(A) A land occupier engaged in federal, state, county, municipal or township road construction and maintenance is not violating § 155.04 if the road construction and maintenance is designed and installed according to Department of Transportation standard specifications for construction and maintenance.
(B) A land occupier engaged in a development activity shall not be required to develop a sediment control plan and shall not be considered in violation of § 155.06 when involved in one of the following activities:
(1) Minor land disturbance activities such as home gardens and individual home landscaping, repairs and maintenance work;
(2) Construction, installation, maintenance of electric, telephone and utility lines or individual service connection to utility lines;
(3) Septic tank lines or drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for a land development activity relating to construction of a building to be served by the septic tank system;
(4) Preparation for single-family residences separately built, unless in conjunction with multiple construction in subdivision development;
(5) Disturbance of land areas less than 10,000 square feet for commercial or noncommercial uses, except that the governing body of the local unit of government may reduce this exception to a smaller area of disturbed land or quality the conditions under which this exception applies;
(6) Installation of fence, sign, telephone and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles; and
(7) Emergency work or repairs to protect life, limb or property.
(1990 Code, § 403.070) Penalty, see § 155.99