1196.02 DEFINITIONS.

   For the purpose of this chapter, the words and phrases defined herein shall have the meanings therein respectively ascribed to them, unless a different meaning is clearly indicated by the context.

(a)   "Architect" means an architect registered in the State to practice in the field of architecture.

(b)   "Borrow" means earth material acquired from an off-site location for use in grading on a site.

(c)   "City Engineer" means the City Engineer of Fairfield, Ohio.

(d)   "Earth material" means any rock, fill, material or natural soil and/or combination thereof.

(e)   "Engineering geologist" means a full member in good standing of the Association of Engineering Geologists or the American Institute of Professional Geologists.

(f)   "Erosion" means the wearing away of the land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity or other natural process.

(g)   "Excavation" means any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is dug into, cut, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated, or bulldozed and includes the conditions resulting therefrom.

(h)   "Fill."

(1)   "Fill" means any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other non-hazardous material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface and includes the conditions resulting therefrom.

(2)   "Fill" means the difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade.

(i)   "Fill material" means earth material and/or non-metallic, non-decomposable material placed in a manner as approved in Section 1196.05.

(j)   "Hazardous material" means any substance or mixture of substances which is toxic, corrosive, or irritant, strong sensitizer, flammable, or which generates pressure through decomposition, heat or other means, if such substance may cause substantial personal injury or illness during any customary or reasonably anticipated handling or use.

(k)   "Natural terrain" means existing ground prior to any excavation or filling.

(l)   "Registered professional engineer" means an engineer registered in the State to practice in the field of engineering.

(m)   "Slope" means an inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of horizontal distance to vertical distance.

(n)   "Sediment" means solid material both mineral and organic, that is in suspension, is being transported or has been moved from its original site of origin by air, water, or gravity as a product of erosion.

(o)   "Soil engineer" means a registered professional engineer experienced and knowledgeable in the practice of soil engineering.

(p)   "Soil engineering" means the application of the principles of soil mechanics in the investigation, testing, evaluation and design of civil works involving the use of earth materials and the inspection and testing of the construction thereof.

(q)   "Soil scientist" means a full member in good standing of the Soil Science Society of America and who has special knowledge and training in the physical, chemical and biological sciences applicable to soils.

(r)   "Site" means any lot or parcel of land or contiguous combination thereof, upon which excavation and/or filling is or will be performed.

(s)   "Surveyor" means any individual licensed to practice surveying in the State.

(t)   "Utilities" means any sanitary sewer, storm sewer, or water services as provided and maintained by the City.

(u)   "Waste area" means an area approved by the engineer for the disposal of waste material and restricted from the building of any structure and delineated by the requirements of Section 1196.06.

(v)   "Waste material" means any material that is not approved "fill material" but approved for disposal in an approved waste area site by the City Engineer.
(Ord. 94-84. Passed 7-9-84.)