No person shall excavate or otherwise remove soil or earth for
sale or for use other than on the premises from which the soil or
earth shall be taken, except in connection with the construction or
alteration of a building on such premises and excavation or grading
incidental thereto, without first having procured permission therefor
from the Mayor and Borough Commissioners.
The Mayor and Borough Commissioners of the Borough of Mount
Ephraim shall not consider any application for the removal of soil
or earth from the premises for sale or otherwise unless and until
the owner of the premises shall first file with the Borough Clerk
an application requesting such permission, together with a map of
the premises showing the contour lines and proposed contour lines
and proposed contour grades resulting from such intended removal of
soil or earth in relation to the topography of the premises, and the
said proposed contour lines and proposed grades shall be subject to
the inspection and approval of the Mayor and Borough Commissioners
of the Borough of Mount Ephraim. No such permission for soil or earth
removal shall be issued until such map has been filed and until the
proposed contour lines and grades have been approved by the Mayor
and Borough Commissioners of the Borough of Mount Ephraim.
If permission to remove the soil shall be granted, the owner
or person in charge shall so conduct the operations that there shall
be no sharp declivities, pits or depressions and in such manner that
the area shall be properly leveled off, cleared of debris and graded
to conform with the contour lines and grades as approved by the Mayor
and Borough Commissioners of the Borough of Mount Ephraim.
Before any permits or permission for soil or earth removal shall
be granted or issued, the owner or applicant shall file with the Mayor
and Borough Commissioners a bond, in form and with surety acceptable
to the Borough of Mount Ephraim, in such amount as in the opinion
of the Mayor and Borough Commissioners of the Borough of Mount Ephraim
shall be sufficient to ensure the faithful performance of the work
to be undertaken pursuant to the permission granted by the Mayor and
Borough Commissioners pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
No excavation shall be made and no soil shall be removed under
the provisions of this chapter unless a permit therefor shall have
been first obtained as provided herein, and no excavation shall be
made and no soil shall be removed except in conformity with the provisions
of this chapter.