For the purposes of this section the terms defined in this subsection have the meanings ascribed to them as follows.
(a) Applicant. "Applicant" means any persons, corporation, partnership, association of any type, public agency or any other legal entity who submits an application to the City Engineer for a permit pursuant to this chapter.
(b) Architect. "Architect" means a professional architect registered in and by the State of Ohio.
(c) As-graded. "As-graded" means the surface conditions existent on completion of grading.
(d) Bedrock. "Bedrock" means in-place solid rock.
(e) Bench. "Bench" means a relatively level stop excavated into earth material on which fill is to be placed, or within a cut or fill slope.
(f) Berm. "Berm" means a built up mound of soil approximately one foot above grade or higher, all along the perimeter of a property, or the heel (top) of a slope to prevent water runoff from running onto adjacent property or eroding a slope.
(g) Best management practices. "Best management practices" means a technique or series of techniques which, when used in an erosion control plan, is proven to be effective in controlling construction related runoff, erosion and sedimentation.
(h) Blending. "Blending" means the intermixing and compaction of natural site soils, such as of materials from two natural soil horizons, or for the intermixing and compaction of natural site soils with imported soil or other materials.
(i) Borrow. "Borrow" means earth material acquired from an off-site location for use in grading on a site.
(j) Buttress fill. "Buttress fill" means a compacted fill which is placed in an area where soft natural soils beneath a planned fill would be over-stressed by the weight of the fill. The buttress fill is placed after the soft natural soils have been removed.
(k) Certification. "Certification" means a written opinion concerning the progress and completion of the work, prepared by a registered geotechnical engineer.
(l) City. "City" means the City of Kirtland or its designated official.
(m) City Engineer. "City Engineer" means the City Engineer for the city or his or her authorized representative.
(n) Civil engineering. "Civil engineering" means 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 humankind.
(o) Contour rounding. "Contour rounding" means the rounding of cut and fill slopes in the horizontal plane to blend with existing contours or to provide horizontal variation, to eliminate the artificial appearance of slopes.
(p) Compaction. "Compaction" means the densification of a fill by mechanical means.
(q) Competent material. "Competent material" means earth material capable of withstanding the loads which are to be imposed upon it without failure to detrimental settlement, as certified by the soils engineer.
(r) Depth of cut or fill. "Depth of cut or fill" means the vertical distance between existing natural ground and the finish elevation at any location.
(s) Drainageway. "Drainageway" means natural or humanmade channel which collects and intermittently or continuously conveys stormwater runoff.
(t) Earth material. "Earth material" means any rock, natural soil or fill and/or any combination thereof.
(u) Erosion. "Erosion" means the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of wind, water and/or ice.
(v) Excavation. "Excavation" means the mechanical removal of earth material.
(w) Existing grade. "Existing grade" means the grade prior to grading.
(x) Fill. "Fill" means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means.
(y) Final erosion and sediment control plan (final plan). "Final erosion and sediment control plan (final plan)" means a set of best management practices or equivalent measures designed to control surface runoff and erosion and to retain sediment on a particular site after all other planned final structures and permanent improvements have been erected or installed.
(z) Finish grade. "Finish grade" means the final grade of the site which conforms to the approved plan.
(aa) Geotechnical engineer. "Geotechnical engineer" means a civil engineer licensed in the State of Ohio, experienced and knowledgeable in the practice of geotechnical engineering and approved by the city.
(bb) Geotechnical engineering. "Geotechnical engineering" means 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.
(cc) Grade. "Grade" means the vertical location of the ground surface.
(dd) Grading. "Grading" means any land disturbance, excavation or fill or any combination thereof.
(ee) Height of cut and fill slopes. "Height of cut and fill slopes" means the finished vertical distance from the top to toe of slope, measured prior to the application of any required slope rounding.
(ff) Interim erosion and sediment control plan (interim plan). "Interim erosion and sediment control plan (interim plan)" means a set of best management practices or equivalent measures designed to control surface runoff and erosion and to retain sediment on a particular site during the period in which preconstruction and construction-related land disturbances, fills and soil storage occur, and before final improvements are completed.
(gg) Key. "Key" means a designated compacted fill placed in a trench excavated in earth material beneath the bottom of a proposed fill slope.
(hh) Land disturbance/land disturbing activities. "Land disturbance/land disturbing activities" means any moving or removing by manual or mechanical means of the soil mantle or top six inches of soil, whichever is more shallow, including, but not limited to, excavations.
(ii) Land fill. "Land fill" means any activity depositing soil or other earth materials.
(jj) Manual of standards. "Manual of standards" means a compilation of technical standards and design specifications adopted by the City Engineer as being proven methods of controlling construction-related surface runoff, erosion and sedimentation.
(kk) Modification. "Modification" means any procedure that will reduce the Atterberg limits (liquid limit, plastic limit and Plasticity Index) of a soil.
(ll) Nesting. "Nesting" means the placement of large rocks such that voids in the fill are created such that required compaction becomes difficult or impossible.
(mm) Permittee. "Permittee" means the applicant in whose name a valid permit is duly issued pursuant to this chapter and his or her agents, employees and others acting under his or her direction.
(nn) Replacement. "Replacement" means the removal and wasting of natural soil materials judged unsuitable for the support of dwellings or other site improvements and their replacement with suitable soil materials properly compacted.
(oo) Reworking. "Reworking" means the mechanical densification or consolidation of natural loose soil material.
(pp) Rough grade. "Rough grade" means the stage at which the grade approximately conforms within one vertical foot to the approved plan.
(qq) Sediment. "Sediment" means earth material deposited by water or wind.
(rr) Site. "Site" means any lot or parcel of land or contiguous combination thereof, where grading is performed or permitted.
(ss) Slope. "Slope" means an inclined ground surface, the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of horizontal distance to vertical distance.
(tt) Slope control specialist. "Slope control specialist" means a professional landscape architect or other professional person experienced in erosion control work, retained by the permittee in a professional or consultative capacity (not as a contractor performing construction work on the site) and responsible for analysis, plans, specifications, supervision and certifications regarding slope control planting and related slope control work, other than grading, for a specific project.
(uu) Soil. "Soil" means the top layer of the earth's surface, excluding rock.
(vv) Stabilization. "Stabilization" means any procedure that will result in increased strength of a soil to a required level.
(ww) Terrace. "Terrace" means a relatively level step constructed in the face of a graded slope surface for drainage and maintenance purposes.
(xx) Variable slope. "Variable slope" means the variation in steepness of a cut or fill slope in either, or a combination of the horizontal or vertical plane of the slope.
(yy) Vertical slope rounding. "Vertical slope rounding" means the rounding the tops or toes of cut and fill slopes.
(zz) Wet season. "Wet season" means the period from November 30 to April 30.
(Ord. 07-O-36, passed 11-7-2007)