Upon any person filing an application for a grading permit, the Engineering Division shall, within five workings days of the date of the application, make or cause to be made an inspection of the site to be graded, and if he finds that erosion or sediment control measures are not necessary or that the planned and specified measures contained in the application are adequate to control and prevent erosion and/or siltation of adjoining property or property in the area, he shall immediately approve the issuance of the grading permit. In the event that the Engineering Division finds that the proposed grading as planned will result in erosion and/or siltation of adjoining property or property in the area, he shall not approve the issuance of the grading permit.
(a) Grading permits upon tracts of land smaller than one-fifth acre shall be approved by the Engineering Division if the following conditions are met:
(1) The proposed grading, stripping or cutting will not result in soil erosion and/or siltation upon adjoining property or property in the area; and
(2) No disturbed soil shall be exposed for more than thirty days without temporary or permanent cover.
(b) Grading permits upon tracts of land larger than one-fifth acre shall be approved by the Engineering Division if the following conditions are met:
(1) The proposed grading, stripping or cutting will not result in soil erosion and/or siltation upon adjoining property or property in the area;
(2) No disturbed soil shall be exposed for more than thirty days without temporary or permanent cover; and
(3) If needed to prevent excessive soil erosion and/or siltation, the plans shall contain appropriate soil erosion and sedimentation control techniques using one or more of the soil erosion control measures in accordance with the standards and specifications of the Little Kanawha Soil Conservation District's Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook for Urban Areas, 1972 and the West Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook. (Ord. 0- 1197. Passed 7-12-05.)