§ 716-4.204. Required—Minor grading excepted.

A grading permit is not required for:

(a)

An excavation which meets all of the following requirements:

(1)

Is less than five feet (1.524 meters) in depth below natural grade and is adequately supported by a retaining structure designed and constructed in accordance with Division 74;

(2)

Does not create a cut slope greater than seven feet (2.134 meters) in height and steeper than one vertical to two horizontal; and

(3)

Does not exceed two hundred cubic yards (152.92 cubic meters).

(b)

A fill which meets all of the following requirements:

(1)

Is not intended to support structures;

(2)

Does not obstruct a drainage course;

(3)

Is placed on natural grade that has a slope not steeper than one vertical to five horizontal;

(4)

Is less than three feet (0.914 meters) in depth at its deepest point, measured vertically upward from natural grade to the surface of the fill; and

(5)

Does not exceed two hundred cubic yards (152.92 cubic meters).

(c)

Minor land leveling for agricultural farming, if the average ground elevation is not changed more than three feet (0.914 meters).

(d)

Cemetery graves.

(Ords. 99-46 § 5: 86-25 § 2, 69-59 § 1, 1969).