ALLUVIAL FAN: | Fan shaped area deposited by slowed river; a fan shaped area of alluvium deposited by a river when reaching flatter land. |
BUILDABLE AREA: | That portion of a lot or parcel which is eligible to place a building or structure and complies with the setbacks and other regulations of the zone where the property is located. |
EXCAVATION: | The mechanical removal of earth material. |
FEMA: | Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal agency under which the NFIP (National Flood Insurance Program) is administered. |
FILL: | A deposit of earth material by artificial means. |
FLOODPLAIN: | A relatively flat area or lowlands adjoining a river, stream watercourse, lake or other body of standing water that has been or may be covered by flood water. |
FRENCH DRAIN: | A sump or trench filled with crushed rock or gravel intended to receive stormwater discharge. |
GEOLOGIC REPORT: | |
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER: | A civil engineer registered in the state of Utah with training and experience in soil engineering. |
GRADING: | Any excavating or filling or combination thereof. |
GRADING PLANS: | A topographic development plan prepared by a registered civil engineer showing contours for before and after grading which do not exceed one foot (1') intervals. |
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS: | Floodplain area, sensitive land, and land with a high water table which if disturbed is likely to be detrimental to life or property. |
LETTER REPORT: | A simplified geologic report used in relation to areas of relatively stable soil and rock as required by section 10-18-9
of this chapter. |
NATURAL FEATURES: | Nonmanmade land characteristics which include drainage swales, wetlands, streams, and concentrated native stands of large shrubs or trees. |
NATURAL STATE: | Portion of any lot or parcel which cannot be subjected to grading, removal of vegetation or building development. |
OPEN SPACE: | Primary and secondary conservation areas and other land conserved or set aside from development such as, but not limited to, public or private parks, trails, landscaped buffers, wetlands, meadows, forested areas, pastures, farm fields and other lands forming part of the ecologically connected matrix of natural areas significant due to wildlife habitat, water quality protection and other reasons. |
SENSITIVE LANDS: | Listed as high water table, floodplain and wetland areas, are any land areas whose destruction or disturbance could immediately affect the life of the community by either: A. Creating hazardous conditions such as flooding; B. Destroying important public resources such as water supplies and the water quality of canals and rivers; or C. Wasting important productive lands and renewable resources. |
SITE: | Any lot or parcel of land. |
SLOPE/BLUFF: | An inclined earth surface, the inclination of which is expressed as the ratio of horizontal distance to vertical distance. In this chapter, slopes/bluffs are generally expressed as a percentage; percentage of slope refers to a given rise in elevation over a given run in distance. A fifty percent (50%) slope, for example, refers to a one hundred foot (100') rise in elevation over a distance of two hundred feet (200'). A fifty percent (50%) slope is expressed in engineering terms as a two to one (2:1) slope. |
SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE: | Any system of pipes, canals, ditches, moats, and the like that intercepts groundwater and carries it to a river or creek. |
SURFACE DRAINAGE: | Water runoff caused as a result of precipitation or irrigation. |
WETLANDS: | Lands that are generally inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency or duration to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions. (Ord. 2013-04, 4-18-2013, eff. 4-19-2013; amd. Ord. 2023-07, 6-1-2023) |