§ 716-4.208. Required—Other exceptions.

A grading permit is not required for:

(a)

Excavations for installation of underground storage tanks where the capacity of the tank does not exceed twenty thousand gallons (seventy-five thousand seven hundred liters);

(b)

Grading in an isolated, self-contained area if the county building official determines that no danger to private or public property is likely to result from the grading operations;

(c)

The structural section of subdivision streets in tracts for which subdivision improvement plans have been reviewed by the public works department and the work is being inspected by that department under Title 9;

(d)

Temporary local borrow pits for road materials and top soil for landscaping situated within a larger ownership being subdivided into smaller tracts, if the material is being used entirely within the tracts being subdivided, and if the excavations do not endanger properties under other ownerships or create a public nuisance or safety hazard. The land shall be graded to comply with this division on cessation of excavation within the pit areas;

(e)

Temporary stockpiles of top-soil materials required for landscaping lots being graded in the immediate area for building purposes if the stockpiles are not placed within a public right-of-way, do not obstruct drainage ways, are not subject to erosion which will cause silting problems in drainage ways, do not endanger other properties, and do not create a public nuisance or safety hazard, as determined by the building official. The land shall be graded to comply with this division after removal of stockpiles;

(f)

Fire trails, and access roads to public utility gas and electric transmission lines.

(Ords. 99-46 § 5: 69-59 § 1, 1969).

Article 716-4.4. Applications