[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 1]
The purpose of this Chapter is:
1. 
To provide minimum standards to safeguard persons, protect property and promote the general welfare by preventing excess erosion, hazardous rock and soil slippage, sediment production and other soil and water management problems by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use, location, and maintenance of grading, excavations and fills.
2. 
To establish performance standards that ensure land use practices based on the natural topography and capabilities of the land.
3. 
To prevent earthflow and rockfall landslides.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 2]
This Chapter addresses new grading, excavations and fills and changes, additions or alterations made to existing excavations, fills and embankments that shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 3]
The Rankin Borough Council designates the Administrator or his authorized representative, to review, approve, and grant grading permits and to make inspections of grading work.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 4]
1. 
A separate grading permit shall be required for each land development. One permit shall cover all grading, excavation and any fills made on the same site.
A. 
Only one permit shall be required for the grading of a continuous parcel of land for a land development or subdivision, when the standards for the grading of the entire parcel are satisfactory to, and approved by, the Administrator or his authorized representative.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 5]
An approved land development plan and/or a building permit, if required by the applicable Rankin Borough Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27] and/or any other relevant building ordinance(s) are a prerequisite to the granting of any grading permit.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 6]
1. 
A grading permit shall not be required for any of the following:
A. 
An excavation which does not exceed three feet in vertical depth at its deepest point measured from the natural ground surface or which does not cover a surface area of more than 1,000 square feet, provided that the surfaces of such excavation do not have a slope at any point steeper than four horizontal to one vertical. However, this subsection shall not be deemed to nullify the application of this Part 1, or any requirement for obtaining a grading permit, with respect to any fill made with material from such an excavation, unless otherwise excused by Subsections 1B and C of this Section.
B. 
A fill that does not exceed 10 cubic yards of material on any one site.
C. 
Fill which does exceed three feet in vertical depth at its deepest point measured from the natural ground surface and does not cover an area of more than 1,000 square feet, provided that the surfaces of such fills do not have a slope at any point steeper than four horizontal to one vertical.
D. 
An excavation which is below finished grade for basements and for footings of a building, other than a one-family dwelling, swimming pool or underground structure authorized by a building permit; and an excavation for a driveway between a building site and the street; provided, however, that a permit is required for an excavation of a driveway between the building site and the street when either excavation or filling exceeds three feet in vertical depth or the total volume of excavation and filling exceeds 10 cubic yards. However, this subsection shall not be deemed to nullify the application of this Part 1, or any requirement for obtaining a grading permit, with respect to any fill made with the material from such an excavation unless otherwise excused by Subsection 1B and C of this Section.
E. 
Soil excavated under the authorization of a properly issued building permit that is stockpiled on the same site as the excavation. If, however, excavated material is stockpiled on a site for a period of longer than 100 and 120 days, then a permit shall be necessary when disposing of the fill material. Excavated material stockpiled for longer than 40 days must be seeded with grass and proper erosion control steps must be taken in accordance with the requirements of the Allegheny County Conservation District.
F. 
A properly issued building permit for the construction of a single family dwelling does not require the issuance of a grading permit provided less than 100 cubic yards of soil is displaced (the 100 cubic yards threshold does not include earthwork performed for the construction of the foundation/basement.
G. 
Exploratory excavations under the direction of a geotechnical engineer.
H. 
Excavations for wells, public utilities or cemetery graves.
I. 
Work performed by the Borough or by contractors employed by the Borough in a public street or alley, municipal park, playground, recreation area or on other Borough property.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 7]
For the purpose of this Chapter, the following terms and words are defined as follows:
ADMINISTRATOR
The Borough's zoning and building Inspector and Enforcement Officer.
APPLICANT
Any landowner, or agent of a landowner with the written permission of said landowner, who proposes to make or causes to be made any excavation, fill or any combination thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
ARCHITECT
A registered professional architect licenses as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BASE FLOOD
The flood that has a 1% probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year (also referred to as the one-hundred-year flood).
BEDROCK
Natural rock layer, hard or soft, in place at ground surface or beneath unconsolidated surficial deposits.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Rankin.
