As used in this title, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given in this section:
APPLICANT: Any person who submits an application for a land disturbance permit pursuant to this title.
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP): Practices, procedures or designs used as a standard for a given industry. For purposes of this title, the relevant BMPs for the erosion control and pollution prevention industry are more particularly defined in the city's land disturbance design and construction standards.
BUILDING ENVELOPE: The area within the lot which will be used to construct the building, landscaped areas, retaining walls, fences, porches, patios, decks, swimming pools, driveways, parking areas, or any other permanent feature which is appurtenant to the building.
BUTTRESS FILL: A designed compacted earth fill used for providing lateral support to an unstabilized earth or rock mass.
CITY: Draper City, Utah.
CITY ENGINEER: The city engineer of Draper City, or his or her authorized designee.
CIVIL ENGINEER: A professional engineer in the branch of civil engineering licensed under the laws of Utah.
CLEARING AND GRUBBING: Moving, removing, displacing, and/or stockpiling, by manual or mechanical means, any healthy trees, vegetation and/or the top organic layer of a site. The top organic layer shall be that described in the geotechnical report for the site. In the absence of a geotechnical report, the organic layer shall not be less than eight inches (8") thick.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: The community development director of Draper City, or his or her authorized designee.
COMPACTION: The densification of fill by mechanical means.
DETENTION: The holding back or delaying of the flow of water, through manmade or natural means.
DEVELOPER: The person or entity responsible for developing property pursuant to an approved building permit, site plan, or final plat.
DREDGING: The practice of deepening a waterway by mechanical means by the removal of sediments.
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY: The city engineer, the engineering inspector, the community development director, or any duly appointed code enforcement officer or law enforcement official charged with the responsibility for enforcement of city ordinances.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST: A professional engineering geologist licensed or registered under the laws of Utah and capable of applying the geological sciences to engineering practices for the purpose of assuring that the geological features affecting the location, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately provided for.
EROSION: The transport of the ground surface or soil as a result of the movement of wind or water.
EROSION CONTROL MEASURES: The structural and nonstructural BMP for erosion control that prevents displacement of soil particles by wind or water. BMP erosion control measures may include seeding, mulching, vegetative buffer strips, sod, plastic coverings, riprap, gabions, other channel armoring methods, burlap coverings, watering, and other BMP measures that control the movement of the ground surface or soil.
FARMING AND AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS: Any activity or process normally performed as part of the farming use of the land which would prepare the soil for planting or harvesting of agriculturally usable products.
FILL: The artificial deposit of soil, rock, or other materials on a site.
FINISHED GRADE: The final grade or elevation of the building site, slope or terrace (0.1 plus or minus feet).
GRADE: The elevation of the ground surface as measured from a known vertical control.
GRADING: The act or result of digging, excavating, transporting, spreading, depositing, filling, compacting, settling, or shaping of land surfaces and slopes, and other operations or activities involving the physical movement of rock or soil.
LAND DISTURBANCE: Any disturbance of native soils, plants, or environment, including, but not limited to, clearing, grubbing, grading, excavation, filling, dredging, construction of earth filled dams, and any other types of earthwork.
LAND DISTURBANCE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS: Draper City land disturbance design and construction standards as adopted by the city.
LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT: The land disturbance permit required by the city in accordance with provisions of this title.
LANDMARK TREES: Trees that measure over three inches (3") caliper.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: A professional landscape architect licensed or registered under the laws of Utah.
LOT LEVEL: Design, construction and infrastructure related to construction on a specific lot within an approved subdivision or site plan development.
PLANTING DATE: The date native seed can be applied without temporary irrigation, generally from October 15 through March 1, or as otherwise determined by the city's engineering department.
PROJECT: A defined site that has obtained final subdivision plat or site plan approval from the city.
SEDIMENT: Soil or earth material deposited by water.
SEDIMENT CONTROL MEASURES: The BMP for sediment control that contains the deposited and/or displaced soil particles. BMP sediment control measures may include dikes, sediment detention traps, sediment detention basins, filters, fences, barriers, swales, berms, drains, check dams, and other BMP measures that control the deposition of soil or earth material.
SITE: A parcel or parcels of real property on which activity regulated by this title is occurring or is proposed to occur.
SLOPE: A portion of ground forming a natural or artificial incline.
SOIL: All earth material, of whatever origin, which overlies bedrock.
SOILS ENGINEER: A professional civil engineer licensed under the laws of Utah who is experienced in soil mechanics and slope stability analysis.
STRUCTURE: Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having location on the ground.
SUBDIVISION LEVEL: Design, construction and infrastructure related to subdivision development and systems, such as drainage, culinary water, wastewater systems, etc.
SWALES: Shallow grassed or otherwise protected trenches that are wider than they are deep and which provide a specific pathway for drainage water.
WET WEATHER PLAN: A detailed erosion and sediment control plan and construction sequence that clearly shows how construction will be processed during nonplanting date periods; i.e., after October 15 of each year until March 1 of each year. (Ord. 419, 6-5-2001)