(A) General. The reports and statements set forth in this section are those required for engineered grading. The City Engineer or Building Official may waive the requirement for a report or statement when such report or statement is found to be unnecessary for the approval of the graded site. Nothing in this section may be deemed to waive the requirement for reports or statements by other provisions of this Code.
(1) The statement required by this section supplement the records of the City Engineer or Building Official. These forms may be duplicated and the letterhead of the responsible person may be utilized. Final approval of grading by the City Engineer or Building Official cannot be given until all required maps, statements and reports have been submitted.
(2) Where reference is made to initial, rough or final grading, it means those stages of construction set forth in § 16.97.040.
(B) Field engineer. At the completion of rough grading and final grading, the field engineer must submit a statement that work is in conformance with the approved plans. A final contour map (as-built plan) must be submitted unless the work has been completed in close agreement with the approved plan.
(C) Soil engineer. At the completion of rough grading, the soil engineer must submit a statement that the portion of the work concerning the preparation of the existing ground surface and the placing and compaction of fill is in conformance with the approved plans and the appropriate provisions of this Code. The soil engineer must submit a report which includes the recommended soil-bearing capacity, a finding as to the expansive qualities of the soil, the location of subdrains and a summary of tests. The location of such tests and the limits of the compacted fill must be shown on a final plan which must also show by plan and cross section the location of any rock disposal areas and/or buttress fills, is such were involved in the grading.
(D) Geologist. When a site inspection by the geologist is required under § 16.97.040, a report based on an "as-built" geologic map must be submitted by the geologist. The report must be submitted at the completion of rough grading and must include specific approval of the grading as affected by geological factors. Where necessary, such report must include geologic cross sections and recommendations regarding the location of buildings or sewage disposal systems.
(E) Planting and irrigation. At completion of final grading, a landscape architect or a field engineer must submit a statement that the slope planting has been established and the irrigation system has been installed in conformance with the approved plans.
(F) Grading contractor. At the completion of rough grading, the grading contractor must submit a statement that the work under the direction of the grading contractor was performed in accordance with the approved plans and the appropriate requirements of this chapter or that such work was not in accordance with such plans and chapter.
(Ord. 1103, passed 3-7-05)