BUILDING CODE
The Building Code of the Borough, as amended.
ENGINEER
A registered professional engineer licensed as such by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The use of the word "engineer" shall not exclude the practice of topographic surveying as provided for by the laws of the commonwealth.
EROSION
The detachment and movement of soil or rock fragments by water, wind, ice or gravity, including such processes as gravitational creep.
EXCAVATION
Any act, by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is cut into, dug, quarried, uncovered, removed, displaced, relocated or pushed and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom.
FILL AND EMBANKMENT
Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other similar material is deposited, placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location, including the condition resulting therefrom.
FLOOD
A general but temporary condition of partial or complete inundation of normally dry land areas from the overflow of streams, rivers, or other waters of this commonwealth.
FLOOD PRONE AREA
Any land area susceptible to being inundated by flood water from any source.
FLOODPLAIN
The lands adjoining a river or stream that have been or may be expected to be inundated by flood waters in a base flood.
FLOODWAY
The channel of a watercourse and portions of the adjoining floodplains that are reasonably required to carry and discharge the base flood. Unless otherwise specified, the boundary of the floodway is as indicated on maps and flood insurance studies provided by FEMA. In an area where no FEMA maps or studies have defined the boundary of the base flood floodway, it is assumed, absent evidence to the contrary, that the floodway extends from the stream to 50 feet from the top of the bank of the stream.
GEOLOGIC HAZARD AREA
An area containing any of the following physical characteristics: a slope of 40% or greater, a Landslide Prone Area, a Subsidence Prone Area, or an area containing physical evidence of site instability such as soil creep, slumping, rock falls, groundwater seepage, rock slides, saturated soils or landslides.
GEOLOGIC HAZARD INVESTIGATION REPORT
A report prepared and sealed by a geotechnical engineer that shall include some or all of the following as required by the municipality:
(1) 
Analysis of the soil borings and samples. A sufficient number of standard soil borings must be taken to a suitable depth to accurately determine existing conditions.
(2) 
Global Stability Analysis of proposed fill embankments and slopes and the effect on existing embankments supporting municipal infrastructure, public utilities and structures on adjacent properties.
(3) 
Development of soil parameters and how they are to be used.
(4) 
Analysis of cut slope stability.
(5) 
Complete and dimensioned details of all critical items, if required, such as keyways, rock toe, benches, drainage blankets, drains and surface diversions. Location of these items must be shown on a grading plan and on a related land development plan, if any.
(6) 
Any other information and data required by the Municipal Engineer to determine the stability of the site.
(7) 
Complete and detailed sealed engineering design and recommendations for excavation, fill, grading, compaction and embankment construction.
(8) 
A plan indicating the boundaries of any minimally steep slope, somewhat steep slope, moderately steep slope, significantly steep slope. exceedingly steep slope, land slide prone areas and subsidence prone areas as defined in this Chapter.
(9) 
A plan indicating topographic contour lines at two foot intervals for the subject site before any development is started. The contours must be developed from an on-site field topographic survey. The plan shall also show two foot intervals of the proposed development. Five foot contours may be used in areas of more than 50% slope.
(10) 
A certificate of insurance evidencing that the geotechnical engineer has in force professional liability insurance with a limit not less than the total project cost, but in any event not less than $1,000,000.
GEOLOGIST
An individual licensed and registered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in the practice of geology and who has training and experience in the field of engineering geology.
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
A Registered Professional Engineer with training and experience in geology, civil engineering, soil mechanics, the physical properties of soil and behavior of soil masses subject to various types of forces and conditions.
GRADE
The elevation of the existing or proposed ground surface at the location of any proposed excavation or fill.
GRADING
Excavation of fill, or any combination thereof, including the conditions resulting from any excavation or fill.
GRADING PERMIT
Any permit required pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
HAZARD
Any danger or potential danger to life, limb or health, or any adverse effect or potential adverse effect to the safety, use or stability of the property, adjacent property, waterways, public ways, structures, utilities and storm sewers, including stream pollution.
