(A) The city’s governing body hereby finds that the lands and waters of the city are natural assets and resources, and that such lands are being subject to improper water runoff and erosion, and that such waters are subject to pollution as the result of said improper water runoff, erosion and deposition of sediment arising from disturbances and changes of the surface of such lands. Any grading, excavation or embankment which creates erosion by the owner or developer requires a DENR permit.
(B) The purpose of this regulation is to protect the lands and waters of this city, to the extent practical, from the results of improper water runoff, soil erosion and sedimentation through control of some of the disturbances and changes of the surface of the earth.
(C) No excavation, grading or embankment will disturb or affect adjacent property in an adverse way.
(Prior Code, § Q-11-106) (Ord. 989, passed - -) Penalty, see § 159.999