(A) (1) If excavation is necessary from wrecking or demolishing, it is to be filled in and the material to be used for such fill should consist of clay, and/or bank run, gravel (or equivalent), and no appliances, such as stoves, refrigerators, freezers and similar items, shall be used.
(2) No wood materials are to be used for filling, and no brick, concrete block, from either the demolished structure, from the demolition site or from offsite, shall be used to fill the excavation cavity. In the filling of such excavation, the provisions contained in § 150.17 of this code shall be adhered to as it relates to danger to sewer or water connections, or electrical wires or connections. Such filling shall also provide for proper and adequate drainage.
(3) Any backfill shall be placed in lifts and properly compacted.
(B) Basement walls or other subgrade structures, including basement floors, if present on the demolition site, shall be completely removed and the resulting cavity backfilled as prescribed by division (A) above.
(C) (1) The demolition site shall be properly graded and seeded, or properly graded and stoned or paved (if it is to be a parking area).
(2) If a new structure is to be built on the demolition site within 30 days of the date of the completion of demolition, the site may be allowed to be unseeded. However, if construction does not commence after said period of time, the site shall be seeded.
(Ord. 2012-5, passed 6-7-2012)