Vernon Municipal Code Ch. 12.28 Excavations

It is unlawful for any person, either as owner, agent, lessee, employee or otherwise, to quarry, dig, excavate, separate, screen, or dredge for or remove any sand, gravel, earth, rock, stone or other minerals or substances from any private property within the City below the official grade of the nearest street abutting upon such premises; or to cause or allow to be quarried, dug, excavated, separated, screened, dredged or removed any sand, gravel, earth, rock, stone, minerals or other substances from any private property within the City below the official grade of the nearest street abutting upon the premises, except when and so far as may be necessary for the erection, construction and alteration of a building structure or basement thereon, pursuant to a building permit; provided, however, that nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prohibit or apply to ordinary and usual digging and excavations necessary for the cultivation of the soil, for the planting, care and maintenance of trees, shrubs, grass or other plants.

(Prior code § 24.55)

It is unlawful for any person digging or excavating pursuant to a building permit on any private property within the City below the official grade of the nearest street abutting upon the premises, not to maintain at all times the excavation free from stagnant water or other substances that may be injurious to the health or obnoxious to the senses, or in any way to become a nuisance to the inhabitants of the City.

(Prior code § 24.56)