Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/06/1996

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Scenic Rivqr § 9.23 No development of slopes in excess of 12 percent shall be permitted unless the applicant shall prove that the following conditions are met: 1. The foundation and underlying material of any material of any structure, including roads, shall be adequate for slope condition and soil type. 2. The applicant can demonstrate that development during and after construction can be accomplished without increasing erosion and runoff and that there is proper utilization of controls to reduce runoff to nondestructive levels. 3. The proposed development presents no danger of falling rock, mud, uprooted trees or other material to structures, recreational facilities, public lands and protected waters down hill. All structures other than buildings and roadway surfaces but including retaining walls shall meet the following design requirements: (a) Retaining walls or terrace contours shall not exceed five feet in height; (b) Construction shall be of natural stone, wood, or concrete; (c) The use of gabbions non-wood pilings, metal retaining wails and pre-cast or cast in place concrete retaining wails is specifically prohibited; and (d) The minimum width of terraces shall be 10 feet. o flubd. performed undea work to the Cit Zoning Adminii by written men emergency exce emergency work 3. Emergency and Exemptions. When emergency work is ' this section, the person performing it shall report the pertinent facts relating to the Engineer and Zoning Administrator prior to the commencement of work. The rator shall review the facts and determine whether an emergency exists and shall )randum authorize the commencement of the emergency exception or deny the pfion, in which case no work may be commenced. A person commencing :shall within 10 days following the commencement of that activity, apply for the issuance of an et Lvironmental permit and on the issuance thereof may be required to perform such work as is determined to be reasonably necessary to correct any impairment to the wetland occasioned by sflch emergency work. The removal of [tees, seriously damaged by storms or other acts of God, or diseased trees, shall not be prohibited. [ S, ubd. 4. Permit Applications - Required Data. Environmental permits except where h~[~'einafter noted, shall be issued by the Council after written findings from the Planning Commission and City Staff. A written application for an environmental permit must be submitted to the lZoning Administrator. Such applications shall include a site plan with adequate evidence to sho~ sets of clearly 1~ submitted to tl Administrator e~ issued unless th site plans and o' development or~ hydrologists, Administrator. t that the proposed use will conform to the standards set forth in this section. Five :gible blue or black-lined copies or drawings and required information shall be e Zoning Administrator and shall be accompanied by a receipt from the idencing the payment of all required site plan fees. No permit or variance shall be : applicant in support of their application shall submit engineering data, surveys, her information as the City may require in order to determine the effects of such the affected lands and water areas. Such data, etc. shall be prepared by b!ologists, botanists or other technical persons as required by the Zoning Approval may ~ expressly given in conjunction with other permits applied for, but no approval shall be implied ~u'om the grant of such permits.