(A) The removal of vegetation and overburden in advance of surface mining operations shall be kept to a minimum.
(B) Stockpiles of overburden and minerals shall be managed to minimize water and wind erosion.
(C) Erosion control facilities such as retarding basins, settling ponds, ditches, stream bank stabilization and diking shall be constructed and maintained where necessary to control erosion.
(D) Grading and revegetation shall be designed to both prevent excessive erosion and to convey surface runoff to natural drainage courses or interior basins designed for water storage. Basins that will store water during periods of surface runoff shall be designed to prevent downward erosion of spillways when these basins have an outlet to lower ground.
(`78 Code, § 19.12.100.) (Ord. 2386 § 1 (part), 1999.)