For the purpose of this chapter, certain terms and words are
herein defined:
The person qualified and officially appointed by Council
to manage this chapter, or his authorized representative.
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.
A registered architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Natural rocklayer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface
or beneath unconsolidated surficial deposits.
The Uniform Construction Code of Pennsylvania, as may be
amended.
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, knowledgeable in civil engineering.
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.
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by
water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational
creep.
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
therefrom.
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%.
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.
A report prepared by a soils engineer or engineering geologist.
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface
at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
Excavation or fill, or any combination thereof, including
the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
A project that requires a grading permit, as determined by the Borough Engineer, unless this project satisfies one of the exceptions of § 222-3 of the Code of the Borough of Pleasant Hills. To qualify for an exception, the applicant must submit a geotechnical engineering report, regardless of the size of the project.
Any permit required pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
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.
A landscape architect licensed as such in the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania.
Those soil formations whose characteristics are classified
as being landslide-prone in the Soil Survey of Allegheny County. Specific
soils found in the Borough and so identified as landslide-prone include:
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Ck
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Clarksburg Silt Loams
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Do
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Dormont Silt Loams
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Lb
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Library Silty Clay Loams
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Gu
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Gurnsey Silt Loams
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GQF
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Gilpin Upshur complex
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GSF
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Gilpin-Wiekert and Culleoka Shaly Silt Loams
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Sm
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Strip Mines
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UG
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Urban land, Guernsey complex
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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.
A structure composed of concrete, steel or other building
material constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut or filled
embankment which would otherwise not comply with the requirements
or standards set forth in this chapter. However, the Administrator
has the discretion to exempt certain walls from the permit requirements.
For example, the Uniform Construction Code of Pennsylvania at Section
403.62(c)(ii) exempts walls that are four feet or less in height from
the permit requirements. The Administrator has discretion to exempt
those walls which are excluded from the requirements of the Uniform
Construction Code of Pennsylvania, as may be amended from time to
time.
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 grading work is to be continuous and performed at the same time.
The angle of the existing or proposed ground surface plane
to the horizontal expressed as the ratio of the horizontal to the
vertical, or in percentage of slope (rise or fall per 100 feet).
The Soil Survey of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as prepared
by the USDA Soil Conservation Service, et al., and accompanying text,
issued August 1981.
A registered professional engineer in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania having training and experience in soils engineering.
Any and all parts or combination of ashes, garbage, refuse,
radioactive material, combustible demolition materials and industrial
wastes such as food-processing wastes, wood, plastic, metal scrap,
and other such materials whose disposal is regulated by the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection.
Slopes where, in a 100-foot horizontal distance, the average
slope exceeds 25%.
Chapter 322, Subdivision and Land Development, of the Code of the Borough of Pleasant Hills, as amended.
Chapter 374, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Pleasant Hills, as amended.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the terms and words shall,
for the purpose of this chapter, have the meaning herein indicated.
Words used in the singular number include the plural, and words in
the plural include the singular; words in the masculine gender include
the feminine and neuter; and the word "building" includes the word
"structure" and the word "structure" includes the word "building."
