Title 16 - Buildings and Construction

16.200.040  General Provisions

1. A.
   Any Person undertaking Land Disturbance activities, including the clearing, grading, excavating, filling, storing, and disposing of soil and earth materials, shall comply with the requirements and standards set forth in this Chapter of the Code.  Permit requirements for Land Disturbance activities are described in Title 18 of the Code.
2. B.
   Applicability.  Regardless of whether or not a Land Disturbance activity requires a Permit, any Person engaged in any Land Disturbance activity shall comply with the spirit and intent of this Ordinance.  At a minimum, such Persons shall employ BMP methods for Erosion and Sediment Control in proportion to the scale of the activity to reduce the amount of Sediment or other pollutants in stormwater discharges associated with those activities. 
3. C.
   Responsible Person(s).  The responsible Person(s) are the owner of the property upon which a Land Disturbance takes place and any person(s) performing a Land Disturbance activity.  When a Land Disturbance Permit or Site Development Permit is issued, an owner is responsible for Land Disturbance activities from Permit issuance to closure, unless the City approves a transfer of responsibility to a new owner when land is sold.  When Land Disturbance is authorized through the issuance of a Permit pursuant to the Building Code, the owner remains responsible until that Permit is closed and any open Land Disturbance Permits on the same property are closed.  Title 18 of the Code governs closure of the Permits.

(History: Ord. BC-2523 §2, 2005; BC-2419 §1, 2003)

Effective on: 1/1/1901