As used in this Article, unless the context in which they are used clearly requires otherwise:

Customer means the owner of record of a lot, tract or parcel of land within the Town or the unincorporated areas of the County known as Evanston. Additional unincorporated areas of the County may be included through an IGA between the Town and the County.

Runoff means that part of snowfall, rainfall or other storm water which is not absorbed, transpired, evaporated or left in surface depressions and which then flows controlled or uncontrolled into a watercourse or body of water.

Storm Water Capital Improvement Fee means the fee, also referred to as "Tri-Area Basin Drainage Fee" and "Storm Water Capital Expansion Fee," collected from a property at the time of application for a building permit and applied according to Sections 13-207 and 13-208 of this Code.

Storm water facilities means any one (1) or more of various devices used in the collection, treatment or disposition of storm, flood or surface drainage waters, including man-made structures and natural watercourses, for the conveyance of runoff, such as detention areas, berms, swales, improved watercourses, channels, facilities, inlets, collection, drainage or disposal lines, intercepting sewers, joint storm and sanitary sewers, sewage disposal plants, outfall sewers, pumping plants and other equipment and appurtenances, and all extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof; and any and all rights or interests in such sewerage or storm water facilities.

Storm water system means all of the storm water facilities used by the Town for the control of runoff. (Ord. 957 §1, 2008; Ord. 1054 §4, 2011)