§ 11.40.04. Maintaining undeveloped lots.

A.

Before any owner of property that is one-acre or more that is unimproved alters the contours by clearing and/or grading or places more than fifty (50) cubic yards of fill, a site clearance permit must be obtained from the city.

B.

The applicant will complete a request for site clearance and pay a fee in the amount of five dollars ($5.00). The city will be allowed five business days to process the application and to make site investigations. The city will review the application in regards to flood plain and potential or sediment runoff into drainage tributaries. The city will approve, conditionally approve subject to erosion control methods or disapprove the application.

C.

Permits issued will be for a specific time with no additional work being performed after the permit period. If the site is to remain unimproved after the site clearance than permanent erosion control and detention of stormwater must be provided. Property owners seeking a building permit will comply with all permit regulations.

D.

By issuing a site clearance permit, the city in no way obligates itself to approving any rezoning or building permit. Property owners failing to comply with this chapter will be notified of their violation and given three working days to comply or be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day until the site has been restored.

E.

The city council hereby adopts the ordinance from which this chapter is derived with the effective date being thirty (30) days after council approval. Property owner appeals to city action taken to enforce this chapter will be directed to the city council.

( Ord. No. 2002-03, § 1 )