HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0362 - Grading on Private Property (Repealed by Ord 569) 0c CITY OF TUKWILA
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An ordinance regulating grading on private property, including
excavation and filling, so that adjacent property will not be
endangered and that hazards to life, limb or property will be
eliminated or minimized; and so that grading projects will not
be inconsistent with the Zoning Ordinance.
Sec. 1 The City Council of the City of Tukwila do ordain as follows:
Protection of adjoining property: When the owner of any lot
shall raise or lower the level of such a lot by fill or ex-
cavation, he shall at his own expense protect all adjoining
property from encroachment by such fill or from danger of collapse
due to such excavation either by erection of a retaining wall or
by sloping the sides of such fill or excavation entirely within
the confines of said lot.
Sec. 2 Scope and exceptions: It shall be unlawful to perform any grading
in one or more operations of more than five hundred (500) cubic
yards of earth or similar material on a single site that includes
any excavation exceeding (5) feet in vertical depth, or any fill
exceeding five (5) feet in vertical depth unless authorized by a
grading permit issued in accordance with this ordinance, with the
following exceptions:
(a) Any excavation incident to a building or other structure
authorized by a building permit.
(b) The depositing or covering of any garbage, rubbish, or
other material at any dump operated by the City of
Tukwila or King County.
(c) The excavation of natural deposits from a pit or quarry
when in accordance with the provisions of the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Tukwila or other applicable
ordinance.
(d) Any grading within a public right -of -way, or work in-
cidental thereto, when authorized by ordinance.
Sec. 3 Retaining; Walls liken required: Retaining walls or cribbing shall
be used wherever the forces tending to cause failure along any
potential slide surface in the earth mass behind the face of an
excavation or of an earth fill, amount to more than two thirds of
the total of forces for resistance to sliding, in order to protect
all adjoining property from encroachment by a fill or from danger
of collapse due to an excavation.
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Sec. 4 Drainage: Adequate provisions shall be made to prevent any surface
,water or seepage from damaging the out face of any excavation or the
sloping face of a fill. Provisions shall be made to carry to the
nearest practicable street, or sewer, or natural water- course app-
roved by the City Engineers, any surface waters that are or might be
concentrated as a result of a fill or excavation.
Sec. 5 Application for permits: Applications for a grading permit shall be
made in writing to the Superintendent of Buildings on form provided
therefor. Each application shall be signed by the owner, lessee, or
his authorized agent. There shall also be filed with such application
two (2) sets of drawings fully describing the intent and nature of the
work for which the permit is desired. They shall also show the lo-
cations of necessary retaining walls, drainage structures, cribbing,
and surface protections. Drawings shall be prepared by or under the
direction of a civil engineer or land surveyor licensed to practice
in the State of Washington, provided, however, that any owner who is
capable of making drawings which will illustrate the proposed work
adequately, may prepare the required drawings. A topographic map
showing the present contours of the land and the proposed contours
after completion of the proposed grading shall be filed with any
application.
Sec. 6 Referral of Applications: All applications for grading permits of
property located in a Residential Zone which property abuts upon or
is located directly across an alley from property in a Non- Residental
Zone shall be referred by the Superintendent of Buildings to the City
Planning Commission. Applications for grading permits that include
the movement of more than five hundred (500) cubic yards of earth or
similar material on property in a Residental Zone shall be referred
to the City Planning Commission and to the City Engineer. The City
Planning Commission shall determine if the proposed grading will
adversely affect the character of the site for present lawful uses
or with the future development of the site and adjacent properties
for building or other purposes as indicated by the Zonini Ordinance.
The City Engineer shall determine the effect of the intended grading
upon public and private property. The City Planning Commission and
the City Engineer shall report their findings to the Superintendent
of Buildings.
Sec. 7 Granting of permits: After an application has been filed and the
City Planning Commission and the City Engineer have submitted their
reports where necessary, the Supt. of Buildings shall ascertain
whether such grading work complies with the other provisions of this
chapter. If the application and plans so comply, or if they are
corrected or amended so as to comply, the Supt. of Buildings shall
issue to said applicant a grading permit including a permit placard.
The permit placard shall be posted on the site of the work in a con-
spicuous place protedted from the weather.
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A grading permit shall be valid for the number of days stated in
the permit but in no case shall the period be more than one year.
The City Planning Commission and the City Engineer shall be no-
tified of action on application. Upon approval of the application
and issuance of the grading permit, no work shall be done that is
not provided for in the permit. The Superintendent of Buildings
is authorized to inspect the premises at a reasonable time to
determine if the work is in accordance with the permit application
and plans.
Sec. 8 Fees: A fee shall be collected to cover engineering costs, the
cost of granting the permit and of investigating, inspecting, and
excercising proper police regulations based upon the following
schedule:
(a) 500 tO 1,000 cubic yards $50.00
(b) From 1,000 cubic yards to 150,000, $3.00 per thousand
cubic yards or major portion thereof
(c) When the excavation exceeds 150,000 cubic YARDS, each
additional 1,000 yards thereafter shall be assessed
one dollar ($1.00) per thousand yards
Sec 9 Enforce :eats: It shall be the duty of the Superintendent of
Buildings to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 10 Penalties for violation: Any person violating or failing to comply
with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by
a fine in any sum not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or
by imprisonment in jail for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days
or both such fine and imprisonment:
Passed bx the council and approved by the Mayor this 41
day of_JUNE 1962.
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Mayor
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4ity Clerk