§ 15.16.030. Definitions.

As used in this Chapter, the following words shall be defined as provided in this Section. Those words not specifically defined in this Section shall be given their ordinary meaning.

"Contractor" shall be defined as that term is defined in California Business and Professions Code Section 7026.4.

"Debris" means and includes burned or partially burned building materials, ash, appliances, broken concrete, loose bricks, glass, metal, and downed trees. Debris does not include building foundations or retaining walls.

"Driveway bridge" means that portion of vehicular access to private properties, located on downhill parcels of land, that spans the area between the edge of travelled roadway, back of sidewalk or top of a downhill slope.

"Erosion control plan" means a plan which has been prepared by a California registered Civil Engineer, Geotechnical Engineer, or licensed landscape architect, and subject to approval by the Building Official.

"Fire-Damaged Area" means all of that area situated: BEGINNING at the intersection of Claremont Avenue and the westerly line of the University of California, Berkeley campus; thence southerly along said westerly property line of the University of California campus to Grizzly Peak Boulevard; thence southeasterly on Grizzly Peak Boulevard to the most westerly line of the Robert Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve; thence due south to Skyline Boulevard; thence westerly on Skyline Boulevard to Broadway Terrace; thence southwest on Broadway Terrace to Farallon Way; thence southwest on Farallon Way and the extension of Farallon Way to Pinehaven Road; thence westerly on Pinehaven Road to Broadway Terrace; thence southerly on Broadway Terrace to Uranus Avenue; thence east on Uranus Avenue to Sherwood Drive; thence south on Sherwood Drive to Taurus Avenue; thence west on Taurus Avenue approximately 650 feet to a path connecting Taurus Avenue and Capricorn Avenue; thence south along said path to Capricorn Avenue; thence south on Capricorn Avenue to Florence Terrace; thence north and west on Florence Terrace and an extension of Florence Terrace across Highway 13 to Estates Drive; thence west on Estates Drive to Masonic Avenue; thence south on Masonic Avenue to Amy Drive; thence southwest on Amy Drive to Harbord Drive; thence southwest on Harbord Drive to Maxwelton Road; thence southwest on Maxwelton Road to the Oakland-Piedmont border; thence northwest along said Oakland-Piedmont border to Clarewood Drive; thence northwest on Clarewood Drive to Broadway Terrace; thence west on Broadway Terrace to Margarido Drive; thence north and east on Margarido Drive to Rock Ridge Boulevard South; thence west on Rock Ridge Boulevard South to Rock Ridge Boulevard; thence west on Rock Ridge Boulevard to Broadway; thence north on Broadway to Golden Gate Avenue; thence north on Golden Gate Avenue to Chabot Road; thence along the extension of Golden Gate Avenue to Oakland-Berkeley border; thence along said Oakland-Berkeley border to the intersection of said Oakland-Berkeley border with Claremont Avenue; thence northeast on Claremont Avenue to the point of BEGINNING.

"Foundation" means that part of a building which bears on or into soil for any house, garage, tool shed, retaining wall, or other accessory structure. "Foundation" shall also include on-grade concrete and landscape elements and other above grade and below grade structures.

(Prior code § 19-1.03)