Clay, sand, gravel, topsoil or other natural mineral deposits may not be excavated for commercial purposes except by a temporary special permit issued after public hearing by the Planning Board and subject to compliance with the following conditions:
A.
The surface of all spoil banks wherein topsoil has been stripped or removed shall be graded so as to reduce the peaks thereof and reduce the depressions between the peaks of such spoil banks to a gently rolling, sloping or terraced topography, as may be appropriate, which grading shall be done in such a fashion as will minimize erosion due to rainfall, break up long, uninterrupted slopes, leave the surface free of large rocks or other obstructions and make the surface suitable for revegetation and as nearly level as possible.
B.
Loose refuse and debris on the bottom of a final cut shall be graded so that a uniform topography, level and suitable for revegetation, is present.
C.
Drainage of water from the spoil bank or cut harmful to any adjoining streams or land is prohibited.
D.
Trees, shrubs, legumes or a mixture of rye and clover, together with any other material which, in the opinion of the Planning Board, is necessary to stabilize the soil, shall be planted upon the spoil banks and upon final cuts.
E.
Appropriate drainage shall be constructed so that no noxious liquid or water is permitted to accumulate in any final cut.
F.
As a condition precedent to the issuance of temporary special permit by the Planning Board as herein provided, the owner, lessee or agent thereof of the land in question shall file a preliminary plan for the reclamation of the land proposed to be excavated, which plan must be approved by said Board. The Board shall have the right to offer an alternative plan.
G.
The preliminary plan shall contain a certification of the amount of land involved, an estimate of the duration of the excavation, and a time schedule for the reclamation and subsequent replanting of the land. The reclamation of land shall commence after the excavation of 10 acres.
H.
To ensure adherence to the reclamation and planting plan, the owner, lessee or agent shall forward to the Village a surety bond in the amount of $1,000 for each acre of land involved.
I.
No surety bond required under this article shall be discharged or released until final approval of the reclamation and planting by the Planning Board, without limitation as to time.
J.
The Village, upon recommendation of the Planning Board, shall have the right, if the final reclamation and planting are found by the Building Inspector as not likely to be successful and after rejection by the owner, lessee or agent concerned of an alternate plan suggested by the Planning Board, to enter upon the land, reclaim and replant it, and assess the entire cost of such reclamation and replanting, plus costs and expenses, against the land, and all costs shall be a lien thereon enforceable in the same manner as any lien or real property tax.