(A) (1) If excavation results from a demolition, it is to be filled in and the fill material shall consist of clay, and/or bank run, gravel (or equivalent). No appliances, such as stoves, refrigerators, freezers and similar items, shall be used for fill. No wood materials are to be used for filling. No brick, concrete block, from either the demolished structure, the demolition site or from offsite, shall be used to fill the excavation cavity.
(2) The provisions of § 157.02 shall apply for backfilling excavations relating to sewer or water connections, or electrical wires or connections. Such filling shall also provide for proper and adequate drainage. Any backfill shall be placed in lifts and properly compacted.
(B) Basement walls, or other subgrade structures, including basement floors, if present on the demolition site, shall be completely removed and the resulting cavity backfilled as prescribed by § 157.06(A) above.
(C) The demolition site shall be properly graded and seeded, or properly graded and stoned or paved if it is to be a parking area. If a new structure is to be built on the demolition site within 30 days of the date of the completion of demolition, the site may be allowed to be unseeded. However, if construction does not commence after 30 days, the site shall be seeded as the weather allows. If demolition occurs during the winter months, or during those summer months when seeding is not feasible, the property owner, or contractor or agent acting on their behalf, shall submit evidence to the Zoning Administrator that funds for seeding are in escrow and that seeding will occur when the weather allows.
(Ord. 1558, passed 3-19-12) Penalty, see § 157.99