(A) The Building Commissioner shall issue a permit for excavating or filling only on the basis of three complete sets of plans and specifications submitted to and approved by him and approved by the City Engineer. A separate permit shall be required for each site. 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 the location of the proposed work;
(3) Include a contour map of the affected area showing the existing and proposed contours at five foot 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 30 feet of subject property;
(7) Show the location of any existing watercourses, drainage, and sewer systems serving the property;
(8) Show existing and proposed 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 soils from erosion;
(10) Describe the proposed method for the protection of the soils from erosion;
(11) Show how surplus excavated fill will be disposed of;
(12) Show additional information as may reasonably be required by the Building Commissioner.
(B) The plans and specifications shall be prepared by a registered professional engineer or an architect where the work contemplated by the plans and specifications is incidental to the practice of architecture and shall in addition to the requirements of division (A) herein:
(1) Include a report showing the results of surface and subsurface 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 specification for the borrow material or fill 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 subsurface 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 or permanent fencing and other protective devices to be constructed in connection with, or as a part of the proposed plan;
(8) Show a timing schedule and sequence indicating the anticipated starting and completion dates of the development sequence - stripping 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 Building Commissioner and City Engineer shall be satisfied that the proposed excavation or fill will not cause any hazards, then in such event the Building Commissioner shall issue a permit authorizing the excavation or fill.
(Ord. 1471, passed 2-6-90)