(A) No person, partnership or corporation shall undertake or accomplish any land alteration without having in force a written drainage permit obtained from the Board. A drainage permit shall not be required for:
(1) Excavation of cemetery graves;
(2) Refuse disposal sites where storm drainage is controlled by other regulations;
(3) Excavation for wells, excavation and backfills for poles, conduits and wires of utility companies;
(4) Exploratory excavation or soil testing under the direction and control of professional engineers, soil engineers, geologists, civil engineers, architects or land surveyors, which are backfilled to the original contours;
(5) Ordinary cultivation of agricultural land including tilling, terracing, construction of minor open ditches and crop irrigation;
(6) The planting and tilling of gardens, flower beds, shrubs, trees and other common uses and minor landscaping of land adjacent to residences;
(7) Fill and grading of former basement site after the demolition of a structure, to conform to adjacent terrain;
(8) Fill of small holes caused by erosion, settling of earth or the removal of such materials as dead trees, posts or concrete;
(9) A fill less than one foot in depth, and placed on natural terrain with a slope flatter than 10%, not intended to support structures, which does not exceed 50 cubic yards per acre and does not obstruct drainage;
(10) Maintenance of drainage facilities;
(11) Construction of a driveway, when a proper permit which includes culvert requirements has been obtained; and
(12) Installation of building sanitary sewers and water service lines, when a proper permit has been obtained for the installation of that service.
(B) The drainage permit must be obtained before any work is initiated with the exception of testing to determine procedures or materials.
(1991 Code, § 134.10) Penalty, see § 152.99