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CITY OF NORT~ri OLMSTEl~ C}c2JINANCE NO. 6E- l4~ FADE Duty to drainage protection to adjoining lots Section 4: When it is found necessary to grade a lot higher or Io~~rer finished grade than the natural grade of adjoining pr~_~perty orz the sides and to the rear of said lot it: shall be incumbent upon the nwners r=f said l~~t to get permission from the City Engineer of the City of North Olmsted to ;;hangs to a higher or lower finished grade and it shall further be incumbent upon the owner of the said lot to provide suitable retaining wails or other approved protection: on his prnpe~y to protect the adjacent property from the draining of surface waters and further too protect the adjacent property from caving of earth and. to assist in the maintaining of the existing natural grade of such adjacent property. e Hard surfaced areas drainage Section S: That whenever the surface of a lot o~ plot is excavated, filledt graded or hard-surfaced with impervious material positive drainage shall be provided so that a nuisance will not be created. Catch basins properly connected to storm sewers or other approved provisions, such as under-drains, shall be made where water may pocket, to preclude the accumulation of surface water. Surface water shall r+_ot be drained onto adjacent properties not in the same ownership without written permission from the owner of the adj acent property, and existing natural ground drainage of the grourxd area surrounding the lot or plot excavated, filled or graded shall not be impeded. Water Accumulation Section b: That no condition shall be created, nor any existing condition maintained whereby there will be upon any lot or plot excavations, depressions, pits, holes, gullies, or similar depressions which may accumulate and retain surface water and which may become a public hazard or nuisance, Topo rg aphic Map Required Section 7: That no building permit shall be issued until the topographic map for the subdivision or similar plan for the parcel has been approved by the City Engineer. Grades an dedicated streets within. the CitYof North Olmsted Section 8: That on a dedicated street within the Gity of North Olmsted no person, firm or corporation shall be issued a building permit for the construction of any structure until a $300.00 cash deposit is paid to the Building Commissioner to cover administrative costs, costs of checking grades and drainage of surface water. With the exception of. $25.00 which shall be retained by the City as a fee, the balarrce of said cash deposit shall be refunded upon compliance with the terms of this ordinance after deducting therefrom anti, costs and expenses incurred by the City as a result of work done by the City Engineer. In cases involving commercial or multi-family property only, the City may require a deposit greater than the 5300.00, or a bond in said greater amount, to guarantee such complaance. The amount thereof shall be determined by the City Engineer, which determination shall be based upon the estimated cost of performing such drainage wank. If the aforesaid wtrk is not done within thirty (301 days from the time of the sending of written notice by the City of North.Olmsted, the City may dc; the work and the aforesaid cash deposit shall be applied to the cost of the City doing the aforesaid grading and any funds which are ir: excess of the City`s cost of grading shall be returned to the person making the deposit as aforesaidp and further, any deficiency in funds between tree deposit and the cost of the City doing the grading, shall Y~ecome a lien on the lands and shall be certified to the Auditor of Cuyahoga County for entering upon ,the tax duplicate and collection as other taxes and shall be retumed by the Auditor of Cuyahoga County to the City far deposit in the General Fund of the City of N~°~rth Ol~~sted. ,. ~r~~T.,.~+r, c