LAND DEVELOPMENT
Any of the following activities:
(1) 
The improvement of one lot of two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(a) 
A group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure.
(b) 
The division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between, or among, two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
(2) 
A subdivision of land.
(3) 
Development in accordance with § 503(1.1) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
An individual licensed and registered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to engage in the practice of landscape architecture.
LANDSLIDE PRONE AREAS
Any geologic formation that is especially susceptible to landslides due to the presence of one or more conditions such as unstable rock formations, soil types, groundwater seepage or saturated soils, including without limitation areas containing soils identified as landslide prone in the Soil Survey of Allegheny County or other maps or surveys in the Allegheny County Department of Economic Development.
ONE-HUNDRED-YEAR STORM
An event where rainfall has a 1% probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year in that location. A one-hundred-year twenty-four-hour rainfall event shall be considered 5.2 inches.
PERMIT HOLDER
Any landowner, agent or said landowner, with the written permission of said landowner who has been granted a grading permit pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter.
RETAINING WALL
A structure composed of concrete, steel or other approved building material constructed for the purpose of supporting a cut or filled embankment which would otherwise not comply with the requirements or standards set forth in this Chapter, and which is more than two feet in height as measured on the exposed vertical surface of the wall.
SITE
A single lot, tract or parcel of land, or a series of lots, tracts or parcels of land which are adjoining and with respect to which grading work is to be continuous and performed generally at the same time.
SLOPE
The percent of rise or descent of the land surface calculated by dividing the number of feet of vertical rise/ descent in elevation by the number of feet of horizontal distance, expressed as a percentage. Slope shall be calculated between contour intervals used to prepare the existing site topographic plan but in no case shall the vertical interval exceed two feet. The percent of slope is determined from on-site topographic surveys prepared with a two-foot contour interval or topography taken from controlled aerial photography at two foot intervals. The slope of the land shall be shown on a plan of the property based on the following six categories:
Gentle slopes
0% to 14%
Minimally steep slopes
15% to 19%
Somewhat steep slopes
20% to 25%
Moderately steep slopes
26% to 30%
Significantly steep slopes
31% to 40%
Exceedingly steep slopes
Greater than 40%
SOIL SURVEY
The Soil Survey of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, as prepared by the USDA Soil Conservation Service.
SOLID WASTE
Any and all parts or combination of ashes, garbage, refuse, radioactive material, combustible demolition materials and industrial wastes such as food processing wastes, wood, plastic, metal scrap, and other such materials whose disposal is regulated by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
The control of surface water runoff as regulated by the Borough's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], as amended.
SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE
The Borough's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], as amended.
SUBSIDENCE PRONE AREAS
An area above active and abandoned mining activities, as determined from records of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Mining and Reclamation, Division of Mine Subsidence Insurance and Mine Subsidence Regulations and other applicable maps and records.
TWENTY-FIVE-YEAR STORM
An event where rainfall has a 4% probability of being equaled or exceeded in any given year in that location. A twenty-five-year twenty-four-hour rainfall event shall be considered 4.4 inches.
ZONING ORDINANCE
The Borough's Zoning Ordinance, as amended.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 8]
Unless otherwise expressly stated, the terms and words shall, for the purpose of this Chapter, have the meaning herein indicated. Words used in the singular number include the plural, and words in the plural include the singular; words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the word "building" includes the word "structure," and the word "structure" includes the word "building.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 9]
1. 
Every applicant for a grading permit shall file a written application on a form provided by the municipality, plans and specifications therefore with the Administrator which shall include at a minimum:
A. 
A description of the land on which the proposed work is to be done by lot, block, tract and street address, or similar description that will readily identify and definitively locate the proposed work.
B. 
The estimated dates for the starting and completion of grading work.
C. 
The purpose for which the grading application is filed.
D. 
Whether or not a building, structure or other improvement, requiring a building permit for its construction, is intended to be erected on the land on which the gracing is to be done.
2. 
