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Article 10 Erosion and Sedimentation Control
10-12 Definitions
Wake County Unified Development Code
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Lake or Natural Watercourse
Any stream, river, brook, swamp, sound, bay, creek, run, branch, canal, waterway, estuary, and any
reservoir, lake or pond, natural or impounded, in which sediment may be moved or carried in
suspension, and which could be damaged by accumulation of sediment.
Land Disturbance Permit
The approval document allowing land-disturbing activities to be initiated.
Land-Disturbing Activity
Any use of the land by any person in residential, industrial, educational, institutional, or commercial
development, or highway and road construction and maintenance that results in a change in the
natural cover or topography and that may cause or contribute to sedimentation.
Local Government
Any county, incorporated village, town, or city, or any combination of counties, incorporated villages,
towns and cities, acting through a joint program pursuant to the provisions of the North Carolina
Sedimentation Pollution Control Act.
Natural Erosion
The wearing away of the earth’s surface by water, wind, or another natural agent under natural
environmental conditions undisturbed by humans.
North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act
The North Carolina Sedimentation Pollution Control Act of 1973 (NCGS Chapter 113A Article 4, as
amended) and all rules and orders adopted pursuant to it.
Parent
An affiliate that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls another person.
Person
Any individual, partnership, firm, association, joint venture, public or private corporation, trust,
estate, commission, board, public or private institution, utility, cooperative, interstate body, or other
legal entity.
Person Conducting Land-Disturbing Activity
Any person who meets any of the following criteria:
(a) a developer or other person who has or holds himself out as having financial or
operational control over a land-disturbing activity; or
(b) a landowner or person in possession or control of the land that directly or indirectly
allows land-disturbing activity or has benefited from it; or
(c) a contractor or subcontractor who is authorized to perform land-disturbing work for the
landowner.
Phase of Grading
One of two types of grading: rough or fine.
Sediment
Solid particulate matter, both mineral and organic, that has been or is being transported by water, air,
gravity, or ice from its site of origin.