(a) The Building Commissioner shall issue a permit for excavating or filling only on the basis of plans and specifications submitted to and approved by the Commissioner, after such plans have been approved by the Village Engineer. A separate permit shall be required for each site. Unless waived or modified pursuant to § 1464.07, the plans and specifications submitted with the permit application shall:
(1) Include the owner’s name and address;
(2) Include a plot plan, drawn to scale, showing the location of the proposed work;
(3) Include a contour map of the affected area showing the existing and proposed contours at two foot intervals;
(4) Show the proposed amount of excavation or fill in cubic yards;
(5) Show the location of any existing and proposed streets;
(6) Show the location of any existing and proposed buildings or structures on the subject property and within 15 feet of the subject property;
(7) Show the location of any existing watercourses, drainage and sewerage systems serving the property;
(8) Show existing and proposed drainage structures, walls, cribbing and surface protection and any necessary temporary earth restraining installations;
(9) Show a plan for temporary and permanent drainage of the property, including any new or altered sewerage systems;
(10) Describe the proposed method for the protection of the soil from erosions; and
(11) Show additional information as may reasonably be required by the Commissioner.
(b) Unless waived pursuant to § 1464.07, the plans and specifications shall be prepared by a registered engineer, or an architect, where the excavation or filling contemplated by the plans and specifications is incidental to the practice of architecture, and shall, in addition to the requirements of division (a) of this section:
(1) Include a report from a geotechnical engineer showing the results of surface and subsurface exploration, conditions of the land and procedures for performing the operation;
(2) Show plans of all drainage provisions, which shall be of such design as to adequately handle the surface runoff, together with a map showing the drainage area of all land tributary to the site and the estimated cubic feet per second runoff of the area served by any drain computed in accordance with current acceptable standards;
(3) Include a description of the borrow material and the method to be used for and the degree of its proposed compactions;
(4) Show proposed preparation of existing ground surface to receive fill;
(5) Show proposed terraces and ditches where necessary to control surface drainage and debris;
(6) Show proposed subsurface drainage if necessary for stability;
(7) Show plans for all retaining walls, cribbing, vegetative provisions and erosion and sediment control measures, together with the location of temporary and/or permanent fencing and other protective devices to be constructed in connection with, or as a part of, the proposed work; and
(8) Show a timing schedule and sequence indicating the anticipated starting and completion dates of the development sequence, such as stripping and/or clearing, rough grading and construction, final grading and vegetative establishment and maintenance and the time of exposure of each area prior to the completion of effective erosion and sediment control measures.
(c) If the Commissioner is satisfied that the proposed excavation and/or fill will not cause any of the hazards described in § 1464.07(a) to (e), then the Commissioner shall issue a permit authorizing the excavation and/or fill.
(Ord. 95-28, passed 9-5-1995)