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_. ..,?...?.?..?.. _, .:... BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED, AND AS AMENDED SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: "1353.12 MAINTAINING GRADE LINES ESTABLISHED BY CITY. When the City Engineer has set and finally determined and established the finished grade line 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 shall continue to maintain and adhere to the finished grade line of the premises and shall further keep all drains, ditches, swales or other surface water conductors open and free and clean of any and all obstructions. 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 shall, prior to doing any such work, obtain from the City Engineer a landscaping permit 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. As a condition for issuance of a permit for grading, regrading, landscaping, sodding and other such work, the person or persons performing such work shall deposit with the City Engineer the sum of seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per 20,000 square feet or fraction thereof of parcel area. (a) This deposit shall be used for checking of plans, establishing finished grades, where necessary, and inspection and/or surveys. Costs shall be calculated at forty-five dollars ($45.00) per hour for the City Engineer or Assistant City Engineer and thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour per man for the field crew, for single family lots and sixty dollars ($60.00) per hour for the City Engineer or Assistant City Engineer and forty dollars ($40.00) per hour per man for all other parcels. (b) If work does not conform to the approved plans and the deficiencies are not corrected within fifteen days after the request by the City Engineer, the City Engineer shall cause the deficiencies to be corrected as provided under Section 1353.13 and 1353.14. When the work has been completed, inspected and approved by the City Engineer, whatever balance remaining in the deposit may be refunded." Section 2: Any ordinance or part of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Section 3: This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest date allowed by law.