West Covina Municipal Code § 9-2 Permits required

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2508, § 12, adopted December 6, 2022, repealed the former Art. I, §§ 9-1—9-10, 9-14—9-25, and enacted a new Art. I as set out herein. The former Art. I pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. 2463, § 6, adopted Jan. 7, 2020; Ord. No. 2466, § 7, adopted Dec. 17, 2019.

(a) Except as set forth in this article, Appendix J "Grading" of Title 26 of the Los Angeles County Code, as amended and in effect on January 1, 2023, is hereby adopted as if fully set forth herein and amended as shown below.

(b) Within Appendix J, "Building Official" shall mean "City Engineer or his/her designee"

(c) Within Appendix J, "County" or "Los Angeles County" depending on context may mean City of West Covina or Los Angeles County.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 12, 12-6-22)

Section J103.1 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Section J103.1 Permits required.

Except as exempted in Section J 103.2, grading shall not be performed without first having obtained a permit from the City Engineer. A grading permit does not include the construction of retaining walls or other structures. A separate permit shall be obtained for each site and may cover both excavations and fills. Any engineered grading as described in Section J104.2.3 shall be performed by a contractor licensed by the State of California to perform the work described hereon. Regular grading less than 5,000 cubic yards may require a licensed contractor if the City Engineer determines that special conditions or hazards exist.

Section J 103.5 is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

Section J103.5 Grading fees, refunds and expiration

Refunds and expiration of applications shall be as set forth in article II, sections 7-19 and 7-20 of chapter 7 of this Code.

1. Plan Review Fees. When a plan or other data are required to be submitted, a plan review fee shall be paid at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review. Separate plan review fees shall apply to retaining walls or major drainage structures as required elsewhere in this Code. For excavation and fill on the same site, the fee shall be based on the volume of excavation or fill, whichever is greater.

2. Permit Fees. A fee for each grading permit shall be paid to the Building Official at the time of issuance of the permit. Separate permits and fees shall apply to retaining walls or major drainage structures as required elsewhere in this Code.

3. Site Inspection Fee. When the Building Official finds that a visual inspection of the site is necessary to establish drainage requirements for the protection of property, existing buildings, or the proposed construction, a site inspection shall be made during plan check of grading plans. A fee for such inspection shall be paid to the Building Official at the time of submitting plans and specifications for review.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 12, 12-6-22)

Any person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind violating any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this article may, in the discretion of the attorney having prosecutorial functions, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a city enforcement official, upon determining that a person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind has committed a violation of this article, may in his/her discretion, issue an administrative citation to the responsible party using the procedures set forth in article X of chapter 15 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 12, 12-6-22)