The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this title, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
APPLICANT: | Any person who submits an application for a permit pursuant to this title. |
ASSISTANT CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: | An Assistant City Administrator. |
BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE (BMP): | Practices, procedures or designs used for erosion control and more fully described in the most current version of the City land disturbance, design and construction standards. |
BUILDING ENVELOPE: | The area within the lot which will be used to construct the building, landscaped areas, retaining walls, fences, porches, patios, decks, swimming pools, driveways, parking areas, or any other permanent feature which is appurtenant to the building. |
BUTTRESS FILL: | A designed compacted earth fill used for providing lateral support to an unstabilized earth or rock mass. |
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER: | The City Administrator. |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: | See the definition in section 1-3-2 of this Code. |
CITY: | City of West Jordan, Utah. |
CITY ENGINEER: | The City Engineer of City of West Jordan, or the person engaged by the City and authorized to perform the duties assigned to the City Engineer, and shall include any deputies and representatives. |
CIVIL ENGINEER: | A professional engineer in the branch of civil engineering holding a valid certificate of registration issued by the State of Utah. |
CLEARING AND GRUBBING: | Moving, removing, displacing and/or stockpiling, by manual or mechanical means, trees and other vegetation and/or the top organic layer as described in the geotechnical report. In the absence of a geotechnical report, the organic layer shall not be greater than eight inches (8"). |
COMPACTION: | The act of compacting or consolidating soil and rock material to a specified density, and the resulting compacted state of the material. |
COUNCIL CHAIR: | See the definition in section 1-3-2 of this Code. |
DETENTION: | The holding back or delaying of the flow of water, through manmade or natural means. |
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT: | See subsection 1-8-8C regarding the Community Development Department. |
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR: | That person charged with the responsibility of directing all phases of the (community) development department and the enforcement of all land use regulations and other laws pertaining to his office, or his duly authorized representative (see subsection 1-8-8C). |
DREDGING: | The practice of deepening a waterway by mechanical means by the removal of sediments. |
ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY: | The City Engineer, the engineering inspector, and other designated representatives of the City Engineer, or any duly appointed Code Enforcement Officer or police official charged with the responsibility for enforcement of the provisions of this title. |
ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST: | A professional engineering geologist licensed or registered under the laws of Utah and capable of applying the geological sciences to engineering practices for the purpose of assuring that the geological features affecting the location, design, construction, operation and maintenance of engineering works are recognized and adequately provided for. |
EROSION: | The process of detachment of soil particles or other surface material by the action of wind, water, snow or ice. |
EROSION CONTROL MEASURES: | The structural and nonstructural Best Management Practices (BMPs) for erosion control that prevents displacement of soil particles by wind or water. BMP erosion control measures may include seeding, mulching, vegetative buffer strips, sod, plastic coverings, riprap, gabions, other channel armoring methods, burlap coverings, watering, and other BMP measures that control the movement of the ground surface or soil. |
FARMING AND AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS: | Any activity or process normally performed as part of the farming use of the land which would prepare the soil for planting or harvesting of agriculturally usable products. |
FILL: | Deposits of soil, rock or other materials placed by man. |
FINISHED GRADE: | The final grade or elevation of the building site, slope or terrace (0.1 plus or minus feet). |
GRADE: | The elevation of the ground surface as measured from a known vertical control. "Existing grade" means grade currently on the site. "Natural grade" means the grade unaltered evidenced by the presence of indigenous plants and grasses. |
GRADING: | The act or result of digging, excavating, transporting, spreading, depositing, filling, compacting, settling or shaping of land surfaces and slopes, and other operations or activities involving the physical movement of rock or soil. |
LDDCS: | Land disturbance design and construction standards. |
LAND DISTURBANCE: | Any disturbance of native soils, plants or environment, including, but not limited to, clearing, grubbing, grading, excavation, filling, dredging, construction of earth filled dams, and any other types of earthwork. |
LAND DISTURBANCE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS: | City of West Jordan land disturbance design and construction standards, as adopted by the City. |
LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT: | The land disturbance permit required by the City in accordance with provisions of this title. |
LANDMARK TREES: | Trees that measure over three inch (3") caliper. |
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: | A professional landscape architect licensed or registered under the laws of Utah. |
LOT LEVEL: | Design, construction and infrastructure related to construction on a specific lot within an approved subdivision or site plan development. |
PLANTING DATE: | The date native seed can be applied without temporary irrigation, generally from October 15 through March 1, or as otherwise determined by the City Engineering Department. |
PROJECT: | A defined site that has obtained final subdivision plat or site plan approval from the City. |
SEDIMENT: | The transport of soil or earth material by wind, water, snow or ice. |
SEDIMENT CONTROL MEASURES: | The structural and nonstructural BMP that contains the deposited, displaced soil particles caused by erosion. This may include, but not be limited to, dikes, sediment detention traps, sediment detention basins, filters, fences, barriers, swales, berms, drains, check dams, and other measures that control the deposition of soil or earth material. |
SITE: | A parcel or parcels of real property owned by one or more persons on which activity regulated by this title is occurring or is proposed to occur. |
SLOPE: | A portion of ground forming a natural or artificial incline, including a retaining wall. |
SOIL: | All earth material, of whatever origin, which overlies bedrock. |
SOILS ENGINEER: | A professional civil engineer licensed under the laws of Utah who is experienced in soil mechanics and slope stability analysis. |
STRUCTURE: | Anything constructed or erected which requires location on the ground or is attached to something having location on the ground. |
SUBDIVISION LEVEL: | Design, construction and infrastructure related to subdivision development and systems, such as drainage, culinary water, wastewater systems, etc. |
SWALES: | Shallow grassed or otherwise protected trenches that are wider than they are deep that provide a specific pathway for drainage water. |
WET WEATHER PLAN: | A detailed erosion and sediment control plan and construction sequence that clearly shows how construction will be processed during the period of October 31 of each year until March 31 of each year. (2001 Code § 81-1-040; amd. 2009 Code; Ord. 19-12, 2-27-2019; Ord. 21-11, 3-24-2021) |