§ 46-36. Definitions.

For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the same meaning as defined in F.S. ch. 381, F.S. ch. 373, F.A.C. ch. 64E-6, F.A.C. ch. 64E-8, F.A.C. ch. 40C-2, and F.A.C. ch. 62-555 except as noted below, unless from the context a different meaning is clearly intended.

Alternative or emergency use well means a well, which may be used as a potable water supply that is not the primary water supply.

Alternative system means any approved onsite sewage treatment and disposal system used in lieu of, including modifications to, a standard subsurface system.

Barrier islands means all islands, natural and manmade, between the mainland and the Atlantic Ocean, to include: Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach, Indian Harbour Beach, Melbourne, Indialantic, Melbourne Beach and all unincorporated areas on the barrier islands.

Block means a lot or group of lots entirely and immediately surrounded by streets or highways, railroad rights-of-ways, road rights-of-ways, watercourses, drainage easements, subdivision boundaries, multifamily boundaries, or any combination thereof. In the absence of above criteria, a block shall be considered to be 500 feet from the subject property boundaries.

Conventional septic system means the simplest septic system that can be permitted pursuant to state regulations, typically consisting of a septic tank and standard subsurface or mound drainfield system with no enhanced removal function for nitrogen,

Department means the county's natural resources management department.

Drainfield means a system of open-jointed or perforated piping, approved alternative distribution units, or other treatment facilities designed to distribute effluent for filtration, oxidation and absorption by the soil within the zone of aeration.

FDOH means the state agency, the Florida Department of Health in Brevard County.

Health officer means any person appointed by the board of county commissioners or FDOH to carry out the duties and enforce the provisions of this article. The health officer shall include, but not be limited to, employees of the department, FDOH and county code enforcement division.

Indian River Lagoon System (IRL System) means the Indian River, the Banana River, Mosquito Lagoon, Newfound Harbor, Sykes Creek and their natural and manmade tributaries, including directly connected ditches and canals absent of downstream manmade water control structures.

Onsite sewage treatment and disposal system or OSTDS includes conventional septic tank and drainfield systems and is defined in F.S. § 381.0065(2)(k) to mean "a system that contains a standard subsurface, filled, or mound drainfield system; an aerobic treatment unit; a graywater system tank; a laundry wastewater system tank; a septic tank; a grease interceptor; a pump tank; a solids or effluent pump; a waterless, incinerating, or organic waste-composting toilet; or a sanitary pit privy that is installed or proposed to be installed beyond the building sewer on land of the owner or on other land to which the owner has the legal right to install a system. The term includes any item placed within, or intended to be used as a part of or in conjunction with, the system. This term does not include package sewage treatment facilities and other treatment works regulated under F.S. ch. 403.

Septic tank means a watertight receptacle constructed to promote separation of solid and liquid components of wastewater, to provide limited digestion of organic matter, to store solids, and to allow clarified liquid to discharge for further treatment and disposal into a drainfield.

Shoreline means the mean annual flood line of the Indian River Lagoon System or top of bank, whichever is preferred by the applicant. The mean annual flood line is defined in F.S. § 381.0065(2)(j) to be "the elevation determined by calculating the arithmetic mean of the elevations of the highest yearly flood stage or discharge for the period of record, to include at least the most recent ten-year period. If at least ten years of data is not available, the mean annual flood line shall be as determined based upon the data available and field verification conducted by a certified professional surveyor and mapper with experience in the determination of floodwater elevation lines or, at the option of the applicant, by FDOH personnel. Field verification of the mean annual flood line shall be performed using a combination of those indicators listed below that are present on the site, and that reflect flooding that recurs on an annual basis. In those situations where any one or more of these indicators reflect a rare or aberrant event, such indicator or indicators shall not be utilized in determining the mean annual flood line. The indicators that may be considered are:

(1)

Water stains on the ground surface, trees, and other fixed objects;

(2)

Hydric adventitious roots;

(3)

Drift lines;

(4)

Rafted debris;

(5)

Aquatic mosses and liverworts;

(6)

Moss collars; and

(7)

Lichen lines.

Standard subsurface drainfield system means an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system drainfield consisting of a distribution box or header pipe and a drain trench or absorption bed with all portions of the drainfield sidewalls installed below the elevation of undisturbed native soil.

Water well means a well as defined in F.S. ch. 373.303(7), which includes any excavation that is drilled, cored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed when the intended use of such excavation is for the location, acquisition, development or artificial recharge of groundwater.

(Code 1979, § 23-125; Ord. No. 96-14, § 2, 3-26-96; Ord. No. 2002-28, § 2, 7-9-02; Ord. No. 2018-23, § 1, 10-9-18)

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.