For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are herein
defined as follows:
ADMINISTRATOR
The person qualified and officially appointed by the Board
of Supervisors to manage this chapter, or his authorized representative.
APPLICANT
Any landowner or agent of a landowner who proposes to make
or cause to be made any excavation, fill or any combination thereof
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
ARCHITECT
A registered architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
BEDROCK
Natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface
or beneath unconsolidated surficial deposits.
BUILDING CODE
Code of the Township of Robinson Building Code, as amended.
ENGINEER
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and knowledgeable in civil engineering.
ENGINEERING GEOLOGIST
A person who holds a degree in geology from an accredited
college or university and who has training and experience in the field
of engineering geology.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
EXCAVATION
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar
material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced,
relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting
there from.
EXCESSIVE SLOPE
Either of the following: those slopes as identified on the
soil group map as steep slopes of 25% or more; or any virgin area
where, in a 100-foot horizontal distance, the average slope exceeds
25%.
FILL AND EMBANKMENT
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material
is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved
to a new location, including the condition resulting therefrom.
FLOODPLAIN
Areas designated by the Federal Emergency Management Administration
and other areas known to be subject to flooding.
GRADE
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface
at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
GRADING
Excavation or fill, or any combination, thereof, including
the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
GRADING PERMIT
Any permit required pursuant to the provision of this chapter.
GRADING, ENGINEERED
A grading operation in excess of 5,000 cubic yards and performed
in conformance with a grading plan prepared by a professional engineer.
GRADING, REGULAR
A grading operation of less than 5,000 cubic yards. Where
the site conditions warrant, the Administrator may require the submission
of a report on the site as prepared by a professional engineer, soils
engineer or engineering geologist.
HAZARD
Any danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or
any adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use
or stability of property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities
and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
A landscape architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
LANDSLIDE PRONE SOILS
Those soil formations whose characteristics are classified
as being landslide prone or otherwise sensitive in the Soil Survey
of Greene and Washington Counties.
PERMIT HOLDER
Any landowner, agent of said landowner, or tenant with the
permission of said landowner who has been granted a grading permit
pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
RETAINING WALL
A structure composed of concrete, steel or other approved
building material, constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut
or filled embankment which would otherwise not comply with the requirements
of the standards set forth in this chapter, and which is more than
two feet in height as measured on the exposed vertical surface of
the wall.
SITE
A lot, tract or parcel of land, but may be a series of lots,
tracts or parcels of land which are adjoining and with respect to
which the grading work is to be continuous and performed at the same
time.
SLOPE
The angle of the existing or proposed ground surface plane
to the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical
or in percentage to the slope (rise or fall per hundred feet).
SOIL SURVEY
The Soil Survey of Greene and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania,
as prepared by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service et
al., and accompanying text, issued September 1983.
SOILS ENGINEER
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania having training and experience in soils and engineering.
SOLID WASTE
Any and all parts or combination of ashes, garbage, refuse,
radioactive material, combustible demolition material and industrial
wastes, such as food processed wastes, wood, plastic, metal scrap,
and other such materials whose disposal is regulated by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The control of the surface water runoff, as regulated by Chapter
369 of the Code of the Township of Robinson.
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
Chapter
380, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended, of the Code of the Township of Robinson.