Inasmuch as the removal of topsoil, trees and other vegetation, loam, sand, gravel, rock, stone, clay and other similar substances from land, results in noise and the creation of large quantities of dust, which prove obnoxious to inhabitants in the vicinity thereof; creates erosion and drainage problems, swamps and lakes, frequently results in damage to adjoining properties by disturbing the substructure thereof, tends to have a disrupting effect on ground water supplies, and creates other similar dangers to public health and safety; results in unsightly and blighted areas unfit for other and useful purposes, thus retarding or preventing the development of desirable residential, commercial and industrial areas, depressing property and other values in the neighborhood and permanently destroying the land, leaving it almost valueless for any purpose; creates highway hazards by occasioning heavy trucks and other equipment on the roads, and the scattering of earth and debris thereon; and, unless properly planned, regulated and supervised, has an adverse effect upon the public peace, health, safety and general welfare; therefore, any person wishing to change the contours of land by grading, excavating or filling, or desiring to remove topsoil, trees and other vegetation, loam, sand, gravel, rock, stone, clay and other similar substances from land located in any area or place within the Village, shall first, prior to commencing or continuing any such operation, file with the Village Engineer a written application for permission to carry on such operations, which application shall contain the following information:
(a) The name and address of the applicant and the name and address of the owner of the land if it is different from that of the applicant.
(b) A description of the land, with boundaries, upon which such operations are proposed to take place. A map of the land, showing its location and dimensions and indicating what part or parts thereof on which it is desired to conduct grading, excavating, filling or removal operations, shall accompany the application.
(c) The method of operation to be employed; the time within which such work is to be commenced and completed; the existing and proposed topography of the land and its ultimate proposed use; the type and nature of refilling, reseeding or replanting proposed. Such application shall also contain a statement that the applicant and the owner of the land will furnish a performance bond of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) per acre, or fraction thereof, included in the permit, if granted, for changing the contours of the land by grading, excavating or filling, or for the removal of topsoil or loam; and not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per acre, or fraction thereof, included in the permit, if granted, for other removals in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The name and address of any person who or which, it is contemplated, will do the actual work of grading, excavating, filling or removal. If any such agreement, contract, lease or other arrangement is in writing, a copy thereof must be attached to the application; if such is not in writing, that statement must be made in the application.
(e) A storm water pollution prevention plan shall be developed per Chapter 1278.
(Ord. 1987-40. Passed 2-10-88; Ord. 2012-48. Passed 10-17-12.)