Sections:
17.06.010 Applicability of chapter.
17.06.020 Definitions.
17.06.030 Purpose of chapter.
17.06.040 Permits—When required.
17.06.041 Permits—When not required.
17.06.042 Permits—ApplicationGenerally.
17.06.043 Permits—ApplicationRequirements for scale plans and drawings.
17.06.044 Permits—Issuance by Chief Building Inspector in connection with building permits.
17.06.045 Permit fees.
17.06.046 Permits—Issuance or denial—Conditions upon issuance.
17.06.047 Notice and hearing.
17.06.048 Crib walls and retaining walls.
17.06.050 False statements and data.
17.06.060 Plans for grading work—Maintained at site.
17.06.070 Inspections.
17.06.080 Supervision and site inspection during grading operations.
17.06.090 Engineering geological reports.
17.06.100 Soils engineering reports.
17.06.110 Excavation—Generally.
17.06.120 Fills—Generally.
17.06.130 Landscaping.
17.06.131 Slope planting general.
17.06.132 Slope planting categorization.
17.06.133 Planting method.
17.06.134 Soil tests and soil condition.
17.06.135 Irrigation.
17.06.136 Landscape and irrigation plan and specification approval.
17.06.137 Slope certification.
17.06.138 Planting maintenance.
17.06.139 Bonding.
17.06.140 Final inspection.
17.06.141 Erosion control measures.
17.06.145 Maintenance of protective devices.
17.06.150 Repair of existing excavation or fill which constitutes a menace.
17.06.160 Drainage requirements.
17.06.170 Safety precautions generally.
17.06.180 Completion of work.
17.06.190 Slippage planes.
17.06.200 Protection to adjacent property during excavations—Fences and guardrails.
17.06.210 Where deposits of earth, rock, etc., are prohibited.
17.06.220 Performance bonds.
17.06.230 Liability insurance.
17.06.240 Transfer of permit.
17.06.250 Revocation of permit.
17.06.260 Permit expiration—Renewal.
17.06.270 Excavation blasting—Permit, application and report.
17.06.280 Alternate methods.
17.06.281 Decision of City Engineer as final.
17.06.290 Conditional exceptions to chapter.
* Editor's Note: All tables referred to in this chapter are codified at the end of this chapter.
For the purposes of this chapter, the words and phrases contained in this section shall, when used in this chapter, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
"Approved," when referring to a method, means a method which the City Engineer finds will produce the results specified in this chapter.
"Approved soil testing agency" means an agency which the City Engineer finds has technically qualified personnel and adequate facilities for making the required soil tests.
"As-graded" is the surface conditions existing upon completion of grading.
"Bedrock" is in-place solid rock.
"Bench" is a relatively level step excavated into earth material on which fill is to be placed.
"Borrow" is earth material acquired from an off-site location for use in grading on a site.
"Certification" shall mean a written engineering or geological opinion concerning the progress and completion of the work.
"Civil Engineer" means a person who practices or offers to practice civil engineering and who is licensed to do so by the Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers of the State of California.
"Civil engineering" shall mean the application of the knowledge of the forces of nature, principles of mechanics and the properties of materials to the evaluation, design and construction of civil works for the beneficial uses of mankind.
"Compaction" is the densification of earth material by mechanical means.
"Contour grading" is the transitional use of variable slopes and the blending of these slopes into contours compatible with the natural terrain with the toe or top of the slope varying from a straight line.
"Crib wall" shall mean an earth retaining system constructed with precast reinforced concrete components which when finished shall have an open grid pattern for the planting of creeping and cascading foliage.
"Earth material" is any rock, natural soil or fill and/or any combination thereof.
"Engineering Geologist" shall mean a professional engineering geologist registered in the State of California to practice engineering geology.
"Engineering geology" is the application of geologic knowledge, principles and techniques in the observation and evaluation of the influence of earth materials, including groundwater, in the planning, construction, and maintenance of earth slopes and engineering structures.
"Erosion" is the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of wind, water and/or ice.
"Excavation" shall mean any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated by any method or means, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
"Fill" means any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material or any combination of the foregoing is deposited, placed, pushed, pulled or transported to a place and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
"Grade" shall mean the vertical location of the ground surface.
"Existing grade" is the grade prior to grading.
"Rough grade" is the stage at which the grade approximately conforms to the approved plan.
"Finish grade" is the final grade of the site which conforms to the approved plan.