The plans and specifications shall accurately portray and describe the site and proposed soil erosion controls. All plans submitted shall be signed and sealed by an engineer or land surveyor. Plans shall be submitted in triplicate, one set of which shall be of a reproducible nature, and shall include at a minimum:
A. 
The name and address of the applicant.
B. 
The name and address of the owner of the land.
C. 
The written permission and approval of the owner of the property, if the applicant is an agent of the landowner, by affidavit.
D. 
Accurate location by lot, block, tract, street address, a location map or other similar information.
E. 
The boundaries of any minimally steep slope, somewhat steep slope, moderately steep slope, significantly steep slope, exceedingly steep slope, land slide prone areas, subsidence prone areas, geologic hazard areas found to exist from a field investigation of the site.
F. 
A plan showing topographic contour lines at two foot intervals and the slope categories for the site topography for the subject site before any development is started. The contours must be developed from an on-site topographic survey or controlled aerial photograph The Plan shall also show two foot intervals of the proposed development. Five foot contours may be used in areas of more than 50% slopes.
G. 
Cross-sections of the proposed excavation or fill at fifty-foot intervals that show the method of benching, both excavation and/or fill; provided, however, there shall not be less than two cross-sections for each site.
H. 
A plot plan showing the location of the grading boundaries, lot lines, neighboring streets, or ways, buildings, surface and subsurface utilities and waterways, existing drainage patterns, individual specimen trees over four inches in diameter and sufficient dimensions and other data to show all work.
I. 
A description of the type and classification of the soil from the soil survey, other standard soil surveys, or from other methods.
J. 
Details and location of any proposed drainage structures, drainage patterns, stormwater management facilities and pipes, walls and cribbing.
K. 
Seeding locations and schedules and location of debris basins, diversions channels and sedimentation traps.
L. 
The nature of fill material and such other information as the Administrator shall require to carry out the purpose of this Chapter.
M. 
The name and seal of the engineer or land surveyor who prepared said plans.
3. 
An Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan and Report in accordance with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection standards shall be required and include existing site description of the topography, drainage, cover and soils; major problems such as soil limitations, erosion and sediment potential and surface runoff changes; and recommendations to minimize soil limitations, erosion and sediment and surface water disposal problems. Erosion and Sediment Pollution plan approval from the Allegheny County Conservation District shall also be required.
4. 
Trees and natural ground cover shall be retained wherever possible to minimize the impact of the development on the site and environment.
5. 
Compliance with the Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance of the Borough [Chapter 22], as amended.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 10]
1. 
The Administrator shall require that the applicant submit a Geologic Hazard Investigation Report if the site is, has been, or is likely to become hazardous to persons or property. Overlay maps shall be used in part to locate hazardous areas.
2. 
In special cases, when grading occurs in areas of landslide-prone soil, or rockfall-prone areas as recognized by the soil survey, or other standard surveys, the Administrator shall require special precautions be taken and shall require the applicant to follow standards for steep slopes as required in § 9-302, Subsection 1A and B.
3. 
Following review of an application pursuant to this Chapter, the Administrator may issue the grading permit without conditions, issue the permit with conditions or deny the application. The Administrator shall issue a written decision to the applicant setting forth his reasons for denial of an application. Reasons for denial of an application may include, but are not limited to that the work proposed in the application will create a hazard.
4. 
Any applicant or permit holder aggrieved by the action of the Administrator in denying, revoking, modifying or refusing to grant an extension of, a grading permit, or by any other adverse determination of the Administrator taken pursuant to this Chapter, shall have the right of appeal to the Borough Council.
5. 
If any appeal is taken from the issuance of a building permit where a grading permit has also been issued and if such appeal shall, pursuant to the provisions of the Zoning Ordinance [Chapter 27], operate as a stay of all proceedings under any such building permit, then such appeal shall also operate to stay all proceedings under any such grading permit.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 11]
The Administrator may require that terms and conditions of an applicant's performance under this Chapter be included in the Developer Agreement required pursuant to the Borough's Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance [Chapter 22], as amended.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 12]
Every grading permit shall expire and become null and void if the work authorized by said permit has not been commenced within 90 days or, is not completed within one year, from the date of issue, provided that the Administrator may, if the permit holder presents satisfactory evidence that unusual difficulties have prevented work from being started or completed within the specified time limits, grant a reasonable extension of time, and provided further, that the application for the extension of time is made before the date of expiration of the permit.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 13]
1. 
