater remediation fee imposed under &lt;cite data-path="|27"&gt;this article&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund; Fund.">“Watershed Protection and Restoration Fund” or “Fund” means the stormwater enterprise fund established under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VI|§18"&gt;City Charter Article VI, § 18&lt;/cite&gt; {“Water, sanitary wastewater, and stormwater utilities”}.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 13-143</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
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