§ 150-29. Definitions; word usage.  


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  • For the purpose of this article, the following terms, phrases, words, and their derivations shall have the meanings stated herein unless their use in the text of this section clearly demonstrates a different meaning. When not inconsistent with the context, words used in the present tense include the future, words used in the plural number include the singular number, and words used in singular number include the plural number. The word "shall" is always mandatory and not merely directory. The definitions below are either the same as or based on corresponding definitions in the New Jersey Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) rules at N.J.A.C. 7:14A-1.2.
    MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM SEWER SYSTEM (MS4)
    A conveyance or system of conveyances (including roads with drainage systems, municipal streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels, or storm drains) that is owned or operated by the Township of West Windsor or other public body, and is designed and used for collecting and conveying stormwater.
    PERSON
    Any individual, corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, or political subdivision of this state subject to municipal jurisdiction.
    REFUSE CONTAINER
    Any waste container that a person controls, or operates, including dumpsters, trash cans, garbage pails, food waste containers, grease waste containers and plastic trash bags.
    STORMWATER
    Water resulting from precipitation (including rain and snow) that runs off the land's surface, is transmitted to the subsurface, is captured by separate storm sewers or other sewerage or drainage facilities, or is conveyed by snow removal equipment.
    WATERS OF THE STATE
    The ocean and its estuaries, all springs, streams and bodies of surface water or groundwater, whether natural or artificial, within the boundaries of the State of New Jersey or subject to its jurisdiction.