Township Council Meeting — Packet

“Empowerment Neighborhoods” means neighborhoods designated by the Urban Coordinating Council “in consultation and conjunction with” the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority pursuant to N.J.S.A 55:19-69. “Erosion” means the detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity. “Forest” means a wooded area having an ecosystem typically consisting of a thick growth of trees and plants that has occurred through natural succession or reforestation, that exhibits or normally exhibits a contiguous tree canopy of greater than either 200 feet in width in any direction or one acre in area. The term “forest” shall include but not be limited to “core forest” as defined above. Deleted: means a stormwater management measure that manages stormwater close to its source by:… “Green infrastructure” A. Those processes of the land to manage and retain Stormwater. Stormwater management measures that manage stormwater close to its source by: 1. Treating stormwater runoff through infiltration into subsoil; 2. Treating stormwater runoff through filtration by vegetation or soil; or 3. Storing stormwater runoff for reuse. B. Examples of Green Infrastructure include but are not limited to rain gardens, green roofs, permeable pavement; bio infiltration basins, cisterns, or vegetated swales. “Groundwater” means a body of water below the surface of the land in a zone of saturation where the spaces between the soil or geological materials are fully saturated with water. "“HUC 14" or "hydrologic unit code 14" means an area within which water drains to a particular receiving surface water body, also known as a sub watershed, which is identified by a 14-digit hydrologic unit boundary designation, delineated within New Jersey by the United States Geological Survey. “Impaired water” means a surface water listed in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Integrated Water Quality Assessment Report as failing to meet one or more designated uses or not meeting the standards set out in the Surface Water Quality Standards at N.J.A.C. 7:9B et seq. “Impervious surface” means a surface that has been covered with a layer of material so that it is highly resistant to infiltration by water. Impervious surfaces include and are not limited to roofs, asphalt, concrete, some stone roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, porous asphalt or porous asphalt, porous

nt to infiltration by water. Impervious surfaces include and are not limited to roofs, asphalt, concrete, some stone roads, parking lots, driveways, sidewalks, porous asphalt or porous asphalt, porous concrete systems, synthetic turf fields, pools, and patios. “Infiltration” is the process by which water seeps into the soil from precipitation. “Lead planning agency” means one or more public entities having stormwater management planning authority designated by the regional stormwater management 5