(A) Any Person undertaking Land Disturbance activities, including the clearing, grading, excavating, filling, storing, and disposing of soil and earth materials, shall comply with the requirements and standards set forth in this Chapter. Permit requirements for Land Disturbance activities are described in Chapter 17.12.

(B) Applicability. Regardless of whether or not a Land Disturbance activity requires a Permit, any Person engaged in any Land Disturbance activity shall comply with the spirit and intent of this Chapter. At a minimum, such Persons shall employ BMPs for Erosion and Sediment Control in proportion to the scale of the activity to reduce the amount of Sediment or other Pollutants in Stormwater Discharges associated with those activities.

(C) Responsible Person(s). The responsible Person(s) are the Landowner of the property upon which a Land Disturbance takes place and any Person(s) performing a Land Disturbance activity. When a Permit is issued, a Landowner is responsible for Land Disturbance activities from Permit issuance to closure, unless the City approves a transfer of responsibility to a new Landowner when land is sold. (Ord. 09-25 § 2, 2009.)