A. It shall be unlawful to grade, fill, or excavate land or to erect any structure without doing the following:
1. Obtaining the acknowledgment of the city that any letter report (a letter report is described in section 10-18-9 of this chapter), or geologic report (a geologic report is described in section 10-18-10 of this chapter), required by the city engineer pursuant to this chapter, has been received and meets the requirements of section 10-18-8 of this chapter. (The giving of this acknowledgment by the city engineer shall not be an approval of or acquiescence to the content or conclusions of the letter report or geologic report. A letter report or geologic report shall be considered part of the public record and may be copied by any person.)
2. Except as provided in section 10-18-11 of this chapter, by grading, filling, or excavating land or erecting a structure only as described in the letter report or geologic report which has been acknowledged by the city engineer. (A proposal for which a letter report or a geologic report is not required may be implemented as described in the proposal.)
3. By executing and recording the restrictive covenant required by section 10-18-15 of this chapter. (This subsection does not apply if no letter report or geologic report is required.)
B. Obtain permission from the city engineer of acceptable erosion control and revegetation plan.
C. In addition to the provisions of this chapter, all grading, filling, or excavation of land or erection of any structure shall comply with all other applicable provisions of these ordinances.
D. Those parts of any proposal to construct improvements such as roads, sewer lines, or water lines, or other improvements which are intended to be placed in public ownership shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer.
E. Those parts of any proposal to develop real property which jeopardizes the public's health, safety, or welfare or significantly interferes with established long term development plans of Plain City shall be subject to the approval of the city engineer after consultation with the appropriate city department.
F. No building permits shall be issued until the requirements of this chapter are met. (Ord. 2013-04, 4-18-2013, eff. 4-19-2013)