The Orange County Grading and Excavation Code, hereby is adopted with the following amendments.
Subarticle 1 General Provisions, is hereby amended as follows:
7-1-800 Title Reference to Code.
This Article shall be known as and may be cited as the city of La Habra Grading and Excavation Code. "Code" as referred to in this Article, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall mean the city of La Habra Grading and Excavation Code.
7-1-801 Grading Manual.
(a) | The Director shall formulate and modify as necessary such rules, procedures, and interpretations as may be necessary or convenient to administer this Article. Such rules, procedures, and interpretations shall be referred to as the "City of La Habra Grading Manual" or the "Grading Manual." |
(b) | In the event of any conflict between said Grading Manual and this Code, the provisions of this Code shall govern. The provisions of the said Grading Manual shall, to the extent that they are made conditions of any permit by the Building Official, be binding on the permittee. |
7-1-802 Purpose and Intent.
It is the intent of this code to safeguard life, limb, property, and the public welfare by regulating grading on private property in the County of Orange.
7-1-803 Scope.
This Code set forth rules and regulations to control excavation, grading, and earthwork construction, including fills and embankments, and establishes administrative requirements for issuance of permits and approval of plans and inspection of grading construction in accordance with the requirements for grading and excavation as contained in the California Building Code then in effect as adopted and modified by County ordinance.
(Ord. 1812 § 1, 2019)