(A) The City Council adopts these regulations to reduce a hazard, safeguard life, limb, property and the public welfare, to preserve the natural environment of the city as it relates to the stability of hillsides and slopes, and to control erosion and sedimentation by the regulation of earth-disturbing activities, excavating and filling of land, by means including but not limited to:
(1) Permitting development while keeping downstream flooding, erosion and sedimentation at existing levels;
(2) Reducing damage to receiving streams which may be caused by increases in quantity and/or rate of water discharged and impairment of their capacity which may be caused by sedimentation; and
(3) Protecting the stability of sensitive slopes.
(B) These regulations shall apply to all earth-disturbing activities performed by any person, firm, corporation or other entity within the city, except public highways, transportation and drainage improvements or maintenance thereof undertaken by a government agency or political subdivision provided that its standard sediment control policies have been approved by the City of Aurora and the applicable sediment control policies are no less restrictive than these regulations. It is expressly understood that the conduct of routine farming operations which are performed in accordance with guidelines and recommendations of the soil conservation service shall not be within the scope of earth-disturbing activities within the scope of this chapter.
(Ord. 2005-2, passed 3-21-05; Am. Ord. 2006-01, passed 3-20-06)