(A) Application and issuance. A grading and excavating permit application shall be made at the office of the City Administrator upon forms that have been furnished by the city for such purposes, including the attachment of such plans and specifications as the city may require. The grading or excavation proposed in the application shall conform to the requirements of this section. A permit application must be accompanied by an application for preliminary plat or request for site plan approval.
(B) Approval.
(1) A permit may not be issued until after the Council has approved the applicant’s preliminary plat, site plan or equivalent approval of the site. For individual isolated grading or excavation activities, the city may grant a permit without Council approval of a preliminary plat site plan or equivalent approval.
(2) Whenever there are practical difficulties involved in carrying out the provisions of this section, the city may grant modifications for individual cases, provided the city shall first find that special circumstances make the strict letter of this section impractical and that the modification is in conformity with the intent and purpose of this section. The details of any action granting modification, shall be recorded and entered in the files of the city.
(C) Expiration. Every grading/excavation permit shall expire and become null and void if the work authorized is not commenced within 90 days from the date of permit issuance, or if the work authorized by the permit is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work is commenced for a period of 180 days. The property owner must apply and obtain a new permit before the work can be recommenced. The fee for a second permit therefore shall be ½ the amount required for a new permit for such work, provided there are no changes to the original plans and specifications; and/or abandoned for more than 1 year. If there are changes, the applicant will pay a full permit fee.
(D) Extensions. Any permittee holding an unexpired permit may apply for an extension of the time within which work under the permit must commence when the permittee is unable to take action within the time required, by extension for a period not exceeding 180 days upon written request showing that circumstances beyond the control of the permittee have prevented action from being taken. No permit shall be extended more than once.
(E) Suspension or revocation. The city may, in writing, suspend or revoke a permit issued under the provisions of this section whenever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied, or is found to be in violation of any regulation or provision of the City Code.
(Prior Code, § 4.06)