A. No person shall conduct, cause or allow land stripping, earthmoving, blasting, trenching or road construction without first obtaining an activity permit from the control officer.
B. There shall be two types of activity permits as follows:
1. A single activity permit shall be obtained by persons conducting any one of the following activities:
a. Land stripping and/or earthmoving activities totaling more than one acre in size;
b. Trenching activities totaling more than three hundred feet in length;
c. Road construction activities totaling more than fifty feet in length; and
d. Blasting activities.
2. A multiple activity permit may be obtained by persons conducting more than one dust producing activity to include, but not limited to, land stripping, earthmoving, trenching, blasting, and road construction at a single project site covering an acre or greater.
C. In the case of an emergency, action may be taken to stabilize the situation before obtaining an activity permit. Upon stabilizing the emergency situation, an activity permit shall be obtained.
D. Permittees shall notify the control officer within five working days of the start and completion of the project.
E. The following terms apply to the duration of the activity permit:
1. An activity permit is valid for one year from the date of issue.
2. Upon approval by the control officer, two permits covering the same scope of work or identical project may be obtained and will be valid for a period of two years from the date of issue.
3. Permit coverage shall not be transferred from the original permit holder.
4. Permits may be voluntarily terminated pursuant to Section 17.13.060.
F. The following exemptions will apply to this section:
1. Class I, II, or III air quality permit holders pursuant to Section 17.11.090 whose permit authorizes the above described activities in subsection (B)(1)(a) thru (d).
2. Trenching activities associated with the installation of irrigation lines for landscaping purposes that disturbs less than the first foot of topsoil.
3. Trenching activities located beneath a road for which a current fugitive dust activity permit for road construction has been issued.
(Ord. 2017-20 § 2 (part), 2017)
Editor's note— Formerly § 17.12.470.