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R401.4.2 Compressible or shifting soil

Los Angeles Residential Code > 4 Foundations > R401 General > R401.4 Soil tests > R401.4.2 Compressible or shifting soil
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Instead of a complete geotechnical evaluation, where top or subsoils are compressible or shifting, they shall be removed to a depth and width sufficient to ensure stable moisture content in each active zone and shall not be used as fill or stabilized within each active zone by chemical, dewatering or presaturation.
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