[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.