Any person, partnership or corporation eligible to perform the wrecking or demolition of any building within the corporate limits shall comply with the following general demolition requirements.
(A) Building demolition.
(1) The demolition of the building shall be at least one foot below the finished ground level.
(2) All of the materials resulting from the demolition shall be removed by the responsible party in a safe and proper manner and disposed of immediately in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
(3) Any foundation walls that remain intact below the one-foot level that are not torn up by the demolition can remain in place; but any foundation walls that are unstable shall be removed as part of the demolition.
(4) Any basement floor shall either be removed in its entirety or broken up into sections not greater than one square yard to allow for proper groundwater drainage.
(5) Any parking lot, driveway or driveway entrance that will not be utilized for any uses that will remain on the site of the demolition shall be removed.
(6) Before the demolition of any section of wall, floor, roof or other structures, adequate wetting procedures to lay the dust shall be utilized. All debris shall be thoroughly wetted before loading and while dumping into trucks, other vehicles or containers. At all stages of the demolition wetting procedures shall be adequate to lay the dust.
(7) No demolition work shall occur between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(B) Fill materials.
(1) No concrete, bricks or other debris can be buried in the demolition cavity or on the lot. All concrete, bricks or other debris shall be removed from the demolition site.
(2) Good suitable fill materials such as dirt, clay, sand or gravel shall be deposited in the demolition cavity to approximately one foot below the finished ground level.
(3) No wood, other organic material or other material capable of rotting shall be left in the demolition cavity or used for fill material.
(4) The top layer of remaining soil to fill the remaining approximate one foot of the demolition cavity shall be good quality soil (not clay or sand material) suitable to make a level and smooth site which can be mowed and is capable of growing grass.
(5) Any material brought onto the demolition site and used for fill shall contain no hazardous or contaminated materials.
(C) Final site work.
(1) The site where the demolition occurs shall be left in a clean, neat and safe condition insofar as the demolition work is involved.
(2) Once the demolition materials have been removed and the demolition cavity filled with proper materials, the site shall be final graded to eliminate all large chunks of dirt and to provide for proper drainage of the site. Once final grading is completed, the ground shall have no tire ruts or low spots which would be capable of ponding water.
(3) All areas on the site that were disturbed by the demolition and clearance work shall be seeded and fertilized to assist in erosion control. The seed mixture shall be applied at a rate of 100 pounds of grass seed per acre of land. The fertilizer nutrients shall be applied at a rate of 270 pounds of actual nutrients per acre and be ready mixed material having a ratio of 1-1-1.
(D) Utility disconnections/terminations.
(1) The contractor shall seal any sanitary sewer lines serving the demolished building in accordance with the City Sanitary District requirements.
(2) Any gas line serving the demolished building shall be terminated at the gas main or other location as approved by the local gas utility company in accordance with the local gas utility company requirements. The termination shall be completed prior to beginning demolition work.
(3) All electrical services serving the demolished building shall be disconnected at the utility pole or transformer or other location approved by the local electric utility company and in accordance with the local electric utility company requirements.
(4) Any water service serving the demolished building shall be terminated by disconnecting at the city’s water main or other approved location in accordance with the City Water Division requirements.
(5) Any storm sewer line shall be sealed at the property line or other approved location in accordance with the City Public Works Department or City Sanitary District requirements, whichever agency has control over the public storm server serving the demolition site.
(E) Discontinued/abandoned wells, septic tank and cisterns.
(1) Any abandoned well on the demolition site or well serving the building to be demolished shall be properly sealed by a licensed water well driller in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local regulations. A copy of the required well sealing form shall be submitted to the city.
(2) Any abandoned septic tank on the demolition site or septic tank serving the building to be demolished shall be taken out of service. The contents of the septic tank shall be removed by a licensed septic pumper/hauler and disposed of in accordance with all federal, state and local regulations. The top of the tank shall be removed and properly filled in accordance with the applicable federal, state and local regulations or the tank shall be removed and the excavator filled with clean fill material as allowed in this section.
(3) Any abandoned cistern on the demolition site or cistern serving the building to be demolished shall be taken out of service. The liquid contents of the cistern shall be removed by a licensed septic pumper/hauler and disposed of in accordance with all federal, state and local regulations. The top of the cistern shall be removed and properly filled with clean fill material as allowed in this section.
(F) Asbestos removal. The demolition shall be performed in accordance with the federal and state regulations regarding asbestos removal.
(Ord. 11-3325, passed 6-20-2011; Ord. 17-3538, passed 2-6-2017; Ord. 20-3609, passed 4-6-2020)