(a) Upon receipt of the application and plot plan, as described in Section 1365.01, the Building Department shall, if all other aspects of the application for the permit are in order, submit a copy of the application and plot plan to the City Engineer. The Engineer shall examine such plot plan for conformity to the proper relation with existing or proposed sanitary sewers, water lines, storm drainage and existing grades of adjacent lands and buildings, following the guidelines of subsection (b) hereof. If the plan does not so conform, the Engineer shall call the applicant’s attention to the lack of conformity and require that the plan be changed in that respect. When the Engineer finds that the plan so conforms, he or she shall approve the same. Such approved plan shall be a condition of any permit which may be issued pursuant to this chapter for such construction. It shall then be the responsibility of the applicant to perform all work in conformity with the various grades and elevations of the final approved plot plan and to set witness markers clearing designating the lot corners.
(b) The finished ground grade of a building shall be established in proper relation to the surrounding grade, driveway and street. The parcel of land or lot shall be graded so that water drains away from each building at a minimum grade of two percent. Surface drainage swales shall have a minimum grade of 0.5 percent designed so that surface water will drain onto a swale, street, gutter, storm sewer, drain inlet or natural drainage way. The grades of driveways shall be a minimum of 0.4 percent and a maximum of fifteen percent (15%). Grading shall be adjusted so there will be no abrupt grades in the front yards and along side lot lines. The grades of earth terraces shall not exceed three to one. If a masonry retaining wall exceeds three feet in height, a hedge, fence or railing shall be provided.
(c) The permit holder shall notify the Building and Zoning Department of Willoughby Hills forty- eight hours prior to the footer pour to verify the footer width and depth and to assure that all mud and loose dirt are removed.
(d) At such time as the permit holder has constructed the foundation or slab, he or she shall request that the City Engineer check the grade. No further construction shall be permitted until the Engineer has checked the elevation of such foundation and found it to be in accordance with the approved site plan.
(e) At appropriate times, the City Engineer may inspect the progress of the site work. The permit holder shall be notified of any deficiencies discovered during such inspection, and he or she shall repair such deficiency within the time frame acceptable to the City Engineer.
(f) Upon completion of construction and before a certificate of occupancy is issued for a building by the City Building Department, the permit holder shall schedule, with the City Engineer, a pre-final inspection of the site work completed at that time. As soon as weather conditions allow for an adequate inspection, the City Engineer shall inspect the site work. Any deficiency observed during such inspection shall be brought to the attention of the permit holder who shall correct such deficiency within a time frame acceptable to the City Engineer. The City Engineer shall bring to the permit holder’s attention any change or addition to the site work which is to be incorporated into the final plot plan.
(Ord. 1996-89. Passed 1-9-97.)