(A) General. This section is intended to provide the city with fair and equitable grading practices.
(B) Grading responsibilities.
(1) Design standards. The grading design standards required herein shall be those found in nationally recognized standards.
(2) Protection of utilities. Public utilities or services shall be protected from damage due to grading or excavation operations.
(3) Protection of adjacent property. Adjacent properties shall be protected from damage due to grading operations. A person shall not excavate on land sufficiently close to any property line to endanger any adjoining public street, sidewalk, alley, or other public or private property, without supporting and protecting such property from any damage that might result.
(4) Inspection notice. The code official shall be notified not less than one full business day before the start of work.
(5) Temporary erosion control. Precautionary measures necessary to protect adjacent public or private property from damage by water erosion, flooding, or deposition of mud or debris originating from the site shall be put in effect. Precautionary measures shall include provisions of properly designed sediment control facilities so that downstream properties are not affected by upstream erosion.
(6) Traffic control and protection of streets. Flaggers, signs, barricades, and other safety devises to ensure adequate safety when working on or near public streets shall be provided.
(7) Hazard from existing grading. When any existing excavation, embankment, or fill has become a hazard to life or limb, endangers structures, or adversely affects the safety, use, or stability of a public way, such excavation, embankment, or fill shall be eliminated.
(8) Tracking of dirt into public streets. Adequate cleaning of equipment to prevent the tracking of dirt and debris onto public streets shall be provided. The developer shall clean any dirt or debris tracked onto a public street within twenty-four hours upon discovery.
(9) Revegetation. The loss of trees, ground cover, and topsoil shall be minimized on any grading project. In addition to mechanical methods of erosion control, graded areas shall be protected to the extent practical from damage by erosion by planting grass or ground to cover plants or trees. Such plantings shall provide for rapid, short-term coverage of the slopes as well as long-term permanent coverage. A plan by a registered design professional shall be provided when required by the code official.
(10) Protection of trees. During development, building, renovating, or razing operations, the developer shall erect and maintain suitable protective barriers around all trees specified to be maintained so as to prevent damage to the trees and shall not allow storage of equipment, materials, debris, or fill to be placed in this area except as may be necessary for no more than 30 days, if no other storage space is elsewhere available, as prescribed in demolition specifications.
(Ord. 497, passed 2-3-2004; Am. Ord. 523, passed 6-13-2006; Am. Ord. 2011-7, passed 12-13-2011; Am. Ord. 2019-02, passed 10-8-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-28, passed 3-3-2020; Am. Res. 2021-46, passed 4-13-2021)