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0 (8) Prohibit illicit connections and discharges to the City's municipal storm sewer system. <br />Sec. 10-4 Rules of construction. <br />This chapter protects paramount public interests and shall be liberally construed to effectuate its <br />several purposes. The following rules of construction shall apply in the construction of this <br />chapter, unless such application would be contrary to the purposes of this chapter or the context <br />clearly indicates otherwise: <br />(1) All references to any statute, ordinance, regulation, guideline, handbook, manual or standard <br />shall be to such statute, ordinance, regulation, guideline, handbook, manual or standard as it <br />exists on the date of adoption of this chapter and includes any amendment thereafter or reissue in <br />a subsequent edition. <br />(2) Any reference to "this article," "article II," "article III," or "article IV" shall include <br />references to all applicable references of article I. <br />(3) All references to "days" shall be to calendar days. <br />(4) All references to a "fee schedule" shall mean and refer to a schedule of the fees and charges <br />associated with the various applications, inspections, permits and approvals required by this <br />chapter, as approved and amended by the city council from time to time. All required fees shall <br />be made payable to the city treasurer. <br />Sec. 10-5. Definitions <br />• The following terms, whenever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the respective <br />meanings set forth below, unless the context clearly requires a contrary meaning or any such term <br />is expressly defined to the contrary elsewhere in this chapter: <br />Agreement in lieu of a plan means a contract between the program authority and the owner which <br />specifies conservation measures which must be implemented in the construction of a single- <br />family residence; this contract may be executed by the program authority in lieu of a formal <br />erosion and sediment control plan. <br />Applicant means any person submitting a plan for approval, or requesting the issuance of a <br />permit, when required, authorizing land -disturbing activities to commence. <br />Best management practice ("BMP') means a practice or combination of practices that is <br />determined by the state, a designated area -wide planning agency, or the program authority, to be <br />the most effective, practical means of preventing or reducing the amount of surface water runoff <br />and pollution generated by nonpoint sources to a level compatible with water quality goals. <br />Board means: (i) as used in article 1, the Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board, and (ii) as <br />used in article Il, the Virginia Board of Conservation and Recreation. <br />Certified inspector means an employee or agent of the program authority implementing the city's <br />local erosion and sediment control program who (1) holds a certificate of competence from the <br />Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board in the area of project inspection or (2) is enrolled in <br />• that Board's training program for project inspection and successfully completes such program <br />within one (1) year after enrollment. <br />-2- <br />