PART 1
GRADING REGULATIONS
General Provisions
§101. Purpose. The purpose of this Chapter is:
101.1 To provide minimum standards to safeguard persons, protect property and
promote the general welfare by preventing excess erosion, hazardous rock and
soil slippage, sediment production and other soil and water management
problems by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of
materials, use, location, and maintenance of grading, excavations and fills.

101.2 To establish performance standards that ensure land use practices based on the
natural topography and capabilities of the land.

101.3 To prevent earthflow and rockfall landslides.

§102. Scope and Application. This Chapter addresses new grading, excavations and fills and
changes, additions or alterations made to existing excavations, fills and embankments
that shall conform to the provisions of this Chapter. A grading permit shall be required
before the initiation of grading on any property pursuant to the requirements of this
Chapter. §103.

Permit Granting Authority, Inspection. The Mt. Lebanon Commission designates the
Administrator or his authorized representative, to review, approve, and grant grading
permits and to make inspections of the grading work.

§104. Separate Permit Required for Each Site. A separate grading permit shall be required for
each land development. One (1) permit shall cover all grading, excavation and any fills
made on the same site.

104.1 Only one (1) permit shall be required for the grading of a continuous parcel of
land for a land development or subdivision, when the standards for the grading
of the entire parcel are satisfactory to, and approved by, the Administrator or
his authorized representative.

§105. Prerequisite. An approved land development plan and/or a building permit, as required
pursuant to the Mt. Lebanon Code, are prerequisites to the granting of any grading permit.

§106. Exceptions. A grading permit shall not be required for any of the following:
106.1 An excavation which does not exceed three feet (3') in vertical depth at its
deepest point measured from the natural ground surface or which does not cover
a surface area of more than one thousand (1,000') square feet, provided that the
surfaces of such excavation do not have a slope at any point steeper than four
(4) horizontal to one (1) vertical. However, this subsection shall not be deemed
to nullify the application of this Part 1, or any requirement for obtaining a
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