(A) Grading designation. All grading in excess of 5,000 cubic yards shall be performed in accordance with the reviewed grading plan prepared in accordance with this section and shall be designated as “engineered grading”. Grading involving less than 5,000 cubic yards shall be designated "regular grading" unless the permittee, with the approval of the city, chooses to have the grading performed as “engineered grading”.
(B) Engineered grading requirements. For engineered grading, it shall be the responsibility of the designer who prepares the grading plan to incorporate all recommendations from the soils engineering and engineering geology report into the grading plan. The designer shall be responsible for the professional inspection and approval of the grading. This responsibility shall include, but need not be limited to, inspection and approval as to the establishment of line, grade and drainage of the development area. The designer shall act as the coordinating agent in the event the need arises for liaison between the other professionals, the contractor and the city. The designer also shall be responsible for the preparation of revised plans and the submission of as-graded grading plans upon completion of the work. The grading contractor shall submit in a form prescribed by the city a statement of compliance to said as-graded plan. Soils engineering and engineering geology reports shall be required as specified herein. During grading all necessary reports, compaction data and soil engineering and engineering geology recommendations shall be submitted to the designer and the city by the soils engineer and the engineering geologist.
(C) Regular grading requirements.
(1) The city may require inspection and testing by an approved testing agency.
(2) When the city has cause to believe that geologic factors may be involved, the grading operation will be required to conform to “engineered grading” requirements.
(D) Notification of non-compliance.
(1) If the designer, soils engineer, engineering geologist or testing agency finds that the work is not being completed in conformance with this section or the reviewed grading plans, the discrepancies shall be reported immediately in writing to the person in charge of grading work and to the city.
(2) Recommendations for corrective measures, if necessary, shall be submitted.
(E) Areas of responsibility.
(1) The soils engineer’s area of responsibility shall include, but need not be limited to, the professional inspection and approval concerning the preparation of ground to receive fills, testing for required compaction, stability of all finish slope, and the design of buttress fills, where required, incorporating data supplied by the engineering geologist.
(2) The engineering geologist’s area of responsibility shall include, but need not be limited to, professional inspection and approval of the adequacy of natural ground for receiving fills and the stability of cut slopes with respect to geological matters and the need for subdrains or other groundwater drainage devices.
(3) The testing agency’s responsibility shall include approval concerning the inspection of cleared areas and benches to receive fill, and the compaction of fill.
(F) City inspection. The city shall inspect the project at the various stages of the work requiring approval to determine that adequate control is being exercised by the professional consultants.
(G) Transfer of responsibility for approval. If the designer, the soils engineer, the engineering geologist or the testing agency of record is changed during the course of the work, the work shall be stopped until the replacement has agreed to accept the responsibility within the area of his or her technical competence for approval upon completion of the work.
(Prior Code, § 4.06)