12.08.390 Special inspection.
A. As a condition of the permit, the Planning Department may require the permittee to retain a private geotechnical engineer or civil engineer to directly supervise or perform continuous inspection work, and upon completion of the work to provide a written statement acknowledging that he or she has inspected the work and that in his or her professional judgment the work was performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. The permittee shall make his or her own contractual arrangements for such services and shall be responsible for payment of all costs. An engineering services agreement shall be provided to the county evidencing the contractual agreement and ensuring county notification on the consultant’s responsible charge and directing county notification on various components of the work. Continuous inspection and testing by a geotechnical engineer or civil engineer shall include, but not be limited to, the following situations:
1. During the preparation of a site for the placement of fills which exceed five feet in depth on slopes which exceed 10 percent and during the placing of such fills; however, for vehicular pathways, fill placement shall be continuously inspected when fills exceed 10 feet in height;
2. During the preparation of a site for the placement of any fill which is intended to support any building or structure when the fill exceeds three feet in depth;
3. During the installation of subsurface drainage facilities.
B. Reports filed by the private geotechnical engineer or civil engineer regarding special inspection shall state in writing that from his or her personal knowledge the work performed during the period covered by the report has been performed in substantial conformance with the approved plans and specifications. All reports and test results shall be filed with the county prior to final approval of the work.
C. The use of a private geotechnical engineer or civil engineer for inspections shall not preclude the Planning Department from conducting personal inspections or from requiring permittee-paid inspections by other qualified inspectors as may be necessary, in the determination of the county.