Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/04/1997

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o o o 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. All worksites shall be properly safeguarded to prevent the general public from depositing garbage or other refuse on the worksite. The disturbed area shall be reforested with a like number of trees. The trees shall be of similar species as those removed and shall be a minimum of 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Grading operations shall be conducted in such a manner to minimize interference with the surface water drainage outside the boundaries of the operation. Fencing may be ordered by the City Council or City Engineer anytime the permit is in force and shall be installed within 24 hours of written notice. All access roads to and from the Subject Property shall be maintained in order to minimize dust and in a condition satisfactory to the City Engineer. When hauling operations are completed, the permit holder shall either restore that haul road to a condition at least equal to that which existed at the time the hauling operations were started, or compensate the local road authority in an amount satisfactory to that road authority and concurred in by the City Engineer for the restoration of that haul road. The City Engineer will then accept such restoration or concur in such financial settlement for the restoration of the haul road in writing and such acceptance will relieve the permit holder of any additional obligation in connection with the restoration of the haul roads. If the permit holder fails or refuses to perform haul road restoration or to make satisfactory financial settlement for such restoration, the City will cause the restoration work to be done and require reimbursement from the financial guarantee required herein. The maximum slope other than the working face shall be sloped on all sides no steeper than a rate of 2 foot horizontal to I foot vertical. In no case shall the slope of the working face be left unattended with a slope greater than 2 feet horizontal to 1 foot vertical. When mining operations are anticipated to be discontinued for an interval greater than one working day, the slopes shall be flattened to a grade no steeper than 4 feet horizontal to 1 foot vertical. Prior to commencing any grading operations, a cash escrow or letter of credit approved as to form by the City in the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars and no cents ($10,000.00) shall be deposited with the City. This £mancial guarantee may be used by the City to pay for the cost and expense of repairing any public right of ways or regrading and stabilizing eroded areas due to the grading operation, pay for any cost associated in administering the requirements of this Chapter of the City Code, and to pay for any restoration of the worksite not properly restored upon completion. The Permit Holder agrees to permit access to the property by the City to facilitate restoration, if necessary. The Permit Holder shall implement sediment and erosion control practices. No grading activity shall occur within twenty-five (25) feet of a property line unless silt fence is placed along the property line to prevent sediment from washing onto the adjoining property. Any erosion which causes gullies of greater than one (1) foot within twenty-five (25) feet of a property line shall be regraded within forty-eight (48) hours of the precipitation event that caused the erosion. There shall be no stockpiling of graded materials, other than the topsoil on a temporary basis, allowed within the boundaries of the Subject Property. The permit holder shall file with the City a liability insurance policy or certificate of such insurance acceptable to the City and issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the State of Minnesota. a. The policy shall insure the permit holder for the sum of at least $300,000 for injury to one person and $500,000 for one accident, and at least $1,100,000 property damage.