§ 123-42. Grading.

All permanent and temporary cutting, filling, grading, regrading and/ or other forms of earthmoving activities shall be in compliance with the requirements of the Lower Providence Stormwater and Erosion Control Ordinance. All grading plans must be submitted to and approved by the Township Engineer. The following requirements shall also be met:

A. 

Grading shall not be started until the stormwater and erosion control plan is approved by the Township Engineer.

B. 

All grading shall be done in conformance with an approved stormwater and erosion control plan.

C. 

Grading permit required. No person shall commence or perform any grading, excavation, fill or topsoil removal of vegetative cover without first having obtained a grading permit from the Township Zoning Officer upon the recommendation of the Township Engineer, in accordance with the Lower Providence Township Stormwater and Erosion Control Ordinance.

Editor's Note: See Part 3, Stormwater and Erosion Control, of this chapter.

D. 

Periodic inspections of the site during construction shall be conducted by the Township Building Inspector and the Township Engineer, and any observed violations of this Part 1 shall be cause for immediate issuance of an order to cease construction activity until such conditions are corrected.

E. 

The stormwater and erosion control plan, which includes all plans for grading, shall be recorded at the sole expense of the developer at the Montgomery County office of the Recorder of Deeds in Norristown, Pennsylvania, for the protection of future owners of the property or lots in the development.

Editor's Note: See Part 3, Stormwater and Erosion Control, of this chapter.