The purpose of this chapter is to provide for safe grading operations, to safeguard life, limb and property, and to preserve and enhance the natural environment, including, but not limited to, water quality, by regulating clearing and grading on private property. This chapter shall not apply to grading associated with excavation in public streets, grading in connection with construction of a public improvement or public work for which inspection is provided by the city or other public agency, nor grading by a public utility.
(Ord. 4564 § 1 (part), 1999)