The Administration shall make the inspections hereinafter required and shall either approve that portion of the work which has been completed or notify the permit holder that the work fails to comply with provisions of this Chapter.
2. 
Grading and drainage plans and erosion and sedimentation control plans approved by the Administrator or other agencies shall be maintained at the site during the progress of the grading and drainage and until the work has been approved.
3. 
The permit holder shall notify the Administrator in order to obtain inspections in accordance with the following schedule, and the permit holder shall make such notification at least 48 hours before the inspection is requested:
A. 
Initial inspection: at the time when work is about to be commenced and stake out is completed.
B. 
Rough grading: after the time that all rough grading has been completed.
C. 
Drainage facilities: all drainage facilities that connect to, or shall become, public drainage facilities shall be continuously inspected during construction.
D. 
Additional inspections: at any time, in the opinion of the Administrator, that other inspections are necessary.
E. 
Final inspection: after all work, including the installation of all drainage, landscaping and other structures, has been completed.
4. 
If any stage of the work the Administrator shall determine by inspection that the nature of any excavation or fill is such that further work as authorized by an existing permit is likely to constitute a hazard, the Administrator shall require, as a condition to allowing the work to be done, such reasonable safety precautions be taken as the Administrator considers acceptable to avoid the likelihood of danger. Safety precautions may include, but not be limited to, specifying a flatter exposed slope, construction of additional drainage facilities, berms, terracing, compaction, cribbing or walls.
5. 
The permit holder shall submit to the Administrator an as-built drawing of the project before the issuance of a grading certificate of completion. The as-built drawing must be sealed and certified by a professional land surveyor properly licensed in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 14]
Any difference in physical conditions from the original plan uncovered in the site during the construction, such as surface water drainage, soil and bedrock dislocations, alteration of groundwater discharge or any other natural or man-made modification which would tend to undermine the basis upon which the permit was issued, must be immediately reported to the Administrator by the permit holder. If the circumstances dictate, the Administrator shall revoke the permit or otherwise modify the conditions upon which the permit was initially issued.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 15]
1. 
At the time of application, the applicant shall pay an application review fee to cover the Borough's cost of reviewing application documents. Any additional charges incurred by the Borough to review the application for a grading permit shall be borne by the applicant. Any application fees not expended by the Borough shall be returned to the applicant within a reasonable period of time.
2. 
Fees for review of grading permit applications and inspections shall be in accordance with the schedule set forth in the applicable fee resolution or ordinance of the Borough, as amended.
3. 
If work proposed in an application requires the use or occupancy of Borough roads or streets for access by heavy construction equipment, or for hauling of spoil or borrow material, a separate bond shall be required to guarantee the repair and or replacement, determined by the Administrator, of pavements, curbs and sidewalks damaged during the grading operation.
4. 
As a condition of consideration of a grading permit application under this Chapter, the applicant shall provide the Borough with a cash bond, a letter of credit, or furnish other security acceptable to the Borough, in the amount of 110% of the estimated cost to perform the work. The cost estimate shall include the complete scope of work needed to be performed by the applicant to comply with this Chapter and shall be prepared and certified by the applicant's engineer or architect and must be accepted as reasonable by the Administrator. The Administrator shall be the final arbiter as to the reasonableness of any cost estimates. No bond or security shall be required for grading projects involving 15 cubic yards of fill or less.
5. 
Upon completion of the grading under a grading permit, a maintenance bond in the amount of 15% of the cost estimated pursuant to Subsection 4 above shall be posted (payable to the Borough) for a period of 18 months from the date of completion of grading.
6. 
