(a) The Commissioner shall issue a permit for excavating or filling only on the basis of plans and specifications submitted to and approved by the Commissioner. A separate permit shall be required for each site. Unless waived or modified pursuant to the provisions of Section 1323.07 hereof, the plans and specifications submitted with the permit application shall:
(1) Include the owner's name and address;
(2) Include a plot plan, drawn to scale, showing location of the proposed work;
(3) Include a contour map of the affected area showing the existing and proposed contours at five-foot (5 ft.) intervals;
(4) Show The proposed amount of excavation or fill in cubic yards;
(5) Show the location of any existing and proposed streets;
(6) Show the location of any existing and proposed buildings or structures on the subject property and within fifteen feet (15 ft.) of subject property;
(7) Show the location of any existing watercourses, drainage, and sewer systems serving the property;
(8) Show existing and propose drainage structures, walls, cribbing and surface protection, and any necessary temporary earth restraining installations;
(9) Show a plan for temporary and permanent drainage of the property, including any new or altered sewer systems;
(10) Describe the proposed method for the protection of the soils from erosion;
(11) Show additional information as may reasonably be required by the Commissioner.
(b) Unless waived pursuant to the provisions of Section 1323.07 hereof, the plans and specifications shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer or by an architect where the work contemplated by the plans and specifications is incident to the practice of architecture and shall, in addition to the requirements of paragraph (a) herein:
(1) Include a report from a geotechnical engineer showing the results of surface and sub-surface exploration, conditions of the land, and procedures for performing the operation;
(2) Show plans of all drainage provisions which shall be of such design to adequately handle the surface runoff, together with a map showing the drainage area of all land tributary to the site, and estimated cubic foot per second runoff of the area served by any drain computed in accordance with current acceptable standards;
(3) Include a description of the borrow material, and the method to be used for and the degree of its proposed compaction;
(4) Show proposed preparation of existing ground surface to receive fill;
(5) Show proposed terraces and ditches where necessary to control surface drainage and debris;
(6) Show proposed sub-surface drainage if necessary for stability;
(7) Show plans for all retaining walls, cribbing, vegetative provisions, erosions and sediment control measures, together with location of temporary and/or permanent fencing and other protective devices to be constructed in connection with, or as a part of the proposed work;
(8) Show a timing schedule and sequence indicating the anticipated starting and completion dates of the development sequence-stripping and/or clearing, rough grading and construction, final grading and vegetative establishment, and maintenance and the time of exposure of each area prior to the completion of effective erosion and sediment control measures.
(c) If the Commissioner shall be satisfied that the proposed excavation and/or fill will not cause any of the hazards described in Section 1323.07 (a) through (e) hereof, then in such event the Commissioner shall issue a permit authorizing the excavation and/or fill.
(Ord. 5641-86. Passed 5-19-86)