"Grading" means an excavation or fill, or any combination thereof, and shall include the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
"Hillside area" is defined as an area within which the lot grading necessary to create a building pad would involve a cut or fill of three feet or more in vertical height below or above the natural ground or a summation of cut and fill which amounts to five feet or more or where the natural gradient of the site is five horizontal to one vertical or greater; together with such other areas as may be designated as "hillside areas" by the City Engineer.
"Key" is a designed compacted fill placed in a trench excavated in earth material beneath the toe of the proposed fill slope.
"Landslide" shall mean the downward and outward movement of soil, rock or fill or a combination thereof.
"Massive landslide" shall mean a landslide too large to be stabilized by retaining methods or normal control methods.
"Person" means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, social group, fraternal organization, corporation estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit, except the United States of America, the State and any political subdivision of either thereof.
"Retaining wall" shall mean an earth retaining system constructed with poured-in-place concrete or reinforced concrete, masonry block, brick, stone or other materials which when finished does not have an open grid pattern for planting.
"Site" is any lot or parcel of land or contiguous combination thereof, under the same ownership, where grading is performed or permitted.
"Slope" is an inclined ground surface the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of horizontal distance to vertical distance.
"Soil" is naturally occurring surficial deposits overlying bedrock.
"Soil Engineer" means a person who is a registered Civil Engineer licensed by the State of California and practices in soil mechanics and the analysis of slope stability.
"Soil engineering" shall mean the application of the principles of soil mechanics in the investigation, evaluation and design of civil works involving the use of earth materials and the inspection and testing of the construction thereof.
"Terrace" is a relatively level step constructed in the face of a graded slope surface for drainage and maintenance purposes. (Ord. 3411 § 2 (part); April 1, 1975; Ord. 5108 § 1; March 27, 1990.)
.010 Unregulated Excavation. The unregulated excavation and filling of property, in the course of the physical development of the City, could cause extensive damage to public and private property and result in numerous hazardous conditions. The purpose of this chapter is to require that excavations and fills be performed in accordance with good engineering practice, thereby reducing to a minimum the present and future hazards and damage to public and private property from such work, and to allow for proper maintenance of such slopes.
.020 Transitional Areas. Transitional areas may be required between existing developed areas and areas that require grading. The scope and extent of the transitional area required will be determined by individual review by the City Engineer as prescribed under council policy of the City of Anaheim.
.030 Contour grading shall be encouraged; the extent and amount of such grading shall be determined by individual review by the City Engineer as prescribed under council policy of the City of Anaheim. (Ord. 3411 § 2 (part); April 1, 1975; Ord. 5106 § 1; March 20, 1990.)
.010 No person shall do any grading with mechanical equipment without a permit. An approved grading plan shall be required if such grading will result in any of the following:
.0101 An excavation or fill which may endanger the adjacent property;
.0102 An excavation or fill in excess of one hundred cubic yards;
.0103 An excavation three feet or more below a two (horizontal) to one (vertical) descending slope from any property line, or a fill three feet or more above a two (horizontal) to one (vertical) ascending slope from any property line;
.0104 An excavation or fill within a public sewer, water main, storm drain or power line easement.
.020 A separate permit shall be required for each noncontiguous site, unless at time of permit request the various noncontiguous sites are defined in permit application. One permit may cover both an excavation and a fill on the same site made with the excavated materials.
.030 When working by permit under subdivision .010 of this section, any earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone or other excavated material is caused to be deposited upon or to roll, flow or wash upon any private property, or public place or way, the permittee shall cause the same to be removed from such private property, public place or way within thirty-six hours after notification to do so by the City Engineer. In the event it is not so removed, the Director of Public Works shall cause such removal and the cost of such removal shall be paid to the City by the permittee.
.040 When working by permit under subdivision .020 of this section, any earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone, or other excavated material is allowed to blow or spill over and upon any street, alley or public way or adjacent property, the permittee shall immediately cause the same to be removed upon notification by the City Engineer. In the event it is not so removed, the Director of Public Works shall cause such removal and the cost of such removal shall be paid to the City by the permittee.
.050 Any person who shall be required to obtain a permit pursuant to this chapter who shall fail to obtain said permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as defined in Section 1.01.370 of the Anaheim Municipal Code and punishable as permitted therein. (Ord. 3411 § 2 (part); April 1, 1975.)
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