§ 129.0602 — When a Grading Permit is Required

§129.0602 When a Grading Permit is Required

A Grading Permit is required for the following work: (a) Any grading within open space easements or City-owned open space; (b) Any grading required for the restoration of unauthorized grading; (c) Any grading within the Special Flood Hazard Area; (d) Any grading in accordance with a Grading Permit required as a condition of a development permit to assure compliance with the development permit conditions. (e) Any grading that includes the following conditions: (1) Excavation or fill that results in a slope with a gradient of 25 percent or greater (4 horizontal feet to 1 vertical foot) and for which the depth or height at any point is more than 5 feet measured vertically at the face of the slope from the top of the slope to the bottom of the slope; (2) Excavation or fill for which the depth or height at any point from the lowest grade to the highest grade at any time during the proposed grading is more than 5 feet measured vertically; (3) Grading that creates manufactured slopes at a gradient exceeding that specified in Section 142.0133; (4) Grading for which the graded area is more than 1 acre; (5) Grading that adversely affects the existing drainage pattern by altering the drainage pattern, concentrating runoff, increasing the quantity of runoff, or increasing the velocity of runoff to adjacent properties; (6) Placing fill material that contains more than 5 percent, by volume, of broken concrete, asphalt, masonry, or construction debris; (7) Placing fill material that has any piece larger than 12 inches in any direction; or (8) Grading that includes blasting or other use of explosives. (f) Any grading work on a property that contains a historical resource as described in Section 143.0210.

(Amended 4-22-2002 by O-19051 N.S.; effective 10-8-2002.)