This Part 3 shall be known and cited as the
"Land Disturbance Ordinance of the Township of Chester (1987)."
The following terms are defined and shall be
construed as follows:
CUT or EXCAVATION
The result of any act by which soil or rock is cut into,
excavated, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced or relocated.
DISTURBANCE
Any activity involving the clearing, excavating, storing,
filling or transporting of soil, or any other activity which causes
soil to be exposed to the danger of erosion.
FILL
A man-made deposit of soil, rock or other materials.
GRADING
Any stripping, cutting, filling, stockpiling or any combination
thereof, including the land in its cut or filled condition.
LIMIT OF GRADING
The boundary line formed between those areas of a site which
are to be graded and the existing natural topography of the property.
the limit of grading shall be synonymous with a no cut - no fill line.
LIMIT OF LAND DISTURBANCE
The boundary line formed between all portions of the site
where land disturbance will occur and the existing natural area of
the property.
[Added 12-18-2001]
SLOPES
Degree of deviation of a surface from the horizontal, usually
expressed in percent or degrees.