Ordinances-2003-260

buildings; any use of land or any clearing, grading, excavation, or other movement of land. Discharge: The outflow of water, silt, or other mobile substance passing along a conduit, watercourse, or a channel, or released detention storage. Drainage: The removal of surface water or groundwater from land by drains, grading, or other means. Drainage includes the control of runoff to minimize erosion and sedimentation during or after development and includes prevention or alleviation of flooding. Drainage Area: The area contributing runoff water to a water course, drainage, system, or detention basin. Also commonly referred to as a watershed. Drainage way: A watercourse identified by the presence of an intermittent or perennial flow of water. Driveway: A private or public way for the use of vehicles providing service between a prescribed roadway or abutting property. Driveway Throat: The width between points on a driveway at which the corner returns are tangent to the driveway. Engineer: An engineer registered as such and licensed to practice in the State of Iowa. Engineering Plans: A set of design plans, specifications, and estimates of cost containing all engineering elements necessary to construct an access facility or highway improvement. Erosion: The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice, or gravity. Frontage: The distance, as measured along the highway right-of-way line, between the property lines of the abutting property. Frontage Road: A road which is adjacent to or included in the right-of-way of a highway or railroad, and which provides access to abutting properties and separation form through traffic. Highway: A prescribed roadway with a high volume.