(a)

Those operations which reduce or lower the level of the ground shall conduct that reducing or lowering more than fifty (50) feet from the boundary of any adjoining land owned by others or from the right-of-way of any public street, county road, secondary or primary state or federal road or highway.

(b)

The area being lowered shall be sloped at a rate of one (1) foot vertically to two (2) feet laterally to the point on natural ground more than fifty (50) feet from the boundary of any adjoining land owned by others or from the right-of-way of any public street, county road, secondary or primary state or federal highway. In cases where a hill or elevation exists and the materials therefrom are used to bring the level of the property into conformity with the natural drainage of the surrounding area and does not result in runoff or drainage onto property owned by others, these setbacks do not prevail.

(c)

All operations which reduce or lower the level of the ground shall make provisions to restore the land to a condition which would permit its usage in conformity with the existing zoning and usage of the surrounding community upon completion of the operation.

(Ord. No. 1974-C, § 90.19, 9-17-74)