§ 2-06 Land Contour Work.
RCNY § 2-06
(a)Permit required.
(1)A permit shall be obtained from the Commissioner to perform land contour work which includes the clearing, grubbing, grading, filling or excavation of vacant lots and other specified land parcels.
(2)The provisions of these rules are also applicable to the disposal site for excavated materials.
(3)All permits are subject to applicable provisions contained in 34 RCNY § 2-02.
(b)Conditions.
(4)Fill material shall consist of inert, inorganic matter, suitably compacted. No materials shall be used other than clean earth, ashes, dirt, concrete, rock, gravel, stone, slag, or sand. Rocks and masonry shall not be larger than one-quarter of a cubic yard. No material larger than three inches in dimension may be placed within two feet of the surface. For public safety and health, the Commissioner may require a smooth graded surface treated according to the Standard Specifications with asphalt paving mixture, compacted cinders, stone screening, soil cement mixtures, or seeded or sodded lawn treatment, or other material as required by the Commissioner.
(5)Sodding or planting, where required, shall be completed within thirty days of work completion or as may be permitted by the Commissioner. Safeguards shall be provided to prevent soil erosion in the interval preceding sodding or planting.
(6)Work beyond lot lines shall be subject to the requirements of these rules.
(7)A minimum safety factor of two shall be used against earth slides within the property and the adjacent property. Where two parallel streets are at unequal elevations, the land grading between these two streets generally should be at a constant slope. Where possible the ground should be graded back from the front property line at a grade level with the street for a distance equal to the normal zoning set-back requirement but not less than twenty-five feet before commencing a slope.
(c)Exceptions. A permit is not required for grading work to be performed pursuant to a Department of Buildings permit for the erection of one or more structures, provided that the permit authorizes the grading, and that the work is performed entirely within the building site area.
(d)Application.
(xi)provisions for disposal of excavation material.
(e)Approval required.
