§ 10.5-2. Definitions.

Generalized wetlands means the data sets contained on the current U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands inventory maps, which are utilized to develop the wetlands protection districts overlay map for the City of Fitzgerald, Georgia.

Jurisdictional wetland means an area that meets the definitional requirements for wetlands as determined by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Jurisdictional wetland determination means a delineation of jurisdictional wetlands boundaries by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, as required by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. Subscript 1344, as amended.

Regulated activity means any activity, which will, or which may reasonably be expected to, result in the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the U.S. excepting those activities exempted in Section 404 of the Federal Clean Water Act.

Wetlands means those areas that are inundated or saturated by surface or groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. Wetlands generally include swamps, marshes, bogs, and similar areas. The ecological parameters for designating wetlands include hydric soils, hydrophytic vegetation, and hydrological conditions that involve a temporary or permanent source of water to cause soil saturation.

(Ord. No. 03-1319, § 10A-2, 6-30-03)