Title
Grading Permits for Tree Removal - For the purpose of requiring a Grading Permit when trees having a combined diameter of 60 inches are to be removed from lots 40,000 square feet or greater.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 23-16
Introduced by: Alderman Littmann, Alderwoman Finlayson, Alderman Budge
and Alderman Arnett
Referred to
Economic Matters Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Annapolis Environmental Commission
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Grading Permits for Tree Removal
FOR the purpose of requiring a Grading Permit when trees having a combined diameter of 60 inches are to be removed from lots 40,000 square feet or greater.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portion of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2015 Edition:
Section 17.08.040
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 17.08 - GRADING, EROSION, AND SEDIMENT CONTROL
17.08.040 Grading Permit - Exemptions
No person shall disturb land without implementing soil erosion and sediment controls in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the standards and specifications except as provided within this section.
A. A grading permit is not required for the following limitations as set forth by the Anne Arundel Soil Conservation District's most recent standard sediment and erosion control plan limitations, provided that the other provisions of this chapter and of applicable State law are satisfied:
Land on which the following exist:
1. Agricultural land management practices and agricultural BMPs.
2. The lot where the work is to be performed is on a paved, graveled or publicly maintained street where storm drains are in operation and roadside ditches are stabilized.
3. Not more than five thousand square feet of ground shall be disturbed; no more than two thousand square feet for waterfront lots.
4. Cuts and fills shall...
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