§ 26-32. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Aquifer means any stratum or zone of rock beneath the surface of the earth capable of containing or producing water from a well.

DHR Manual means the Georgia Department of Human Resources Manual for On-Site Sewage Management.

DHR Table MT-1 means Table MT-1 of the DHR Manual.

DHR Table MT-2 means Table MT-2 of the DHR Manual.

Drastic means the standardized system for evaluating groundwater pollution potential using the hydrogeologic settings described in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency document EPA-600-2-87-035. (Note: the drastic methodology is the most widely used technique for evaluating pollution susceptibility.)

Manufactured home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein; except that such term shall include any structure which meets all the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and complies with the standards established under the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974, 42 USC 5401 et seq.

Mobile home means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained therein and manufactured prior to June 15, 1976.

Pollution susceptibility means the relative vulnerability of an aquifer to being polluted from spills, discharges, leaks, impoundments, applications of chemicals, injections and other human activities in the recharge area.

Pollution susceptibility map means a map of the relative vulnerability to pollution prepared by the state department of natural resources, using the drastic methodology. (Georgia Department of Natural Resources Hydrologic Atlas 20: Groundwater Pollution Susceptibility Map of Georgia.)

Recharge area means any portion of the earth's surface where water infiltrates into the ground to replenish an aquifer.

Significant recharge areas means those areas mapped by the state department of natural resources in Hydrolic Atlas 18 (1989 edition).

(Ord. of 12-12-2000(2), §§ 2, 4)

State law reference

Similar provisions, O.C.G.A. § 8-2-131.

Cross reference

Definitions generally, § 1-2.