Sec. 4.3.3 - Grading standards
Dimensional standards
Height & bulk
- Minimum landscaping
- 10%
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- Steep slopes overlay districtOverlay districtA second set of rules laid over the base district, adding requirements without replacing it. or any land disturbing activity requiring a soil erosion control and stormwater management
Extracted standards
12 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Maximum bench flow length800 ft
The flow length within a reverse slope bench shall not exceed 800 feet
- Maximum cutGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume./fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. slope ratio2 ratio
Cut and fill slopes shall not be steeper than a 2:1 (50 percent) slope.
- Maximum mowed slope ratio3 ratio
If the slope is to be mowed, the slope shall be no steeper than a 3:1 (33 percent) slope.
- Minimum fillGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume. toe distance10 ft
The toe of any fill slope shall not be located within ten feet horizontally of the top of an existing or proposed cut slope.
- Minimum reverse slope bench width6 ft
Reverse slope benches shall be at least six feet wide
- Minimum slope property line distance10 ft
Tops and bottoms of cut and fill slopes shall be located either: (i) a distance from existing and proposed property lines at least equal to the lesser of three feet plus one-fifth (⅕) of the height of the cut or fill, or ten feet
- Reverse slope bench trigger (2:1)20 ft
the vertical interval (height) of any 2:1 (50 percent) slope exceeds 20 feet
- Reverse slope bench trigger (3:1)30 ft
the vertical interval (height) of any 3:1 (33 percent) slope exceeds 30 feet
- Reverse slope bench trigger (4:1)40 ft
the vertical interval (height) of any 4:1 (25 percent) slope exceeds 40 feet
Other
- Maximum retaining wall heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
The maximum height for a single retaining wall, measured from grade to grade, shall be ten feet
- Minimum stepped wall separation3 ft
A minimum horizontal distance of three feet shall be maintained between each individual wall in a stepped wall system
- Stepped wall landscaping10 ft
shall be landscaped with screening shrubs planted on ten foot centers
From the ordinance
The following design standards apply to any land disturbing activity either (i) to establish a use permitted by right or by special use permit in the steep slopes overlay district; or (ii) requiring a soil erosion control and stormwater management.