§ 9.2  GRADING/LAND DISTURBANCE PERMIT.
   (A)   Intent.  To eliminate any non-allowable discharges to the city municipal utility system that may impact water quality, and to ensure compliance with Technical Assistance Committee review and Plan Commission approval.
   (B)   Required.  Any development that disturbs more than one acre of land is required to obtain a grading/land disturbance permit.
   (C)   Exemptions.  No site development permit is required for the following activities:
      (1)   Any emergency activity that is immediately necessary for the protection of life, property or natural resources;
      (2)   Agricultural land management activities (except where the clearing of the land, forest or other agriculture activity results in activities other than further agriculture or forest use);
      (3)   Additions or modifications to existing detached single-family dwellings; and
      (4)   Developments that do not disturb more than one acre of land use. This exemption may not be applied for contiguous properties that may have been subdivided and/or are attributed to multiple separate owners. This exemption does not apply to any discharge of sediment or other form of water pollution that may leave a small site.
(Ord. 07-16, passed 12-10-2007)