Any person or owner desiring to make any excavation
or to remove or to import soil for fill from or to premises in the
Township of Union in the County of Union shall first file with the
Township Engineer a map of the premises showing the proposed contour
lines and proposed grades resulting from such intended removal or
importation in relation to the existing topography of the premises
and said proposed contour lines and proposed grades shall be subject
to approval by the Township Engineer of the Township of Union. No
permit for soil removal or importation shall be issued until such
map has been filed and until the contour lines and grades have been
approved by the Township Engineer.
In the removal or importation of soil, the owner,
applicant or person in charge shall so conduct operations that there
shall be no sharp declivities, pits, depressions or hills and so that
the area shall be properly leveled off, cleared of debris and graded
to conform to the contour lines and grades as approved by the Township
Engineer.
The applicant, owner or person in charge of
the removal of soil shall not take away the top layer of arable soil
for a depth of four inches, but such top layer of arable soil to a
depth of four inches shall be set aside for retention on the premises
and shall be respread over the premises when the rest of the soil
has been removed, pursuant to levels and contour lines approved by
the Township Engineer.
In the removal or importation of soil or dirt,
the owner, applicant or person in charge shall make use of only such
streets for transportation as are designated for that purpose by the
Township Engineer.
No excavation shall be made, no soil removed,
imported, hauled or transported unless a permit therefor shall have
been first obtained as provided herein.
[Amended 10-28-1986 by Ord. No. 3879; 12-13-1988 by Ord. No.
3998; 10-26-2004 by Ord. No. 4842; at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Any person, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to one or more
of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any other
place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners
for any term not exceeding 90 days or by a fine not exceeding $2,000
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, to become
effective on the effective date of this section.
The provisions of this chapter shall not be
applicable to excavations, soil removal, importation, hauling or transporting
thereof in a quantity of less than five cubic yards within any three-month
period.