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~~ b ~ <br />Proposed Revisons to the Sedimentation and Erosion Control Ordinance <br />Section 5 General °.equir~tts <br />a. Section. 6c of existing ordinance. <br />b. Erasion Control Plan F.equisement. Prior to t'~e com~encement of any .land <br />disturbing activity that will result in the talcavering of more than <br />20,000 square feet of land, the person responsible for the land disturbing <br />activity, the land owr+rx, oz his agent must prepare and submit ~- Erasion <br />- -- Control Flan for t'~e proposed site. die erosion Control Gfficer may, <br />at his discreti_on., grant a Plan ~~.iver if the amount of cii.sturoance is <br />between 20,000 and 4G,000 square feet, the site conditions warrant it <br />--- and t1--e disturbance is not directly adjacent to a sensitive area. <br />Section 17 Permits <br />a. IIo person shall. undertake any land-disturbing activity w~iti.ciz would result <br />the uncovering of 20,000 square feet or trnre of ].and ~,rititout first <br />obt~ainting the required approvals and pera:its fr~i tale Erasion Control <br />Officex. land disturbing activities listed under Section 5d must abtaitt. <br />ttte appropriate Erosion Control Plan Approval from the State; i~aever, <br />These land-hjGturbing activities require a Grading Permit fx~ the County <br />when the axrount of dist~bance is greater than 20,000 Square feet. Permit <br />application forms must be signed by the ].ando4mer ar his autitorizeci agent. <br />The agent signitlg must st~.t a signed letter from the saner. <br />b. Erosion. Control Plan Approvals and Plan Waivers <br />Sn Erosion Control Plan must be suumitted to the Erasion Control Gfficer <br />when the proposed land disturbance i$ greater than 20,000 square feet. <br />_ ~, at the discretion of the Fxosian Control Gfficer a Plan Ldaiver . <br />may be granted when the disturbance i.s between 20,000 anti 40,000 square <br />feet, site cvndi.ti.ons warrant i.t, and the disturbance is noC directly <br />- adjacent to a sensitive area. T_he application for a Plan Waiver must <br />contain sufficient information about the proposed site for the r~rosion <br />Control. Officer to detPr~nP if granting a Waiver is justified. <br />c. Before starting a land disturbing activity greater than 20,000 square feet, - <br />the owner or Iv.s agent shall obtain a Grading Permit from. Lila lrosion <br />Cont~lOfficer. Erosion Control Plans or Plan Waivers must be approved <br />before a Grading Pmt will be issued.. Grading Permits may be obtained <br />when the Plan or Waiver i.s approved or prior to the start of Cite land <br />dist-~bance. <br />d. Expiration of Permits - <br />Erosion Control Plan Approvals and Plan Waivers expire if the land di.sturbixtg <br />activity is not be~.tn arithin 6 months of the approval date. All Erosion <br />Control Plans Approved prior to the adoption of this atrendment will <br />expire 6 mottt'ts after the adoption i.f the land disturbing activity ilas <br />not begun by that date. . <br />A Crarl'n~ Fermis shall expire by limitation 6 muntlts after the ante of <br />issuance if the land disturbance has not been commenced. If after comvence- <br />meet the work is ~discantrvtued for a period of 6 ,mont.~s the Grading Permit <br />shall expire. <br />-- The land disturbing activity is ccrosi_aered to have started when the <br />necessary erosion control practices have been properly ix~stall.ed and <br />tha site clearing or grading has begun. <br />f.'~ae person responsible for the <br />revocation of a Grading Permit <br />21f of this ordinance. <br />land-disturbing activity may appeal the <br />follovrisig the procedures set out in 5ectian <br />