(a) General. This section is intended to provide the community with fair and equitable grading practices and shall not supersede the requirements of any other ordinance or code.
(b) Grading Responsibilities.
(1) Protection of utilities. Public utilities or services shall be protected from damage due to grading or excavation operations.
(2) Protection of adjacent property. Adjacent properties shall be protected from damage due to grading operations. No person shall excavate on land sufficiently close to the property line to endanger any adjoining public street, sidewalk, alley or other public or private property, without supporting and protecting such property from any damage that might result.
(3) Inspection notice. The code official shall be notified at least 24 hours prior to the start of work.
(4) Temporary erosion control. Precautionary measures necessary to protect adjacent watercourses and public or private property from damage by water erosion, flooding or deposition of mud or debris originating from the site shall be put in effect. Precautionary measures shall include provisions of properly designed sediment control facilities so that downstream properties are not affected by upstream erosion.
(5) Traffic control and protection of streets. Flaggers, signs, barricades, and other safety devices to ensure adequate safety when working in or near public streets shall be provided.
(6) Hazard from existing grading. Whenever any existing excavation, embankment or fill has become a hazard to life or limb, or endangers structures, or adversely affects the safety, use or stability of a public way or drainage channel, such excavation, embankment or fill shall be eliminated.
(7) Tracking of dirt onto public streets. Adequate cleaning of equipment to prevent the tracking of dirt and debris onto public streets shall be provided.
(8) Maintenance of waterway and irrigation canals. Precautionary measures to protect and maintain the flow of waterways and irrigation canals shall be taken.
(9) Revegetation. The loss of trees, ground cover, and topsoil shall be minimized on any grading project. In addition to mechanical methods of erosion control, graded areas shall be protected to the extent practical from damage by erosion by planting grass or ground cover plants and/or trees. Such plantings shall provide for rapid, short-term coverage of the slopes as well as long-term permanent coverage.
(c) Design standards. The grading design standards required herein shall be those found in nationally recognized standards.
(Ord. 6-00. Passed 8-14-00.)