1984-70 Amending Chapter 15.04, Building Codes, Pertaining to UBC Chapter 70it
KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH
ORDINANCE 84 -70 -0
AN ORDINANCE OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH AMENDING CHAPTER 15.04,
BUILDING CODES, PERTAINING TO UBC CHAPTER 70.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly Hereby Ordains:
Section 1: That Section 15.04.055 of the Borough Code is created
and amends Chapter 70 of the Uniform Building Code:
15.04.055 Uniform Building Code Chapter 70 amended.
Section 7003. No person shall do any grading without first having
obtained a grading permit from the building official except for the following:
1. Grading in an isolated, self- contained area if there is no
danger apparent to private or public property. For the
p ur p oses of this subsection, a lot located in a recorded
subdivision shall not be considered an isolated, self - contained
area.
2. An excavation below finished grade for basements and footings
of a building, retaining wall or other structure authorized by
a valid building permit. This shall not exempt any fill made
with the material from such excavation nor exempt any
excavation having an unsupported height greater than 5 10 feet
after the completion of'such structure.
3. Cemetery graves.
4. Refuse disposal sites controlled by other regulations.
5. Excavations for wells or tunnels or utilities or driveways.
6. Mining, quarrying, excavating, processing, stockpiling of rock,
sand, gravel, aggregate or clay where established and provided
for by law, provided such operations do not affect the lateral
support or increase the stresses in or pressure upon any
adjacent or contiguous property.
7. Exploratory excavations under the direction of soil engineers,
or engineering geologists.
8. An excavation which (a) is less than $ 5 feet in depth, or (b)I
which does not create a cut slope greater than 5 10 feet inl
height and steeper than one and one -half horizontal to one
vertical.
9. A fill less than 4.-4ee4 5 feet in depth and placed on natural•
terrain with a slope flatter than ffve three horizontal to one!
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Section 7006.
of this code, no
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vertical, es- #ese- ehes -3- 4eet- #e- deptkT not intended to support
structures, which does not exceed- SA- ettb #e- yerde- eft- eay eete
not obstruct a drainage
(a) Permits Required.
course.
Except as
exempted in
Section
person shall do any grading without first obtaining
zoning compliance, a grading permit, and a building permit for a structure or
use allowed by the zoning code, from the building official. A separate permit
shall be required for each site, and may cover both excavations and fills.
Section 7006. (c) Plans and Specifications. When required by the
building official each application for a grading permit shall be accompanied
by two sets of plans and specifications.
Section 7009. (b) Slope. The
steeper than safe for the intended use.
slope of cut surfaces shall be no
Cut slopes shall be no steeper than j
one -half horizontal to one vertical in solid
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rock and two horizontal to one vertical in other soils. Where the cut slope
in rock exceeds thirty feet in height, a ten -foot wide bench shall be provided
at twenty feet and at twenty -foot intervals thereafter. For slopes greater
than one and one -half horizontal to one vertical, the adjacent property line
shall be fenced except along public right -of -way before excavation is begun.
Section 7010. (c) Preparation of Ground. The ground surface shall
be prepared to receive fill by removing vegetation, noncomplying fill, topsoil
and other unsuitable materials scarifying to provide a bond with the new fill,
and, where slopes are steeper than f#ve two to one, and the height is greater
than 5 feet, by benching into sound bedrock or other competent material as
determined by the soils engineer. The bench under the toe of a fill on a
slope steeper than f #ve two to one shall be at least 10 feet wide. The area
beyond the toe of fill shall be sloped for sheet overflow or a paved drain
shall be provided. Where fill is to be placed over a cut, the bench under the
toe of fill shall be at least 10 feet wide but the cut must be made before,
placing fill and approved by the soils engineer and engineering geologist as a
suitable foundation for fill. Unsuitable soil is soil which, in the opinion
of the building official or the civil engineer or the soils engineer or the
*geologist, is not competent to support other soil or fill, to support
structures or to satisfactorily perform the other functions for which the soil .
is intended.
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Section 7010. (f) Slope. The slope of fill surfaces shall be no
steeper than is safe for the intended use. Fill surfaces shall be no steeper
than two horizontal to one vertical for soils other than fractured rock and
one and one -half horizontal to one vertical for fractured rock.
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Section 7011. (b) Setbacks from Property Lines. The tops of cuts
I, and toes of fill slopes shall be set back from the outer boundaries of the
permit area, including slope -right areas and easements, in accordance with
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1i Figure No. 1 and Table No. 70 -C. In no case shall the setback be less than
five feet when the fill slope is composed of fractured rock and no less than '
! ten
ATTEST:
feet for cuts or fill slopes composed of soils other than rock.
Section 7013. (a) Slopes. The faces of cut and fill slopes shall
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be prepared and maintained to control against erosion. This control may
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consist of effective planting. The protection for the slopes shall be
installed as soon as practical and prior to calling for final approval. Where
cut slopes are not subject to erosion due to the erosion- resistant character
of the materials, such protection may be omitted. Any topsoil available from
any cut area shall be stockpiled and used to recover the excavation site upon
completion of grading and shall be seeded with appropriate grasses.
Section 2: That Section 15.20.010B of the Borough Code is amended
by deleting the word "tore" and replacing it with the word "ten" and adding the
phrase "and meets all the requirements of Chapter 17.26 of the Borough Code."
Section 3: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect
upon passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of January , 1985.
RODIAR ISLAND BOROUGH
By y ' / �'�� ? C-
ough Clerk
FIRST READING, APPROVAL DATE: December 6, 1984
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By
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o ough Mayor
SECOND READING, PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVAL DATE: January 3, 1985
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 1985
RECOMMENDED BY: Engineering Department