No person shall excavate, fill or grade any land in the incorporated
area of the City, except as hereinafter provided, without a permit
from the Building Department or other authorized agency. All permits
shall be valid for a period not to exceed one year. Unless the work
is commenced within sixty (60) days after issuance of the permit,
or if the work after being started, ceases for a period of ninety
(90) days, the permit shall expire unless renewed by the Department.
The permit shall at all times be kept posted in a conspicuous place
on the property where the work is being done.
(Ord. 48 § 2 (A), 1969)
Applications for permit shall be made to the Building Director
upon the form provided by the department. Applications shall be accompanied
by a filing fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) for the first one thousand
cubic yards or fraction thereof, plus five dollars ($5.00) for each
additional one thousand cubic yards or fraction thereof, estimated
to be cut or filled. When the work involves movement of earth from
one site to another within the jurisdiction of the City, the permit
shall so State, and no double permit fee shall be charged.
(Ord. 48 § 2 (B), 1969)
Applicants shall provide all information required by the Building
Director, which shall include:
(a)
Finished Grading Plan. A finished grading plan prepared by the engineer
showing the present contours extended a reasonable distance beyond
the perimeter of the land, existing structures and facilities, and
the proposed final grades. The proposed final grades shall indicate
clearly, cuts, fills, slopes, details for drainage structures, location
of proposed sanitary disposal systems, walls, cribbing, surface protection
and landscaping that will be constructed or installed on the site;
(b)
Soils Engineer Report. A written report by the Soils Engineer. The
report shall State the type of soil, the unit foundation bearing values,
and acceptable foundation design for the buildings and structures
planned at the proposed final grade. The report shall include all
pertinent data and the Soils Engineer's opinion as to slopes
which may be safely constructed on the site; and
(c)
Engineering Geologists Report. When specifically required by the
Building Director, an Engineering Geologist's report, to be
made to the Soils Engineer, stating the location of critical earth
soil or rock slips, fractures, faulting, water course, or water bearing
bed as may be evidenced; the report to be coordinated by the Soils
Engineer with his own report.
(Ord. 48 § 2 (C), 1969)
