These regulations shall apply to all earth-disturbing activities including, but not limited to, new construction, renovation construction and landscaping, performed within the jurisdiction of the City of Amherst unless expressly excluded as follows:
(a) Farming or silviculture operations or areas regulated by Ohio Agricultural Sediment Pollution Abatement Rules 1501:15-3 of the Administrative Code.
(b) Strip mining operations regulated under Section 1513 of the Revised Code.
(c) Surface mining operations regulated by Section 1514 of the Revised Code.
(d) Public projects undertaken by a government agency provided that the government agency has a sediment control policy approved by the City of Amherst or the Chief of the Division of Soil and Water Conservation of the Department of Natural Resources.
(Ord. 98-13. Passed 2-23-98.)