(A) Permits for excavations shall be obtained from the Department of Planning and Development Services. All permits shall be for a period of one year unless a lesser period is indicated.
(B) Applicants for permits shall submit to the city, along with the application, a plat and engineering and other data in sufficient detail to permit the Department of Planning and Development Services to evaluate the potential effect of the operation on existing and planned development in the vicinity, to anticipate any adverse effects which might arise from the operation, and to visualize the operational characteristics of the project, the duration of the project, and what the final result of the project will be.
(C) After an original permit for an excavation has been issued, when extension of time is desired for completion of the work within the limits of the area shown in the original plat, the Department of Planning and Development Services shall issue a renewal permit for the continuance of the excavation in accordance with the original permit and plans, where the work has been conducted in accordance with such plans and with these regulations.
(D) Within 30 days after the effective date of this subchapter, owners or operators of existing excavations shall submit to the Department of Planning and Development Services a plat showing the existing excavation area and property contiguous thereto. The plat shall also show future right-of-way lines and the final limits to which the owner or operator plans to carry excavations in said property. Such plats are to be kept for record, and the excavations indicated thereon will not be exempt from the requirements of these regulations.
(1) The owners or operators of excavations existing at the time this subchapter is adopted, (February 2, 1972), shall apply for an excavation permit within 30 days after the effective date of this subchapter.
(2) Section 151.108 shall apply to excavations existing at the time this subchapter is adopted.
(E) Yearly renewals of the excavation permit shall be granted to the owners and operators of excavations existing at the time this subchapter is adopted, when extension of time is desired for completion of the work within the limits of the area shown in the original plat, provided that the applicable requirements are complied with.
(F) Any extension beyond the excavation limits shown in each plat required by divisions (B) and (D) above to be filed with the Department of Planning and Development Services, shall be treated as a new excavation and shall, therefore, be subject to all the requirements of this subchapter.
(G) Where excavation has been discontinued for a period of six months or more, or has been abandoned, any renewal or resumption of excavation shall be required to be subject to a permit for a new excavation, and the issuance of such a permit shall be subject to all the requirements of this subchapter for a new permit.
(‘72 Code, § 10-89) (Ord. O-72-19, passed 2-2-72; Am. Ord. O-2011-15, passed 5-4-11)