[Ord. No. 651,
§ 4, 7-10-1972]
No person shall commence or perform any grading, excavation,
fill, topsoil removal or removal of vegetative cover without first
having obtained a grading permit from the Township engineer. A separate
grading permit shall be required for each site. One permit may cover
both an excavation and any fill made on the same lot. A grading permit
will not be required, however, in the following situations, but in
all other respects, the provisions of this article, shall apply:
(1) An excavation which does not exceed twenty (20) cubic yards total
material removed.
(2) A fill which does not exceed forty (40) cubic yards of material deposited.
(3) An excavation below finished grade for basements and footings of
a single family residence, swimming pool, or underground structure
authorized by building permit, excavation for a driveway or walk between
a single family residence site and street, or the grading of such
excavated materials into the site from which excavated and including
the provision of additional topsoil as may be required for seedbed
preparation.
[Ord. No. 651,
§ 5, 7-10-1972]
Every applicant for a grading permit shall file a written application
therefor with the Township engineer. Such application shall:
(a) Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done, by lot,
block, tract or street address or similar description which will readily
identify and definitely locate the proposed work.
(b) Be accompanied by plans and specifications prepared by a registered
engineer or surveyor, including: A contour map showing the present
contours of the land and the proposed grading; a plot plan showing
the location of grading, boundaries, lot lines, neighboring streets
and alleys, buildings, trees over ten (10) inches in diameter measured
at a point two (2) feet above the ground, and sufficient dimensions
and other data to show the location of all work; description of the
type and classification of the soil; details and location of any proposed
drainage structures and pipes, walls and cribbing; nature of fill
material and such other information as the Township engineer may require
to carry out the purposes of this article. Cross section plans indicating
existing and proposed elevations; sections shall be of intervals of
thirty (30) feet and where extreme changes in grade exist or are anticipated;
end area calculations shall be submitted and totalized. The amount
of cut and fill between stations and for the entire project shall
be submitted and calculated to the cubic yard. All plans shall be
dated and bear the name of:
(1) Person who prepared the same.
(3) The owner of the land.
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Plans shall be submitted in triplicate: The contour map, the
plot plan and the cross section.
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(c) Include a plan to be approved by the Township engineer for minimizing
erosion and sedimentation in conformity with the requirements of division
3 of this article.
(d) State the estimated dates for the starting and completion of the
grading work.
(e) State the purpose for which the grading application is filed.
[Ord. No. 651,
§ 6, 7-10-1972; Ord. No. 1025, § 1, 2-12-1990; Ord.
No. 1074, § 1, 6-10-1991; Ord. No. 1325, § 1, 4-10-2000; Ord.
No. 1416, § 1, 1-12-2004]
Before issuing a grading permit, the applicant shall pay the
Township permit and inspection fees based upon a schedule of such
permit and inspection fees established from time to time by resolution
of Township Council.
[Ord. No. 651,
§ 8, 7-10-1972]
The Township Engineer shall deny a grading permit where, in
his opinion, the work as proposed by the applicant may endanger any
property or any street or alley or fails to meet Township standards.
In determining whether the proposed work is likely to endanger any
property or streets or alleys or create hazardous conditions, the
Township engineer shall give due consideration to possible saturation
by rains, earth movements, runoff or surface waters and subsurface
conditions such as the stratification and faulting of rock, and the
nature and type of the soil or rock.
[Ord. No. 651,
§ 7, 7-10-1972]
Every grading permit shall expire by limitation and become null
and void if the work authorized by such permit has not been commenced
within six months or is not completed within one year from the date
of issue, the Township engineer may, if the permit holder presents
satisfactory evidence that unusual difficulties have prevented work
being started or completed within the specified time limits, grant
reasonable extensions of time, and not to exceed three month extensions,
and provided the application for extension of time is made before
the date of expiration of the permit.