[Ord. 436, 5/13/2008, § 21]
1. 
The following requirements shall apply to all grading sites:
A. 
All topsoil shall be removed from the area to be graded and stockpiled and preserved for possible reuse on the site.
B. 
All applications for blasting shall be submitted to, and be under the jurisdiction of the Rankin Volunteer Fire Department.
(1) 
All blasting which is conducted in the Borough shall be in conformity with state requirements and shall be in compliance with the Act of July 10, 1957, P.L. 685, 73 P.S. §§ 164 through 168, as amended, the Department of Labor and Industry Rules and Regulations, and the current adopted edition of the BOCA Fire Prevention Code.
C. 
Excavation adjacent to any footing, foundations or structure shall not extend below the minimum angle of repose or natural slope of the soil under the nearest point of the same unless such footing, foundation or structure is first properly underpinned or otherwise protected against settlement. Before commencing any excavation which will affect physically in any way an adjoining property or structures thereon, the permit holder shall give written notification to each owner of adjoining property or structures not less than 30 days before such excavation is to be made, informing them that excavating is planned. A copy of such notification shall be submitted to the Administrator. Adjoining properties and structures shall be protected as provided in the Building Code and/or as required by the Administrator.
D. 
The top or bottom edge of final cut and fill slopes shall be set back at least five feet from adjacent property lines or street right-of-way lines in order to permit the normal rounding of the edge without encroaching on the abutting property or street right of way and to allow for the location of proper drainage facilities and protective devices unless otherwise permitted under this Chapter.
E. 
Requirements for minimizing erosion and sediment of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection must be followed.
(1) 
Where required, the applicant shall submit an Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan for review and approval to the Allegheny County Conservation District and/or the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. When the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan is not required to be reviewed and approved by the above governmental units, the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan must be submitted to the Administrator. The Administrator may approve Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans not meeting the above guidelines if the proposed grading plans are approved by the County Soil Conservation Service.
F. 
To prevent soil erosion, the permit holder shall be required to provide adequate slope treatment and round cover of such kind and character as shall be approved by the Administrator.
(1) 
For slopes steeper than three horizontal to one vertical, the ground covering shall be an approved variety of erosion resistant vegetation.
(2) 
Finish grading shall be completed between March 15 and October 15 so turf and/or ground cover can be established.
G. 
All land, regardless of its slopes, from which structures or natural cover has been removed, shall be graded to the approximate finished surface and seeded within 30 days after each phase of the construction activity is completed.