The following regulations apply in Residential, transitional, Business and special districts:
(a) No borrow pits shall be created for the purpose of securing fill or for any commercial purpose, and no strip mining of earth, soil, loam, clay or sand shall be conducted. These provisions shall not prohibit excavation performed contemporaneously with and required by the construction of a foundation or other subsurface work for a building or other structure under actual construction.
(b) The Zoning Inspector may permit an excavation which is necessary for the preparation of a parcel of land for a use permitted in the district if : ( 1 ) The average elevation of the whole parcel is not thereby reduced below the average existing elevation of either the whole parcel or the perimeter of the parcel, whichever is less; and ( 2 ) Provisions are made by the applicant for the restoration of natural ground cover and the control of erosion.
(Ord. 82-38. Passed 9-20-82.)