For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as follows:
.010 "Developer" is any person or individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social group, fraternal organization, corporation, estate trust, business trust, syndicate or any other combination acting as a unit.
.020 "Excavation" is any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated, and shall include the condition resulting therefrom.
.030 "Fill" is any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is deposited, placed, pushed, pulled or transported to a place other than the place from which it was excavated, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
.040 "Grading" is an excavation or fill or any combination thereof, and shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill modifying the elevations and/or drainage patterns of the property.
.050 "Grading plan" is a plan or map showing the property boundaries, existing contours, and proposed final grades resulting from grading operations, prepared and signed by a registered civil engineer.
.060 "Approved soil testing agency" is an agency which the City Engineer finds has technically qualified personnel and adequate facilities for making the required soil tests.
.070 "Approved," when referring to a method, means a method which the City Engineer finds will produce the results specified in the chapter.
.080 "Registered Civil Engineer" is a person who practices or offers to practice civil engineering, and who is licensed to do so by the State of California.
.090 "Soil engineer" is a civil engineer, duly registered in the State of California, whose field of expertise is soil mechanics. (Ord. 1167 (part); December 10, 1957: Ord. 5966 § 5; April 26, 2005: Ord. 5977 § 1; June 14, 2005.)