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Site Re~ toration: <br /> <br />Ail grading, mining and filling sites shall be restored <br />immediately after operations cease. Restoration shall be <br />complete within sixty (60) days of the cessation of <br />operations. The following~ standards shall apply to <br />restoration. <br /> <br />The peaks and depressions of the site shall be graded <br />and backfilled to a surface which will result in a <br />gently rolling topography in substantial conformity to <br />the land area immediately surrounding the site and which <br />will minimize erosion due to rainfall. No finished <br />slope shall exceed twelve percent (12%) in grade. <br /> <br />Restoration shall begin after the grading, mining and/or <br />filling of twenty five percent (25%) of the total area <br />to be mined or five (5) acres, whichever is less. Once <br />these areas have been graded, mined or filled, they <br />shall be sloped and seeded as per the restoration plan. <br /> <br />Restored areas shall be surfaced with a soil of a <br />quality at least equal to the topsoil of land areas <br />immediately surrounding the site, and to a depth of at <br />least six (6) inches. The topsoil shall be seeded, <br />sodded, or planted with grasses. Trees and shrubs may <br />also be planted but not as a substitute for grasses. <br />Such planting shall adequately retard soil erosion. <br /> <br />The finished grade shall be such that it will not <br />adversely affect the surrounding land or future <br />development of the site and shall be consistent with the <br />end use plan. <br /> <br />Within ~hirty (30) days after the deposit of approved <br />fill materials, the filled area shall be covered with a <br />minimum of six (6) inches clean fill, ~and the depth of <br />the fill shall be controlled no blend with the <br />surrounding ground conditions. <br /> <br />~70~0~,7M(12) Existing Operations: <br /> <br />Existing grading, mining and filling operations shall comply <br />with these provisions within 180 days following the effective <br />date of this ordinance. <br /> <br />SECTION 2. PENALTY <br /> <br />person violating any provision of this ordinance is <br /> <br />guilty of a misdemeanor and upon cony .... on sha!~ be punished by <br /> <br />a fine of not more than $750 00 or imprisonment for not mere <br /> <br />ninet~ (90) days or both. <br /> <br /> <br />