22.190.030.A
Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County
Extracted standards
10 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
Other
- Maximum final slope ratio2 ratio
Final slopes shall not be steeper than two feet horizontal to one foot vertical (2:1)
- Hours of operation
All operations shall be restricted to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
- Maximum reclamation completion time12 months
The reclamation of lands affected by surface mining operations shall be completed within one year of the completion of mining operations
- Maximum temporary slope ratio1 ratio
No excavation shall be permitted that creates a temporary slope steeper than one foot horizontally to one foot vertically.
- Minimum access road paving thickness3 in
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
- Minimum boundary sign letter heightMaximum heightThe tallest a building may be, given in feet, in storeys, or both — whichever binds first.4 in
signs displaying the message "SURFACE MINING" in letters not less than four inches in height
- Maximum boundary sign spacing500 ft
Such signs shall be posted not more than 500 feet apart
- Minimum liability insurance100,000 usd
the owner or operator shall secure insurance to the extent of $100,000 against liability in tort
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from public street50 ft
No surface mining operation or structure shall be located within 50 feet of any public street or highway
- Minimum setbackSetbackThe distance a building must be held back from a lot line. from stream bed100 ft
No surface mining operation or structure shall be located within 100 feet of any stream bed, flood control channel, reservoir, water conservation facility
From the ordinance
a person shall not use any property within the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County for surface mining operations unless a Surface Mining Permit is first obtained