810.0345 Permit. — Yucaipa Zoning Code

(a) Application

Application for the permit required by this chapter shall be made in writing to the Community Development Director on forms provided by the City for this purpose, and shall set forth such information required to enable the Community Development Director or his deputy to fix and prescribe appropriate conditions which will prevent or minimize wind erosion of the permittee’s soil.

(b) Permit Conditions

The permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Community Development Director may require which will assure that surface protection at or prior to the time of the disturbance of the surface or subsurface of the land is provided for, so as to prevent the soil on said land from being eroded by wind and blown onto public roads or other public or private property. Such protective measures as required by the Community Development Director shall be provided by means

of agricultural measures or any other effective method or combination of methods of holding the soil in place as determined by the Planning Commission.

(c) Appeal from Denial of Permit or Permit Conditions

Any applicant may appeal to the Planning Commission the decision of the Community Development Director in disapproving a permit as required herein, or the conditions of approval imposed by said Community Development Director. The appeal shall be taken in accordance with Section 810.0360 of this chapter.

(d) Temporary Stop Work Orders

The Community Development Director may issue a temporary stop work order, and the subject soil disturbing operation shall be stopped subject thereto, whether a permit has been issued or not when the following conditions exist.

(1) A permit has been issued, but not all of the permit requirements have been complied with. The stop work order may require that all work cease until all the permit requirements have been met.
(2) Operations are in progress, with a permit or not, and weather conditions are such that substantial dust is being carried into the air. The stop work order may require that all work cease until the current dust air pollution is abated. (3) Operations are in progress, regardless of weather conditions, and a soil disturbance permit has not been issued. The provisions of this subsection, (d), shall not be subject to an appeal.