The purpose of these regulations are:
(a) To provide for proper excavation, cutting, filling and grading which minimizes danger to public health and safety, and damages to property;
(b) To maintain the stability of slopes and reduce danger to life and property due to landslides and mass earth movement;
(c) To reduce pollution of streams caused by soil erosion and sedimentation;
(d) To preserve and restore the flood carrying capacity of streams;
(e) To protect to the maximum extent possible the existing natural drainage system;
(f) To prevent the blocking or destruction of storm water runoff facilities due to excessive soil erosion and sedimentation; and
(g) To provide for proper installation and maintenance of soil erosion and sedimentation control facilities.
This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Site Stabilization and Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control Regulations of the City.
(Ord. 1991-122. Passed 11-18-91.)