Section 22.190.050
Extracted standards
9 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Access road paving thickness3 inches
All private access roads leading off any public street or highway shall be paved with asphalt or concrete surfacing not less than three inches in thickness for the first 50 feet of said access road.
- Hours of operation
All operations shall be restricted to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m., except in cases of public emergency, or whenever any reasonable or necessary repairs to equipment are required to be made.
- Liability insurance required100,000 dollars
Before commencing surface mining operations, the owner or operator shall secure insurance to the extent of $100,000 against liability in tort arising from the production, activities, or operations incidental thereto conducted or carried on under or by virtue of any law or ordinance, and such insurance shall be kept in full force and effect during the period of such operations.
- Maximum final slope steepness
Final slopes shall not be steeper than two feet horizontal to one foot vertical (2:1) unless the applicant can demonstrate to the Commission or Hearing Officer satisfaction, that a steeper slope will not reduce the effectiveness of revegetation and erosion control measures where they are necessary; be incompatible with the alternate future uses approved by the Commission for the site; and be hazardous to persons that may utilize the site under the alternate future uses approved for the site.
- Maximum temporary slope steepness
No excavation shall be permitted that creates a temporary slope steeper than one foot horizontally to one foot vertically.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from stream bed, flood control channel, etc.100 ft
No surface mining operation or structure shall be located within 100 feet of any stream bed, flood control channel, reservoir, water conservation facility, area within an adopted Flood Protection District, or area designated as an Area of Special Flood Hazard, without first obtaining the approval of the Director of Public Works.
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street or highway50 ft
No surface mining operation or structure shall be located within 50 feet of any public street or highway or any lot in other than the applicant's ownership unless the written consent of the owner in fee of such property is first secured and recorded with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.
Signage
- Boundary marker letter heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 inches
The outer boundaries of all property used or intended to be used for surface mining operations shall be posted within 90 days following the effective date of such mining permit, and permanently thereafter, with signs displaying the message 'SURFACE MINING' in letters not less than four inches in height, and in letters not less than one inch in height, the message 'This property may be used at any time for the extracting and processing of rock, sand, gravel, decomposed granite, clay, and similar materials, as authorized by the Zoning Code (Title 22), County of Los Angeles.'
- Boundary marker spacing500 ft
Such signs shall be posted not more than 500 feet apart, with signs placed at each change in direction of boundary lines of the property, and displayed in such a manner as to give reasonable notice to passersby of the message contained thereon.
From the ordinance
No surface mining operation or structure shall be located within 50 feet of any public street or highway or any lot in other than the applicant's ownership unless the written consent of the owner in fee of such property is first secured and recorded with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk.