Terracing definition

Terracing means grading where the steepest contour of
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Terracing. Tenant shall construct terracing as defined by the Department and the SCD. Terracing NRCS Standard (Code 600).
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Terracing means grading where the steepest contour of the highwall shall not be greater than thirty-five (35) degrees from the horizontal, with the table portion of the restored area a flat terrace without depressions to hold water and with adequate provision for drainage, unless otherwise approved by the department.
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Examples of Terracing in a sentence

  • Terracing of agricultural land and construction of small dams and drainage works for erosion control and soil reclamation.

  • The McCarran Boulevard Terracing Design Project (Project) will advance the conceptual terracing design developed in the Truckee River Flood Management Authority’s (TRFMA’s) Alternative 4 Locally Preferred Plan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE’s) Alternative 3 Floodplain Terracing Plan.

  • Terracing is acceptable if access for lawn equipment is provided.

  • Terracing, or surfacing with stone or other free draining materials can lessen erosion of slopes.

  • Terracing of lots, particularly in residential subdivisions, shall be avoided unless essential for erosion control or to reduce the velocity of runoff.

  • Effective wall height can be reduced by different means, including: • Terracing • Emphasizing horizontal lines rather than vertical • Raising or varying top of grade at the base of wall to reduce apparent grade differential • Adding plantings at the base and the tops of walls.


More Definitions of Terracing

Terracing means to cut into a hillside a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms for the purpose of establishing additional flat space.
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Terracing means grading where the steepest
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Related to Terracing

  • Shorelines means all of the water areas of the state, including reservoirs, and their associated shorelands, together with the lands underlying them; except (i) shorelines of statewide significance; (ii) shorelines on segments of streams upstream of a point where the mean annual flow is twenty cubic feet per second or less and the wetlands associated with such upstream segments; and (iii) shorelines on lakes less than twenty acres in size and wetlands associated with such small lakes.

  • Shoreline means the upper reaches of the wash of the waves, other than storm and seismic waves, at high tide during the season of the year in which the highest wash of the waves occurs, usually evidenced by the edge of vegetation growth, or the upper limit of debris left by the wash of the waves.

  • Dewatering means the removal of water for construction activity. It can be a discharge of appropriated surface or groundwater to dry and/or solidify a construction site. It may require Minnesota Department of Natural Resources permits to be appropriated and if contaminated may require other MPCA permits to be discharged.

  • Station means an area served by one valve or by a set of valves that operate simultaneously.

  • Youth center means any public or private facility that is primarily used to host recreational or social activities for minors, including, but not limited to, private youth membership organizations or clubs, social service teenage club facilities, video arcades, or similar amusement park facilities.