Torrance Municipal Code Art. 1 Definitions

(Amended by O-1069)

As used in this Chapter, the following definitions of words and terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them.

City Engineer shall mean the City Engineer of the City of Torrance.

Excavation shall mean any act by which pavement, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or bulldozed, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.

Fill shall mean any act by which pavement, earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is deposited, placed, pushed, pulled or transported to a place other than the place from which it was excavated, and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.

Person shall mean and include, except where the context requires a different meaning, an individual, a co-partnership, joint adventurers, a firm, an unincorporated association, a syndicate, a social organization doing business or existing under and by virtue of any law, as a corporation or otherwise.

Street shall mean any public street, alley, highway, sidewalk, curb, gutter, driveway, parkway or other public place used or dedicated for the transportation of persons or vehicles.

Superintendent of Building Inspection shall mean the Superintendent of Building Inspection of the City of Torrance.