A person performing land-disturbing, land-filling, soil storage, and grading activities in conformance with Section 16.28.065, except where performing temporary construction-related dewatering, need not apply for a permit pursuant to this chapter, if all the following criteria are met:
(a) The site upon which land area is to be disturbed or filled is less than 10,000 square feet.
(b) Natural and finished slopes are flatter than 10:1.
(c) Volume of soil or earth materials stored is 100 cubic yards or less.
(d) Rainwater runoff is diverted to a nearby pervious area (e.g., landscaped area) during and after construction, from an area smaller than 5,000 square feet.
(e) An impervious surface, if any, of less than 5,000 square feet is created.
(f) No drainageway is blocked or has its stormwater carrying capacities or characteristics modified.
(g) The activity does not take place within 100 feet by horizontal measurement from the top of the bank of a watercourse, the mean high watermark (line of vegetation) of a body of water or the boundary of the wetlands associated with a watercourse or water body, whichever distance is greater.
(Ord. 5425 § 4, 2018: Ord. 5410 § 4, 2017: Ord. 4564 § 1 (part), 1999)