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Applicant means any persons, corporation, or public or private organization proposing a development that would involve disturbance to the natural terrain as defined in this chapter.
Building official means the Town of Exeter Building Official or his or her designee.
Coastal feature means coastal beaches and dunes, barrier beaches, coastal wetlands, coastal cliffs, bluffs, and banks, rocky shores, and manmade shorelines as defined in "The State of Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Program" as amended June 28, 1983.
Cut means an excavation; the difference between a point on the original ground and a designated point of lower elevation on the final grade. Also, the material removed in excavation.
Development project means any construction, reconstruction, demolition, or removal of structures, roadways, parking, or other paved areas, utilities, or other similar facilities, including any action requiring a building permit by the town.
Erosion means the removal of mineral and/or organic matter by the action of wind, water, and/or gravity.
Excavate means any act by which earth, sand, gravel, or any other similar material is dug into, cut, removed, displaced, relocated, or buildozed, and includes the resulting conditions.
Fill means any act by which earth, sand, or other material is placed or moved to a new location above ground. The fill is also the difference in elevation between a point of existing undisturbed ground and a designated point of higher elevation of the final grade.
Land disturbing activity means any physical land development activity which includes such actions as clearance of vegetation, moving or filling of land, removal or excavation of soil or mineral resources, or similar activities.
Runoff means the surface water discharge or rate of discharge of a given watershed after a fall of rain or snow, and including seepage flows that do not enter the soil but run off the surface of the land. Also, that portion of water not absorbed by the soil, but runs off the land surface.
Sediment means solid material, both mineral and/or organic, that is in suspension, is being transported, or has been moved from its site or origin by wind, water, and/or gravity as a product of erosion.
Soil erosion and sediment control plan means the approved document required before any person may cause a disturbance to the natural terrain within the town as regulated by this chapter.
Watercourse means the term watercourse means any tidewater or coastal wetland at its mean high-water level, and any freshwater wetland at its seasonal high-water level, including, but not limited to, any river, stream, brook, pond, lake, swamp, marsh bog, fen, wet meadow, or any other standing or flowing body of water. The edge of the watercourse shall be used for delineation purposes.
(Ord. of 3-7-22, § 1)