Aliso Viejo Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Aliso Viejo grading and excavation code. [Ord. 2010-126 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 2003-044 § 2 (7-1-800)].

A. The director shall formulate and modify as necessary such rules, procedures, and interpretations as may be necessary or convenient to administer this chapter. Such rules, procedures and interpretations shall be referred to as the “grading manual.”

B. The grading manual shall include provisions to assure that the water quality requirements apply to all activities subject to this chapter.

C. In the event of any conflict between the grading manual and this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall govern. The provisions of the grading manual shall, to the extent that they are made conditions of any grading permit by the building official, be binding on the permittee. [Ord. 2010-126 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 2003-044 § 2 (7-1-801)].

It is the intent of this code to safeguard life, limb, property, and the public welfare by regulating grading on private property of the city of Aliso Viejo. [Ord. 2010-126 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 2003-044 § 2 (7-1-802)].

This chapter sets forth rules and regulations to control excavation, grading, and earthwork construction, including fills and embankments, and establishes administrative requirements for issuance of grading permits and approval of plans and inspection of grading construction in accordance with the requirements for grading and excavation as contained in the Uniform Building Code then in effect as adopted and modified by city ordinance as well as water quality requirements relevant to activities subject to this chapter. [Ord. 2010-126 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 2003-044 § 2 (7-1-803)].