From and after the passage and approval of this chapter, the following regulations shall be in full force and effect. The provisions of this chapter shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the protection of the health, safety and welfare of the people at large and to be designed to encourage the establishment and maintenance of reasonable community standards of physical environment.
This chapter shall be cited as the "Municipality of Monroeville Land Disturbance Ordinance."
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard persons and property and to protect and to promote the public welfare by preventing excess erosion, hazardous rock and soil slippage, sedimentation and other soil and water management problems and by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use, location and maintenance of grading projects, including excavation, cut and fill.
No person shall conduct, enlarge, alter or repair any grading project, including excavation, cut or fill, except in full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and after the lawful issuance of all permits required by this chapter.
Neither the issuance of a permit under the provisions of this chapter nor compliance with its provisions nor conformance with conditions required by any such permit shall relieve any person from liability for damage resulting from a grading project or attach any liability upon the Municipality for damages to persons or property.
Should any section or provision of this chapter be declared invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such determination shall not affect the validity or the ability to enforce the remaining provisions.