Elevated Building
An above-ground building built to have the top of the elevated floor above the ground by means of pilings, columns (posts and piers), shear walls parallel to the flow of water; and adequately anchored so as not to impair the structural integrity of the building during a flood up to the magnitude of the base flood. Elevated building also includes a building elevated by means of fill or solid foundation perimeter walls with openings sufficient to facilitate the unimpeded movement of floodwaters.
Energy Dissipator
An adequate erosion control measure placed at the outlets of storm drainage facilities or at other points as specified by this chapter to receive and breakdown the energy from high velocity flow.
Engineering Services Department
The Engineering Services Department is responsible for overseeing the design and construction of roadway, stormwater and facility improvement projects to ensure the safety and sustainability through diligent review and thorough inspections as well as cost effective maintenance of existing system components. Services include facility construction management, roadway design and construction, facility maintenance, vehicle fleet services, and stormwater management.
Engineering Services Director
The chief administrator as designated by the City Manager to plan, direct and coordinate the operations of the department.
Ephemeral (Stormwater) Stream
A feature that carries only stormwater in direct response to precipitation with waters flowing only during and shortly after large precipitation events. An ephemeral stream may or may not have a well-defined channel, the aquatic bed is always above the water table and stormwater runoff is the primary source of water. An ephemeral stream typically lacks the biological, hydrological and physical characteristics commonly associated with the continuous or intermittent conveyance of water.
Excessively Trimmed
The pruning, cutting, or otherwise damaging the natural form of a tree when it meets one or more of the following:
- Removes more than 25% of the crown system of a tree within a continuous five-year period.
- Removes, cuts or covers more than 25% of the root system of a tree within a continuous five-year period.
- Fails to conform to the pruning cuts methods set forth in the current edition of "Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plan Maintenance - Standard Practices" of the American National Standards Institute.
- Is made for a purpose other than "hazard pruning," or "utility pruning," or "maintenance pruning," as set forth in the current edition of "Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance - Standard Practices" of the American National Standards Institute.
- Is crown reduction, heading, vista pruning, or pollarding as set forth in the current edition of "Tree, Shrub, and Other Woody Plant Maintenance - Standard Practices" of the American National Standards Institute.
Erosion
The wearing away of the land surface by the action of wind, water, gravity or any combination thereof.
Existing Transit Route
Any fixed-route public transit service operated by or on behalf of a public transit agency and shown on the current system map of the agency.
Exterior Features
Important landscape and natural features, significant archaeological features, architectural style, general design and general arrangement of the exterior of a building or other structure, including the kind and texture of the building material, the size, color and scale of the building and the type, color, style of all windows, doors, light fixtures, signs and other appurtenant fixtures. In the case of outdoor signs, exterior features shall be construed to mean style, material, size, color and location of all such signs.