A. Permit Required: A grading permit shall be required for any grading, clearing or stockpiling impacting local or regional drainage as indicated by the Local Administrator. No other permits required under the jurisdiction's building code shall be approved for construction until the Local Administrator approves the issuance of a grading permit. The permit may then be issued by the designated official.
B. Separate Permits: A separate permit shall be required for each noncontiguous site and may cover both excavations and fills. PUDs shall be considered contiguous within the PUD boundaries.
C. Filling And Excavating: No person shall perform any grading without first obtaining a grading permit from the designated official, except for the following activities:
1. Landscaping surrounding an existing single-family residence which does not impact drainage to adjacent properties and complies with local ordinances.
2. Grading or clearing of vegetation in any area less than one (1) acre in size if the Local Administrator finds that no apparent danger to private or public property can now or thereafter result from the grading operation (the property owner shall be required to obtain a Clark County Dust Permit in his/her name for all clearing and grading of sites of 1/4 acre and larger).
3. Cemetery graves.
4. Excavations for wells.
5. Refuse disposal sites controlled by other regulations where the operation thereof does not block or divert any natural drainage course, or affect the lateral support or unduly increase the stresses in, or pressures upon, any adjacent or contiguous property.
6. On site trenching for utility purposes.
7. Exploratory excavations under the direction of a Soil Engineer or Engineering Geologist.
8. Mining, quarrying, excavation, processing, stockpiling of rock, sand, gravel, precious metals, aggregate or clay where established and provided for by law, provided such operations preserve natural drainage and do not affect the lateral support or increase the stresses upon any adjacent or contiguous property.
9. The installation of SWPPP BMPs.
D. Exceptions For Emergencies: The provisions of this Code shall not apply to any grading operation which is conducted during a period of emergency or disaster, and which is directly connected with or related to relief of conditions caused by such emergency or disaster. (Ord. 510, 4-25-2017, eff. 5-17-2017)