(A) Plan and permit required. No person shall initiate any land-disturbing activity which uncovers more than one acre without having an erosion control plan and land-disturbing permit approved by the city. Additionally, no person shall initiate any land-disturbing activity greater than 5,000 square feet without having a land-disturbing permit approved by the city. Furthermore, no person shall initiate land-disturbing activity of any size within the special flood hazard area without first obtaining a land-disturbing permit and an approved sedimentation and erosion control plan meeting the requirements of this chapter and Chapter 6 entitled “Flood Damage Prevention.”
(Ord. No. 99-119, §§ 2-6, passed 9-9-1999)
(B) Protection of property. Persons conducting land-disturbing activity shall take all reasonable measures to protect all public and private property from damage caused by that activity.
(C) More restrictive rules shall apply. Whenever conflicts exist between federal, state or local laws, ordinances or rules, the more restrictive provision shall apply.
(D) All measures shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the NC Erosion and Sediment Control Planning and Design Manual, as amended.
(Ord. No. 98-7, passed 1-8-1998 ; Ord. No. 23-040, § 1, passed 5-11-2023)