§ 13.08.020. Definitions.

In addition to those definitions given in Chapter 1.04, for this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this section:

A.

"Bedrock" means the relatively solid undisturbed rock in place either at the ground surface or overlain by unconsolidated material;

B.

"Clearing" means the removal of vegetation;

C.

"Department" means the department of public works;

D.

"Director" means the director of the department or his duly authorized representative;

E.

"Excavation" means a condition of the land resulting from removal by human action of rock or soil from its natural location;

F.

"Fill" means rock or soil deposited by human action;

G.

"Geologist" means engineering geologist, geophysicist or such other persons having expertise in soil science and related fields;

H.

"Grading" means the physical movement of earth, rock of vegetation by human action;

I.

"Owner" means the fee simple owner, any easement holder, licensee, or person claiming a property interest in the property on which work subject to this chapter is planned, where the applicant represents that the property interest encompasses and allows the type of work sought to be performed pursuant to the permit.

J.

"Project engineer" means the civil engineer responsible for the design and/or construction supervision for the project; may also be the soils engineer;

K.

"Quarry" means any premises or site from which any rock, sand, gravel, stone, earth, soil or mineral is excavated, processed and removed for disposition away from the immediate premises, whether the disposition is immediate or delayed except:

1.

Excavation necessary for the construction of a building on the site of the excavation if permits for grading and construction have been issued, and

2.

Excavation necessary to bring the contour of the land within an approved subdivision to the grades shown on the improvement plan which has been approved by the public works department;

L.

"Relative compaction" means the density of the material in place compared to the maximum density as determined using the California Division of Highway's standard test procedures;

M.

"Rock" means any consolidated or coherent and relatively hard natural formed mass of mineral material;

N.

"Soils" means all the relatively loose incoherent earth material of whatever origin which overlies the bedrock;

O.

"Soils engineer" means a registered civil engineer licensed by the state, experienced in soil mechanics, who is responsible for the supervision of work outlined in this chapter;

P.

"State specifications" means the current Standard Specifications of the State Business and Transportation Agency, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways;

Q.

"Test procedures" means testing and control procedures, as modified from time to time, in use by the State Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, shall be the standard test procedures for work performed under this chapter. The county may perform tests, and in case of conflict with the tests performed by others, the tests performed by the county shall be final.

(Ord. 73-438 § 2, 1973.)

(Ord. No. 09-03, § 1, 9-15-2009)