Extracted standards
7 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Grading
- Contour interval for 0-2% slope6 inches
Six (6)-inch contour interval for ground slopes between level and two percent (2%)
- Contour interval for 2-5% slope1 ft
One (1)-foot contour interval for ground slopes between two percent (2%) and five percent (5%)
- Contour interval for >5% slope5 ft
Five-foot contour interval for ground slopes exceeding five percent (5%)
- Exemption for bank heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.10 ft
no bank is left standing and exposed more than ten (10) feet in vertical height
- Exemption for earth volume1,000 cubic yardscubic yard (cy)A unit of earth volume used in grading limits — roughly one dump-truck scoop.
or when less than one thousand (1,000) cubic yards of earth are removed
- Use permit required for extraction/gradingGrading (cut & fill)Reshaping land by removing earth (cut) or adding it (fill), often capped by volume.
The extraction from or deposit on the earth of rock, stone, gravel, sand, earth, minerals, or similar materials, and the grading of any parcel, shall be permitted in any district subject to first securing a use permit
Other
- Preliminary soils report required
A preliminary soils report prepared in accordance with Article VIII
From the ordinance
The extraction from or deposit on the earth of rock, stone, gravel, sand, earth, minerals, or similar materials, and the grading of any parcel, shall be permitted in any district subject to first securing a use permit