1196.08 WAIVER OR MODIFICATION OF SUBMISSION OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS.

   (a)   The City Engineer may waive or modify the requirements of this chapter for plans and specifications, and field supervision and summary report if the application for a permit or a certification in writing of a registered professional engineer, surveyor when operating within the practice of surveying or an architect where incidental to the practice of architecture states, to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, that the proposed excavation or fill will not:

(1)   Interfere with adequate drainage for the site area and the drainage area of land tributary to the site;

(2)   Obstruct, damage or adversely affect existing utilities or drainage, public or private;

(3)   Cause a stagnant pond of water to form;

(4)   Create slope stability problems on subject and adjacent property;

(5)   Cause detrimental erosion or sedimentation.

   (b)   The City Engineer may waive or modify any or all of the requirements of this chapter if, in his opinion, the proposed excavation or fill is in an isolated, self contained area and that there is no apparent danger to adjacent public or private property. The waivers or modifications contained in this section do not apply to the operations pursuant to Section 1196.04. Any waivers or modifications granted by the City Engineer under this chapter do not constitute a waiver or modification for submission requirements contained in any other ordinance, statute or regulation of the City. (Ord. 94-84. Passed 7-9-84.)