No person shall grade, fill, excavate, store, or dispose of soil and earth materials, perform any other land-disturbing or land-filling activity, or engage in temporary construction- related dewatering, without first obtaining a permit as set forth in this chapter, except when the activity is performed in accordance with one or more of the general or specific exemptions set forth in Sections 16.28.070 and 16.28.080. Exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit does not provide relief from the requirement to conduct all grading activities in conformance with the general grading requirements contained in Sections 16.28.270 through 16.28.340 of this chapter.
(Ord. 5425 § 2, 2018: Ord. 5410 § 3, 2017: Ord. 4564 § 1 (part), 1999)