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MONTGOMERY COUNTY

L. PERMITTEE. SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON TO WHOM A
PERMIT IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, OR WHO IS
SUBJECT TO INSPECTION UNDER THIS CHAPTER.

M. PERSON. SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON, CORPORATION,
PARTNERSHIP, JOINT VENTURE, AGENCY, UNINCORPORATED
ASSOCIATION, MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, COUNTY OR STATE
AGENCY WITHIN MARYLAND OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF.

N. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. SHALL MEAN AN
ENGINEER DULY REGISTERED BY THE STATE OF MARYLAND TO
PRACTICE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING UNDER THE
REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 75-1/2 OF THE ANNOTATED CODE
OF MARYLAND.

O. PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR.        SHALL MEAN A

PERSON WHO HAS BEEN DULY REGISTERED AND   LICENSED UNDER

THE REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE 75-1/2 OF     THE ANNOTATED
CODE OF MARYLAND.

P. SEDIMENT. SHALL MEAN SOILS OR OTHER
SURFICIAL MATERIALS TRANSPORTED BY WIND OR SURFACE
WATER AS A PRODUCT OF EROSION.

Q. SITE. SHALL MEAN ANY LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND
OR A SERIES OF LOTS OR PARCELS OF LAND ADJOINING OR
CONTIGUOUS OR JOINED TOGETHER UNDER ONE OWNERSHIP
WHERE GRADING, EXCAVATING OR FILLING IS, WAS OR WILL
BE PERFORMED.

R. SLOPE. SHALL MEAN THE INCLINED SURFACE OF A
FILL, EXCAVATION OR NATURAL TERRAIN.

S. SOIL. SHALL MEAN ANY EARTH, SAND, GRAVEL,
ROCK OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL.

T. STEEP SLOPE. SHALL MEAN A SLOPE OVER FIFTEEN
PERCENT (15%) GRADE, WHICH IS CHARACTERIZED BY
INCREASED RUN-OFF, EROSION AND SEDIMENT HAZARDS.

U. STRIPPING. SHALL MEAN ANY ACTIVITY WHICH
REMOVES THE VEGETATIVE SURFACE COVER INCLUDING TREE
REMOVAL, CLEARING, GRUBBING, AND STORAGE OR REMOVAL OF
TON SOIL.

V. WATERCOURSE AND/OR DRAINWAGEWAY. SHALL MEAN
ANY NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL WATERCOURSE (INCLUDING, BUT
HOT LIMITED TO, STREAMS, RIVERS, CREEKS, DITCHES,
CHANNELS, CANALS, CONDUITS, CULVERTS, DRAINS,
WATERWAYS, GULLIES, RAVINES, OR WASHES) IN WHICH