1309.05 MAINTENANCE OF PERMIT PREMISES.

   (a)   Every person, firm or corporation to whom a building permit has been issued under this Code shall until the issuance of a final occupancy permit be responsible for and shall cause the permit premises to be maintained at all times in accordance with the following requirements:

      (1)   All paper, trash, plastic and any other material which is subject to being blown about or off the permit premises shall at all times be placed or secured in such a manner that it does not blow about or off the permit premises.

      (2)   All uprooted trees and bushes, branches, limbs, trash, construction debris and litter as defined in Section 557.02(b) shall be removed from the permit premises at least once in every two week period and shall not be burned or buried on the permit premises. Such trash, construction debris and litter shall be removed to an appropriate landfill or other approved facility. The building permit holder shall be responsible at all times for controlling such material on-site and ensuring that there are no adverse impacts to water quality.

      (3)   Sedimentation control devices and measures shall be installed and maintained at all times in accordance with the approved plot plan, if any, and in such a manner that all mud and sediment is contained on the permit premises and not permitted to escape onto adjoining property or public right of way. These sedimentation control measures shall include, but are not limited to, a driveway base or temporary construction entrance for each lot under development. On residential development lots, the driveway base should be established no later than during the foundation construction phase using ODOT Type 304 aggregate base material (or approved equivalent). On commercial/industrial development lots, a temporary construction entrance should be established during the initial site grading operation using 2-inch stone (or approved equivalent).

(4)   The building permit holder shall be responsible under the provisions of Section 905.03(b) for the immediate removal and cleaning and/or the cost of such removal and cleaning of all mud and other sediment which comes from the permit premises by any means onto any street, alley or public ground.

   (b)   As provided in Section 1305.07, the Building Superintendent has the authority to issue a stop work order for failure to maintain any site in accordance with the requirements listed above.
(Ord. 46-13. Passed 5-28-13.)