Every applicant for a grading permit shall file a written application
with plans, specifications and a soil conservation report with the
Building Inspector in a form prescribed by the Building Inspector.
A. The application shall:
(1) Describe the land on which the proposed work is to be done by lot,
block, tract and street address or similar description which will
readily identify and definitively locate the proposed work.
(2) State the estimated dates for the starting and completion of grading
work.
(3) State the purpose for which the grading application is filed.
(4) State whether or not a building, structure or other improvement,
the construction of which will require a building permit pursuant
to the provisions of the Building Code, is intended to be erected
on the land on which the grading is to be done.
B. The plans and specifications shall be prepared, signed and sealed
by a professional engineer, surveyor architect or landscape architect
and shall accurately portray and describe the site and proposed soil
erosion controls, if any. Plans shall be submitted in triplicate,
one set of which shall be of a reproducible nature, and shall include:
(1) The name of the applicant.
(2) The name of the owner of the land.
(3) The permission and approval of the owner of the property if the applicant
is an agent or tenant of the landowner, by affidavit.
(4) Accurate location by lot, block, tract, street address, a location
map or other similar information.
(5) A contour map showing the present contours of the land and the proposed
contours of the land after completion of the proposed grading at two-foot
intervals where the average slope is 15% or less and at five-foot
intervals where the average slope exceeds 15%.
(6) Cross sections of the proposed cut or fill on fifty-foot intervals
which show the method of benching both cut and/or fill; provided,
however, that there shall be not fewer than two cross sections for
each site.
(7) A plot plan showing the location of the grading boundaries, lot lines,
neighboring streets or ways, buildings, surface and subsurface utilities
and waterways, drainage patterns and sufficient dimensions and other
data to show all work.
(8) A description of the type and classification of the soil from the
soil survey, other standard surveys or other methods.
(9) Details and location of any proposed drainage, structures and pipes,
walls and cribbing.
(10)
Seeding locations and schedules, debris basins and diversion
channels.
C. A soil conservation report shall be required and include existing
site description of the topography, drainage, cover and soils; major
problems such as soil limitations, erosion and sediment potential
and surface runoff changes; and recommendations to minimize soil limitations,
erosion and sediment and surface water disposal problems.
D. If truckloads are to be removed from the site, a description of truck
travel routes must be approved by the Borough.
The following general working conditions will apply to all grading
sites:
A. Dust control. During grading operations, necessary measures for dust
control will be exercised.
B. Cleanup. All soil washed or carried onto public streets during grading
operations shall be cleaned up each day. Temporary driveway or road
surfaces shall be provided as soon as possible. The owner of the property
being graded shall be responsible to protect and clean up lower properties
of silt and debris which have washed down onto the lower properties
as a result of the grading work on the higher property and to restore
to original condition.
C. Workdays. None of the work or activity covered by a grading permit
shall be conducted on a Sunday or legal holiday without the approval
of the Council or the Council's designated representative.
D. Work hours. All of the work and activity covered by a grading permit
shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., unless
these time limits are extended, excused or otherwise modified by the
Council or its designated representative.