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ORDINANCE NO. 86- 25
(Minor Grading)
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors ordains as follows
(omitting the parenthetical footnotes from the official text of
the enacted or amended provisions of the County Ordinance Code) :
SECTION I . SUMMARY. This ordinance amends County Ordinance
Code 5716-4 . 204 , which sets forth the exceptions to the County' s
grading permit requirement, to remove any ambiguity as to when a
grading permit is not required.
SECTION II. Section 716-4 . 204 of the County Ordinance Code is
amended, to read:
716-4 . 204 Required-Minor Grading Excepted. A grading permit
is not required for:
(1) An excavation which meets all of the following require-
ments:
(A) Is less than five feet in depth below natural grade
and is adequately supported by a retaining structure designed and
constructed in accordance with Division 74;
(B) Does not create a cut slope greater than seven feet
in height and steeper than two horizontal to one vertical; and
(C) Does not exceed two hundred cubic yards .
(2) A fill which meets all of the following requirements:
(A) Is not intended to support structures;
(B) Does not obstruct a drainage course;
(C) Is placed on natural grade that has a slope not
steeper than five horizontal to one vertical;
(D) Is less than three feet in depth at its deepest point,
measured vertically upward from natural grade to the surface of the
fill; and
(E) Does not exceed two hundred cubic yards .
(3) Minor land leveling for agricultural farming, if the
average ground elevation is not changed more than three feet.
(4) Cemetery graves .
(Ords. 86-25 §2, 69-59 §1 (part) . )
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SECTION III. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance becomes effective
30 days after passage, and within 15 days after passage shall be
published once with the names of supervisors voting for and against
it in the Contra Costa Times , a newspaper published in this County.
PASSED on March 11, 1986 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisor Fanden, McPeak, Torlakson and Powers
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NOES : None
ABSENT: Supervisor Schroder
ABSTAIN: None
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ATTEST: PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of
the Board and County Administrator
By: o
Deptity oard Chair
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