The purpose of this title is to establish minimum requirements and procedures for conducting land disturbance activities within the city. It is the intent of this title to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public against inadequate, unwarranted, or unsafe land disturbance activities during all aspects of land disturbance activities, including, but not limited to, the following:
A. To establish processes, procedures and standards for land disturbance activities, such as clearing, grubbing, grading, excavating, filling, dredging, and other land disturbance related activities, to minimize hazards to life and limb, protect against erosion and sedimentation, maintain the natural environment, protect the safety, use, and stability of public rights of way and drainage facilities, and provide for restoration of the land through revegetation and landscaping.
B. To assure that projects approved under this title, as well as neighboring and downstream properties, will be free from harmful effects of new land disturbance activities with regard to runoff, including inundation, flooding, erosion, air pollution, and sedimentation.
C. To ensure proper restoration of vegetation and soil systems disturbed by land disturbance activities, to maintain an attractive and healthy landscape, and to control against dust and erosion and their consequent effects on soil structure and air and water quality during and after excavation.
D. To provide processes and standards in compliance with state and federal requirements regarding pollution, environmental quality, and stormwater discharge. (Ord. 419, 6-5-2001)