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26 3035825440 GILPIN CAUNTV PAGE B2 <br />1997 UNIf•DPM BUILDING CODE <br />Appendix Chapter 33 <br />EXCAVATION ANb GRAbING <br />SECTION 3304 =-PURPOSE <br />The~purpose of this appendix is to safeguard life, limb, property <br />and the public «•elfarc by regulating grading on prisate property. <br />SECTION 33D5 -SCOPE <br />.• ~ -This appendix sets forth rules and regulations.to control excava- .. <br />flan, grading and earthwork conswction, including Ells and em• <br />h::nkments; establishes the administralis•epracedure Cot IsSUante <br />of permiu; and provides for approval of plans end inspection of <br />grading conswction. <br />7lfe standards listed below ace remgnized'standards (see Sec- <br />tians3503 and 35Ui). <br />t. . <br />!.1 AST,Af D 7557, Afoisture-density Relations of Soils and <br />' ~ - . _ Soil Aggregate Mixtures <br />1.2 ASTM D 1556, In Place Density of Soils by she Sand- <br />, Cone 11{ethod <br />1.3 ASTM D 2167, In Place Density of Sons by the Rubber- <br />' Batloon Method , <br />,1.4 ASTM D 2937, In Place Density of Soils by the Drive- <br />. CylindarMethod <br />1.5 ASTM D 2923 and D 3017, In Place hfoisture Contact <br />and pensity of Soils by Nuclear Methods <br />SECTION 3306-PER1dff3 REQUIRED' <br />3306.1 Permits Required. Fzrept as specified in Section <br />3306.2 of this section, no person shall do any grading without first <br />having obtained a grading permit from the building official. <br />3306,2 Exempted 1Vork A grading permit is not required for <br />the following: <br />1. \Vhen approved by the building official, grading iq an iso- <br />lated, sett-contained area if there is no danger to private of public <br />property.. <br />2. r\t1 Cxcavatien below finished trade for basements and frot- <br />ings of a buildin„ retaining wall or other stmcturc authorized by a <br />valid building permit. This shall ao! cxemps any fII mide with the <br />material from such excavation arexcmpt any excavation having <br />nn unsuppnncd height grater than 5 feet (1.'_4 mm} xiter the <br />completion of such structure, <br />3. Cemetery graces. <br />-. '.cf~se dis; osrl sires controlled by other regulations. <br />~. Excavations for watts or tunnels er utilities. <br />ti. hf fining, quarrying, excavating, processing or stockpiling of <br />.rock, sand, gratrt, aggregate or clay where established and pro- <br />vided for by law, provided such operations do not aUcct the lateral <br />support or increase the stresses in or pressure upon any adjacent or <br />contiguous pmpeny.. <br />7. £'xploralory excavations under 4he direction of soil engi- <br />neers nr engineering. geologists. <br />8. An excavation that (1) is less than 2 feet (610 mm) in depth or <br />(2) does not create a tut slope g;ea[er than 5 ket (1524 mm) in <br />APPENDIX CHAPTEA 33 <br />EXHIBIT <br />~ ~~..a <br />$ ~ J <br />height and steeper than 1 unit venial in 11/y units horizontal. <br />(65.7~n slope). <br />9. A fill less than 1 foot (30.5 mm) in depth and placed on natu- <br />ral terrain With a slope flatter than 1 unit vertical in 5 units hori- <br />zontal (20!'e slope), nr less than 3 feet (911 mm) in depth, not <br />intended to support stmetures, that does not exceed 50 cubic yards <br />(38.3 ms) on any one lot and does not obstruct a drainage course. <br />Fa;ernptioti trom'the permit'rbtjuiremedts of this chapter sfialf <br />not be deemeJ to grant authorization for any work to bE done to <br />any manner in violation of the provisions o[this chaplet or any <br />other laws or ordinances of thisjurisdidion. <br />SECTION 3307-HAZARDS <br />Whenever the building official determines that any existing exea• <br />~.;'•vation or embankment err GII on prisate properly has berome a <br />hazard to fife and limb, or endangers property, of adversely aSeii(s <br />the safety, use or stability o1' a public way or drainage channel, the <br />owner of the properly upon which the excavation or f>D is towted, <br />or other person or agent in toabol of said property, upon reaip[ of <br />notiu in writing from the btu7ding official, shall withht the period <br />specified therein repair or eliminate such excavation or embank- <br />. meat to eliminate the hazard and to be in ironformance with the m- <br />quiremtnts ofthiscoda <br />SECTION 3308 - DEfIN1Ti0teS <br />1For the purposes of this appendix, the definitions listed hereunder <br />shall be eonstrved as specified in this section. <br />APPROV.~L shall mean that the proQosed work or completed <br />work conforms to this thaptu in tAc optmon of the building offi- <br />tial• <br />AS•GRADED is the extent of surface conditions on eompie- <br />lion of grading.... ., . .. ., .... . <br />BEDROCIw is in-place solid rack <br />9ENCH is a rclatn•ely Icrcl step excavated into catch material <br />on which till is to he placed. <br />)10RROtV is earth material acquired from an offsite location <br />foi use in C;crg nn a S~ c. <br />CIS 1L ESGI\EER is a professional engineer registered in the <br />slate to practice in rite field of civil works. <br />C[V[L EYGIS£ERISG is the applic,tion of the knowledge <br />of the forces of nature, principles of mechanics and the pmptnies <br />of materizls to the evaluation, desi_;n and cnnstruclion of civil <br />works. <br />C03fi'.4CTIOY is the densification of a fill by mechanical <br />means. <br />EARTIi \LaTERCaL is any reel:, natural soil or Glf or any <br />combination thereof. <br />EtiG[tiEERIXG GEOLOGIST is a geologist experienced <br />and knowledeeable in engineering geology, <br />E\ci:+EERI\C GEOLOGY is the application of geologic <br />Imowledge and principles in the investigation and evalualien oT <br />naturally occumng rock and soil for use in the design of civil <br />works. <br />EROSIO V is the wearing auty cf the ground sur[ace es a result <br />of the movement of wind, water once. <br /> <br />