(A) No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the hauling and dumping of snow without a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. No permits to engage in such activity shall be issued by the Building Official unless approval is granted as is hereinafter set forth.
(1) Prior to the issuance of such permit, a statement from the applicant stating the amount of snow to be hauled and dumped and a description of the property on which the snow will be deposited must be submitted in duplicate to the Building Official. He shall arrange for a review of the information by the City Engineer and other appropriate departments of the city.
(2) The application for a permit to haul and dump snow shall be on forms as may be prescribed by the Building Official and City Engineer. The applicant shall furnish any other supporting data as may be required by such officials for the proper review of the plans.
(B) The factors to be considered by such officials in deciding whether or not to issue a permit shall be the following:
(1) The amount of the snow to be hauled and dumped;
(2) The location where the snow would be deposited;
(3) The density of the snow to be dumped;
(4) The effect of such deposit on the storm water drainage system of the city;
(5) The effect of such deposit on adjoining or downstream private or public properties; and
(6) The effect on the drainage system on adjoining downstream private or public properties in first removing the snow to be dumped to the extent that this effect is beneficial to the drainage system of the city on lands located within the City of Columbia Heights.
(C) The following activity shall be exempt from the requirements of this section and shall require no permit:
(1) Hauling snow from or through the city if the subject snow is not deposited in the city;
(2) Depositing or dumping snow in the city when such snow is not hauled by means of a wheeled vehicle;
(3) Hauling and dumping of snow in such small quantities that the total amount hauled and dumped within any one-year period is less than one cubic yard.
(D) No person shall haul or dump snow other than in the manner or amount prescribed in the permit.
(E) The hauling and dumping of snow shall constitute a building and construction activity for purposes of this chapter.
(`77 Code, § 6.1001) (Am. Ord. 1024, passed 11-8-82) Penalty, see § 6.802