HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd. 1190ORDINANCE N0. 1190
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD AMENDING SECTION
8-7. OF THE LYNWOOD CITY CODE RELATING TO THE STOCKPILING
OF EXCAVATED FILL.
The City Council of Lynwood DOES HEREBY ORDAIN a's follows:
Section l: Section 8-2 of the Lynwood City Code is amended
by adding a new subsection 8-2(g) as follows:
Section 8-2(g) Stockpiling of Excavated Pill.
(i.) Excavated fill may not be stockpiled on property not
owned solely by the owner(s) of the development site, unless written
approval to stockpile the fill is given by the owner(s) of such other
property and is submitted to the City Building Official.
(ii) The owner(s) of the development site where fill is to
be stockpiled shall in all instances make adequate plans for protect-
ing against environmental degradation of.the area. Such planning
shall include, but not be limited to provisions for periodic watering,
or other maintenance, of the stockpile to ,prevent the blowoff of
fill (dirt) from the stockpile in high winds.
(iii) A fill stockpile shall not be allowed to remain for
a longer period of time than is reasonably required to complete L-he
excavation, construction, and replacement of fill. Such reasonable
period of time shall be determined by the City Building Official in
his review of the construction plans for the development protect and
'the application for the grading permit.
(iv) Excavated fill may not be stockpiled in excess of
ten (10) feet in height, except that special permission to stockpile
fill in excess of 10 feet may be granted by the City Building Offi-
cial if special conditions are shown to exist which warrant such
approval, and the owner of the development site shows proof of ade-
quate planning to prevent environmental degradation. of the area, par-
ticularly from fill (dirt) being blown-off the stockpile in high
winds.
Section 2: Severability. If any section, subsection, sub-
division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance
or the application thereof to any person or place, is for any rea-
son held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any
court of competent turisdiction, such decision shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance or its
application to other persons or places. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have adopted this ordinance, and each section,
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions,
or the application thereof to any person or place, be declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 3: The City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed
to certify to the passage of this ordinance and to cause the same to
be published once in the Lynwood Press, a newspaper of general cir-
culation, printed, published, and circulated in the City of Lynwood.
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council
of said City held on the 21st day o£ December
1982, and finally ordered published at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 4th day of January ~ lg 83,
AYES: Councilmen Byork, Green, Morris, Rowe, Thompson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
LOUIS A. THOMPSON, P4AY
City of Lynwood
ATTEST:
~G~G~ 'c,c-.ov
Andrea Hooper, City~Clerk
City of Lynwood
APPROV D AS TO FORM:
D id McEwen; City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
S ndra M. Read, Director
Community Development Department
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and
ex-officio clerk of the Council of said City, do hereby certify that the
above is a true and correct copy of Ordinance ~No. 1190 adopted by
the City Council of the City of Lynwood, and that the same was passed on
the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 5th day of January 1983.
(SEAL)
City Clerk, City of Lynwood