The provisions of this article shall apply to grading, excavation and fill for all final or revised land development plans, including subdivision plans, approved by Borough Council under the authority of Chapter
184 in the Code of the Borough of Franklin Park, Subdivision and Land Development, as amended.
Each applicant for a grading permit shall file the following
information with the Borough:
A. The purpose for which the grading application is filed and the intended
use of the site.
B. The estimated starting and completion dates of the grading work.
C. A plot plan showing the location of the grading, existing and proposed
contours (with two-foot contour intervals), property lines, neighboring
streets, properties, buildings, utilities, easements, rights-of-way,
trees over eight inches' caliper, and sufficient dimensions and
other data necessary to identify and locate the proposed work site.
D. An engineering report prepared by a professional engineer licensed
by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and retained by the applicant.
(1) The engineering report shall:
(a)
Be submitted at the discretion of the Borough Engineer if the
excavation or fill is less than 400 cubic yards.
(b)
Be mandatory for all excavation or fill that exceeds 400 cubic
yards.
(2) This engineering report, if required, shall include: a contour map
of the site showing present contours with two-foot contour intervals
and proposed contour after completion of grading, cross sections at
fifty-foot intervals across the site, with a minimum of three such
cross sections, calculations providing the volume of cut and fill
proposed, a geological description and classification of the excavated
materials, details and location of any proposed drainage, structures,
pipes, walls and cribbing, and the nature of fill material.