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CHAPTER 9-1405 <br /> GRADING AND EXCAVATION REQUIREMENTS <br /> Sections: <br /> 9-1405.1 Intent <br /> 9-1405.2 Grading or Excavation Permit Required <br /> 9-1405.3 Exemptions <br /> 9-1405.4 General Requirements <br /> 9-1405.5 Removal from Site <br /> 9-1405.6 Water Obstruction <br /> 9-1405.7 Levee Work <br /> 9-1405.8 Administration <br /> Section 9-1405.1 Intent. The intent of this Chapter is to regulate grading and excavations related to <br /> development projects. <br /> Section 9-1405.2 Grading Permit Required. Except for the specific exemptions listed hereinafter, no person <br /> shall do, or permit to be done, any grading or excavation without a valid grading permit obtained from the <br /> Building Inspection Division. <br /> Section 9-1405.3 Exemptions. The following grading may be done without obtaining a grading permit as <br /> required by this Title. Exemption from the requirement of a grading permit shall not be deemed to be <br /> permission to violate any provision of this Title. <br /> (a) Minor projects which have cuts or fills, and which meet all of the following: <br /> (1) Involve the removal, plowing under, or burial of less than ten thousand (10,000) <br /> square feet of vegetation on slopes eight percent (89%) or greater, or any amount of <br /> vegetation on slopes less than eight percent (8%). <br /> (2) Do not create unstable or erodible slopes. <br /> (3) Do not encroach onto sewage disposal systems or areas. <br /> (4) The cut is either <br /> (1) less than two (2) feet in depth, or <br /> (1) the cut does not create a slope greater than five (5) feet in height and steeper <br /> than one and one-half(1 12) horizontal to one vertical. <br /> mac:, I 993 I aC5-I <br />