(A) No permit shall be issued until the city engineer is satisfied that a proposed project conforms with the city general plan, any specific plans adopted thereto, and applicable ordinances including the zoning ordinance.
(B) Where a proposed grading project is part of the subdivision of land, no grading permit shall be issued prior to approval by the applicable planning authority.
(C) The permit shall be limited to work shown on the grading plans as approved by the city engineer. In issuing a permit, the city engineer may impose any condition deemed necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public, to prevent the creation of a hazard to public or private property, and to assure proper completion of the grading, including, but not limited to:
1. Mitigation of adverse environmental impacts as disclosed by any environmental document findings.
2. Improvement of any existing grading to comply with the standards of this chapter.
3. Requirements for fencing or other protection of grading which would otherwise be hazardous.
4. Requirements for dust, erosion, sediment and noise control, hours of operation and season of work, weather conditions, sequence of work, access roads and haul routes.
5. Requirements for safeguarding watercourses from excessive deposition of sediment or debris in quantities exceeding natural levels.
6. Requirements for safeguarding areas reserved for on site sewage disposal.
7. Assurance that the land area in which grading is proposed and for which habitable structures are proposed is not subject to hazards of land slippage or significant settlement or erosion and that the hazards of seismic activity or flooding can be eliminated or adequately reduced. (Ord. 1523, 4-11-1995)