No security under this Section shall be required if another letter of credit or approved security is posted for construction and/or site improvements which includes the cost of grading and other control facilities.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 16]
If upon final inspection of the site for which a permit has been issued, it is found that the work as authorized by the grading permit has been satisfactorily completed in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter, including but not limited to the submission of the maintenance bond and as-built plans, a grading certificate of completion covering such work and stating that the work is approved, shall be issued to the permit holder by the Administrator.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 17]
1. 
The owner of any property on which an excavation or fill has been made shall maintain in good condition and repair the excavation or fill, all retaining walls, cribbing, drainage structures, fences, ground cover, erosion and sedimentation controls and other protective devices and such maintenance shall be a continuing obligation of the property owner.
2. 
The continued use of such property shall be conditioned upon the proper maintenance and upkeep of all the above-mentioned items, satisfactory to the Borough and subject to such further conditions as the Borough shall prescribe from time to time to keep the site in a safe condition.
3. 
The grading certificate of completion shall be revoked by the Administrator if the conditions of the permit are not being observed, the work covered by the permit is materially extended or altered without a permit to do so, or conditions exist which prejudice the health, safety and welfare of any person, persons or property. Before such revocation, the Administrator shall first give written notice to the permit holder and to the owner of the property involved, specifying the defect or unsatisfactory condition involved, and advising that unless such defect or unsatisfactory condition is remedied within a stated period of time, the certificate shall be revoked.
4. 
If the permit holder shall fail to correct such defect or unsatisfactory condition within such stated period of time, the Borough may undertake the necessary work, and the cost thereof shall be borne by the permit holder and property owner and collected in any manner authorized by law, including the imposition of a lien against the property.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 18]
1. 
If the Administrator determines that any existing retaining wall, excavation, embankment or fill constitutes a hazard, as defined in this Chapter, or is otherwise in violation of this Chapter, the owner of the property for which a grading permit has been issued, the permit holder or other person or agency in control of said property, upon receipt of notice, in writing, from the Administrator, shall, within the time specified in such notice, repair, reconstruct or remove such retaining wall, excavation, embankment or fill so as to eliminate the hazard.
2. 
If the owner of the property and permit holder shall fail to correct such hazardous or other condition within the specified time period, the Borough may undertake the necessary work, and the costs thereof shall be borne by the permit holder and property owner and collected in any manner authorized by law, including an imposition of a lien against the property.
3. 
Any grading not completed within 365 days from the start of grading shall constitute a nuisance and a hazard. The permit holder and property owner shall restore, repair, reconstruct or remove such excavation, embankment or fill as directed by the Administrator within 30 days of receipt of said written notice.
4. 
If the permit holder or property owner shall fail to restore, repair, reconstruct or remove such excavations, embankment of fill within the specified time period, the Borough may undertake the necessary work, and the costs thereof shall be borne by the permit holder and property owner and collected in any manner authorized by law, including an imposition of a lien against the property.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 19]
1. 
The following working conditions shall apply to all grading sites:
A. 
Dust Control. During grading operations, acceptable measures for dust control shall be exercised such as the use of calcium chloride or water.
B. 
Protection of Public Facilities. All public utilities and Borough facilities shall be protected in the design and completion of grading operations. Construction equipment shall not be operated on public roads without the placement of protective mats. Aggregate driveway or roadway surfaces shall be provided to prevent tracking of dirt and mud onto the public roadways.
C. 
Cleanup. All soil washed or carried onto public streets during grading operations shall be cleaned up as it accumulates. The owner of the property being graded shall also be responsible to protect and clean up lower properties of silt and debris that have washed down into the lower properties as a result of the grading work on higher property.
D. 
Workdays. None of the work or activity covered by a grading permit shall be conducted on a Sunday or legal holidays without the written approval from the Administrator.
E. 
Work Hours. All of the work and activity covered by a grading permit shall be conducted between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, unless these time limits are extended, excused or otherwise modified in writing by the Administrator.
[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 20]
Grading equipment shall not cross live streams, provisions shall be made for the installation of culverts or bridges for such crossings. Permits shall be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the temporary and permanent encroachments, relocations, enclosures and temporary crossings of streams.