(A) Grading - general.
(1) Any action causing the removal of major trees, filling of any area with more than three feet of fill material, cutting the soil or cover material from any area by more than two feet, the alteration of any natural watercourse or major drainageway, shall be considered grading and shall only be allowed when shown and approved in conformance with a preliminary grading plan.
(2) All grading should be kept to the minimum necessary to provide the proper relationships between lots, blocks, streets, utilities and storm drainage systems. All such grading shall be shown on the grading plan. Where it is necessary to fill to a depth of five feet or more, said fill shall be laid in layers of six inches or less, adequately watered and compacted, and then subsequent layers of six inches added in a similar manner until the desired grade is reached.
(3) Where areas other than roadways must be cut or filled, topsoil should either be skimmed off before grading and uniformly replaced or new topsoil of a quality acceptable to the Building Inspector must be added after the grading at average, uniform depth of not less than four inches.
(4) Where areas are not to be graded and are in excess of 15% slope, the village’s Plan Commission may require riprapping, planting or other methods of slope stabilization. In some cases, the dedication of natural easement covering such areas may be required.
(B) Block and lot grading.
(1) The finished grade of all subdivided blocks should be such that water run-off will flow freely from the block to streets, storm inlets, natural watercourses and drainage swales, and drain from the subdivision without causing erosion, flood damage, ponding or similar problems. Where the natural grade will not permit such flow, additional grading must be provided.
(2) All individual lots should be of such elevation and grade that storm water and sanitary waste will freely leave the site without causing erosion or flooding problems. All sites should therefore be at a reasonable level above streets, drainage and sanitary waste collection.
(C) Trees and grading. As many trees as can be reasonably utilized in the final development plan shall be retained and the grading adjusted where practical to the existing grades at the trees.
(D) Street grading. All streets shall be uniformly graded in accordance with the typical cross-section shown in the engineering specifications of the preliminary plan. All trees and brush shall be removed and the roadways shall be graded to the sub-soil level.
(E) Monumentation. Reference monuments shall be installed within all subdivisions as follows.
(1) The perimeter of all subdivisions shall have permanent monuments of concrete reinforced within one #4 vertical rod, and not less than four inches square or in diameter at the top and tapered to six inches at the bottom and 36 inches long, set flush with the adjacent ground. Each permanent monument shall have a suitable mark in the center of the top. Sufficient permanent concrete monuments shall be erected to reestablish the property lines of the subdivision.
(2) Monuments shall consist of five-eighths-inch iron pins not less than 24 inches in length driven into the ground.
(3) All lot corners shall be marked by one-half-inch iron pins not less than 24 inches in length driven into the ground similar to those monuments described in division (E)(2) above.
(F) Grading and monument inspection. No sidewalk, utility or street pavement shall be constructed within any subdivision or addition thereof until the grading and monumentation of said subdivision has been inspected.
(2007 Code, § 34-7-2)