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Bench means a relatively level step excavated into earth material of which fill is to be <br />placed. <br />Borrow means earth material acquired from anoff-site location for use in grading on a <br />site. <br />City means the administrative staff, or its agency, of the City of Elk River. <br />City Council means the elected governing board of the City of Elk River. <br />Civil engineer means a professional engineer registered in the State of Minnesota to <br />practice in the field of civil engineering. <br />Civil engineering means the application of the knowledge of the forces of nature, <br />principles of mechanics and the properties of materials to the evaluation, design and <br />construction of civil works for the beneficial uses of mankind. <br />Compaction means the densification of a fill by mechanical means. <br />Designer means a person registered by the Minnesota Board of Architects: Engineers, <br />land surveyors and landscape architects responsible for the preparation of the grading <br />plans and specifications. <br />Earth material means any rock, natural soil or fill and/or any combination thereof. <br />Engineering Design Guidelines means the guidelines developed, published and <br />periodically updated by the City. <br />Engineering geologist means a geologist experienced and knowledgeable in engineering <br />geology. <br />Engineering geology means the application of geologic knowledge and principles in the <br />investigation and evaluation of naturally occurring rock and soil for use in the design of <br />civil works. <br />Erosion means the wearing away of the ground surface as a result of the movement of <br />wind, water and/or ice. <br />Excavation means the mechanical removal of earth material. <br />Fill means a deposit of earth material placed by artificial means. <br />Geotechnical engineer. See "Soils engineer." <br />Grade means the vertical location of the ground surface. <br />Existing grade means the grade prior to grading. <br />Rough grade means the stage at which the grade approximately conforms to the <br />approved plan. <br />Finish grade means the final grade of the site which conforms to the approved plan. <br />Grading means any excavating or filling or combination thereof. <br />Key means a designed compacted fill placed in a trench excavated in earth material <br />beneath the toe of a proposed fill slope. <br />Site means any lot or parcel of land or contiguous combination thereof, under the same <br />ownership, where grading is performed or permitted. <br />Slope means an inclined ground surface the inclination of which is expressed as a ratio of <br />horizontal distance to vertical distance. <br />Soil means naturally occurring superficial deposits overlying bed rock. <br />Soils engineer (geotechnical engineer) means an engineer experienced and <br />knowledgeable in the practice of soil engineering (geotechnical engineering). <br />Soils engineering (geotechnical engineering means the application of the principles of <br />soils mechanics in the investigation, evaluation and design of civil works involving the <br />use of earth materials and the inspection and/or testing of the construction thereof. <br />3 <br />