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Chapter 16.41 — DEFINITIONS

Poway Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · Poway

§ 16.41.010. Administrative clearing permit.

§ 16.41.015. Advanced treatment.

§ 16.41.020. Approval.

§ 16.41.030. Approved plans.

§ 16.41.040. Approved testing agency.

§ 16.41.050. Archaeologist.

§ 16.41.060. As-graded.

§ 16.41.070. Bedrock.

§ 16.41.080. Bench.

§ 16.41.085. Best management practices (BMPs).

§ 16.41.090. BMP Manual.

§ 16.41.095. Borrow.

§ 16.41.100. Buttress fill.

§ 16.41.110. Certify or certification.

§ 16.41.115. City.

§ 16.41.120. City Building Code.

§ 16.41.125. City Engineer.

§ 16.41.130. City Project Engineer.

§ 16.41.140. Civil engineer.

§ 16.41.150. Civil engineering.

§ 16.41.160. Clearing, brushing and grubbing.

§ 16.41.170. Construction permit.

§ 16.41.180. Compaction.

§ 16.41.190. Competent in-place material.

§ 16.41.200. Concrete drainage structures.

§ 16.41.210. Contour grading.

§ 16.41.220. Contractor.

§ 16.41.230. Crib wall.

§ 16.41.240. Director of Development Services.

§ 16.41.245. Discharge.

§ 16.41.250. Earth material.

§ 16.41.260. Engineering geologic report.

§ 16.41.270. Engineering geologist.

§ 16.41.280. Engineering geology.

§ 16.41.290. Engineer of work.

§ 16.41.295. Environmentally sensitive areas.

§ 16.41.300. Erosion.

§ 16.41.310. Erosion control plan.

§ 16.41.320. Erosion control system.

§ 16.41.330. Excavation.

§ 16.41.340. Expansive soils.

§ 16.41.350. Fault.

§ 16.41.360. Fill or embankment.

§ 16.41.370. Geologic hazard.

§ 16.41.380. Geotechnical report.

§ 16.41.390. Grade.

§ 16.41.400. Grading.

§ 16.41.410. Grading contractor.

§ 16.41.420. Grubbing.

§ 16.41.430. Guide to landscape requirements.

§ 16.41.440. Implementing agreement (IA).

§ 16.41.450. Key.

§ 16.41.460. Landscape architect.

§ 16.41.470. Landslide.

§ 16.41.475. Maximum extent practicable (MEP).

§ 16.41.480. Mined lands.

§ 16.41.490. Minerals.

§ 16.41.500. Mining waste.

§ 16.41.505. MS4 Permit.

§ 16.41.510. Natural terrain.

§ 16.41.515. Nonstormwater discharge.

§ 16.41.520. Overburden.

§ 16.41.530. Owner.

§ 16.41.540. Paleontologist.

§ 16.41.550. Permittee.

§ 16.41.560. Pollutants.

§ 16.41.570. Pollution.

§ 16.41.580. Poway subarea HCP.

§ 16.41.590. Precise conformance.

§ 16.41.600. Precise grading.

§ 16.41.605. Priority development project.

§ 16.41.610. Rainy season.

§ 16.41.615. Receiving waters.

§ 16.41.620. Reclamation.

§ 16.41.630. Record drawings.

§ 16.41.635. Redevelopment.

§ 16.41.640. References.

§ 16.41.650. Relative compaction.

§ 16.41.660. Retaining wall.

§ 16.41.670. Rough grading.

§ 16.41.680. Routine landscaping.

§ 16.41.685. Runoff.

§ 16.41.690. Sediment.

§ 16.41.700. Shall.

§ 16.41.710. Site.

§ 16.41.720. Slope.

§ 16.41.730. Slope revegetation.

§ 16.41.740. Slope stability.

§ 16.41.750. Soil.

§ 16.41.760. Soils engineer.

§ 16.41.770. Soils engineering.

§ 16.41.780. Soils engineering report.

§ 16.41.790. Stockpile.

§ 16.41.800. Stop work order.

§ 16.41.810. Stormwater.

§ 16.41.815. Stormwater conveyance system.

§ 16.41.820. Structural post-construction BMP.

§ 16.41.825. Suitable material.

§ 16.41.830. Terrace.

§ 16.41.840. Topsoil.

§ 16.41.850. Uniform Administrative Code.

§ 16.41.860. Unsuitable material.

§ 16.41.870. Watercourse.

§ 16.41.875. Water quality standards.

§ 16.41.880. Wetlands.

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