Burbank Municipal Code Art. 3 Prohibited ACTIVITIES4

A. Causing Dust and Noise: No person shall, upon any private property within any residential zone as described in the zoning laws of this City, dig, excavate, separate, screen or dredge for sand, gravel, earth, rock, stone, minerals, or any other substance so as to cause sand, dust or dirt to be either blown or deposited over and upon the inhabited premises of others, or across or upon any street or public way.

B. Dumping Above Official Street Grade: No person shall, upon any private property within any residential zone as described in the zoning laws of this City, dump or deposit to a level above the official grade of an abutting street, any loose earth, sand, gravel, or any other similar material, so as to cause or result in sand, dust or dirt being blown over or on the inhabited premises of others, or across any street or public way, or so as to cause or allow such materials to be washed or eroded over and upon the premises of another or upon any street or public way.

C. Exceptions: The foregoing prohibitions shall not apply to work necessary for the erection or alteration of a building or structure pursuant to a valid building permit issued therefor under the provisions of Title 9, Chapter 1 of this code; or to improvement work done pursuant to a plan for subdividing and improving land carried out as contemplated by Title 11, Chapter 1 of this code, nor to work done pursuant to any express permit issued under Title 9, Chapter 1, or under any ordinance of this City requiring an express permit; provided, however, that no person shall claim or be entitled to the benefit of this exception who does not, diligently and without unnecessary or unreasonable delay, proceed to complete such work in a manner calculated to avoid undue annoyance to the occupants of nearby habitations. [Formerly numbered Section 13-54; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87; 2338, 2336, 2218.]

No person shall dump, deposit, move or place any earth, sand, gravel, rock, debris or other material, or maintain, permit or allow the same to remain in a condition so as to create the danger, possibility or probability that the same will roll, slip, slide, erode, flow or wash upon or over any public property, or upon or over privately owned property without the prior written consent of the owner thereof, or upon or over any street or other public way or place. [Formerly numbered Section 13-55; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]

No person shall, when hauling any earth, sand, gravel, rock, stone, or other excavated material over any street or public way, allow such materials to blow or spill over and upon such street or public way, or over and upon any adjacent private property; and any such materials that may be spilled on any public street or place from any vehicle transporting such materials shall be immediately removed in a manner satisfactory to the Public Works Director at the expense of the person to whom the permit to excavate was issued. [Formerly numbered Section 13-56; renumbered by Ord. No. 3058, eff. 2/21/87.]