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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA STANDARD SPECIFICATION NUMBER Grading Construction. SECTION 1. GRADING AREA. Unless otherwise specified by plan or ordinance, the portion of the street or alley to be graded shall be as follows: FOR PAVEMENT AND OTHER ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT. ~fhere no curbs or sidewalks exist, the roadway shall be graded from property line to properly llne. Where curbs do exist or are a part of the improvement, the street shall be graded between curbs. Where gutters exist or are a part of the improvement, the street shall be graded between the edges of the gutters. Where driveways are to be paved, they shall be graded for their full width and from curb line to the edge of the sidewalk or to the property line where no sidewalk exists, or where present sidewalk is to be removed. In all cases where cross streets and alley intersections are to be paved, they shall be graded to their full width to a point, sul~/iciently beyond the property lines to ~ermit of grading an approach to the new work; when finished, the gradient of such approach shall not be more than six (5) per cent. SECTION 2. ROUOH GRADING. Rough ~ading shall include all filling and removal o! excess earth, stc~e, trees, old lmveme~, s/dewalks, curbs, gutters, driveways and any other structures or objectionable material found within the limits of the improvements to be made. Any of the above men- tioned objects or material shall be removed, whether or not it is within the l/mits of the /mpruven~nts, whe~ so noted on the plans. Plowing or excavating sound material shall be done to a depth not greater than six (6) /nches below pavement subgrado or the finished grade where no pavement is to be constructe~L No more than one-half (~)mile in length oI the roadway of any street shall be plowed up/n advance of the construction of pavement base, except where there are car tracks on the street, in which case one sid~ shall be held intact until the construction of pavement base has begun on the other side. On any street where the improvement o! the, roadway is specified, t~e rough grading in any block shall be completed and the surface leveled up al~roximateiy to final subgrade or grade before the construction of any cement work is bequn in such block. Excavated material not required for fills shall be removed from the street as soon as excavated. (a) FILLING. The space over which fills are to be made shall first be cleared of all brush, timber, trash or dobrh. All filling shall be done with good sound earth, s~nd, or gravci, and no oll cake or other lumpy material, or material of a perishable, spon/py, or otherwise improlmr nature shall be used in filling. Fills shall be made in layers not exceeding one (1) foot in depth before rolling. Each layer, after being q~veled off, shall be thoroughly dampened and while still moist throughout shall be rolled until hard and unyielding, with a steam or gasoline roller weighing not less than twelve (12) tons. Any ~ of & fill that cannot be r.eached with a steam .or ~asoli.n.e.r.oll,er, ?ndt~esas~ hereinbefore required, shall be placed in layers not exceeding xour t'~) roches ~ m i dampened, and then compacted with heavy iron tampers or with a hand roller weighingr Mt less than twenty-five (2.~) pounds per linear inch width of roller; or the material may be placed in layers nm exceeding four (4) feet in depth and each layer thoroaghly fioodod with water and barred.