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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED ORDINANCE NO. 98-116 BY: MAYOR NORMAN MUSIAL AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A NEW AND REVISED SECTION 1353.12 ENTITLED '1LIAINTAINING GRADE LINES ESTABLISHED BY CITY" OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO. WHEREAS, this Council desires to adopt a new and revised Section 1353.12 of the North Olmsted Building Code which shall contain new provisions requiring the landscaping of parcel areas disturbed by construction in order to reduce erosion of soil into the City's drainage system. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO THAT.• SECTION 1: That new and revised Section 1353.12 of the Codified Ordinances of the City of North Olmsted, Ohio, be and hereby is created, and, in its entirety, shall read as follows: "1353.12 MAINTAINING GRADE LINES ESTABLISHED BY CITY. (a) When the City Engineer, under any section of this Chapter, has set, finally determined and/or established the natural and/or finished grade lines of any parcel of real estate, lot or land within the City, thus providing for the drainage of surface water therefrom, the owner, occupant or any other person in charge of such premises sha11 continue to maintain and adhere to said grade lines of the premises and shall further keep all drains, ditches, swales or other surface water conductors open and free and clear of any and all obstructions. (b) Any builder, contractor, landscaper or owner doing any grading, regrading, landscaping, sodding or performing any other work affecting drainage of any parcel of land in the City sha11, prior to doing any such work, and in addition to obtaining any other permit required by this Chapter, obtain from the City Engineer a landscaping pernut to perform such work. Such person or persons shall furnish a plan of the parcel of land upon which the work is to be performed. The plan shall show all data necessary to determine the extent and character of the work to be done and its effect upon drainage. Said plan shall also include landscaping of all areas on the site in which the soil is not already covered with approved ground cover, buildings or paved areas. Approved ground cover shall mean grass seeding, sodding or other landscape plants in which the soil is stabilized against erosion into the City's drainage system or onto another property. The landscaping permit shall be applied for and obtained prior to the issuance of any conditional or permanent occupancy pernut for the house, building, addition, or other structure, or part of structure, upon the said property for which an occupancy permit is required. All work shown upon the plan for which a landscaping permit has been issued must be completed within six months from the date of issuance of the