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i <br /> of preparing a site for construction. <br /> Directly drains. The conveyance and discharge of stormwater runoff - either on the <br /> surface or by an open channel or pipe - into a water feature that is located on or adjacent to <br /> the parcel or tax lot of record for which construction activities are planned, or its designated <br /> buffer area. <br /> Disturbed area. A parcel or a portion of a parcel of land where the vegetation, <br /> landform, or topography is altered due to logging, clearing, grubbing, grading, paving, stock <br /> piling, or building. <br /> Emergency condition. An immediate danger to life, property, or the environment due <br /> to circumstances beyond the control of the property owner, including, but not limited to, <br /> natural and human-caused disasters such as fires, floods, slides, earthquakes, sinkholes, and <br /> tree blow-down. <br /> Enforcement Officer. The person designated by the City Manager to enforce the <br /> provisions of Sections 6.625 to 6.645 of the Eugene Code, 1971 and these rules. <br /> II <br /> Erosion prevention. Measures to be taken for preventing and/or minimizing impacts <br /> ~ to the City's stormwater system and related natural resources due to soil erosion from water <br /> and wind forces, sedimentation, and other potential impacts associated with construction <br /> <br /> j~ ' activities such as handling and storage of building materials and disposal of building material <br /> ~ wastes. <br /> Fully developed property. A parcel of land that contains buildings, pavement and <br /> other facilities, including landscaped areas and due to these uses is not capable of additional <br /> ~ expansion. <br /> Highly erodible soils. Soil map units as classified by the Natural Resources <br /> Conservation Service (MRCS -formerly the Soil Conservation Service) as being highly <br /> erodible. Based on factors from the Universal Soil Loss Equation, the NRCS classification <br /> { system considers soil erodibility (K factor), climate, slope, steepness, length, and soil loss <br /> tolerance (T factor). <br /> i <br /> ~ Immediate clean-up.'Not later than the end of the work shift in which the violation <br /> i occurred, but in no event shall it occur later than midnight of the day in which it occurred. <br /> Im ro er dis osal. Dis sal of an construction related material in a manner that <br /> '~I P P P Po Y <br /> causes, or has the potential to cause, the discharge of pollutants to the City's stormwater <br /> system or related natural resource, the depletion of the capacity of the City's stormwater <br /> system, or the contamination of soils. <br /> Erosion Prevention Administrative Rule R-6.645 - 9 <br /> <br />