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Plan Review Notes For Permit 16030159
Permit Number 16030159
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2016-03-28 17:30:55PLANS ARE ATTACHED,
  
 PROVISO:
 SEC. 94-450. - VACANT LOT AND CONSTRUCTION SITE
 MAINTENANCE.
 MAINTENANCE.
 (1) JOB SITE. CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS AND PERSONS
 HOLDING PERMITS TO PERFORM LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION
 OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND THE LANDOWNERS OF
 CONSTRUCTION SITES SHALL CAUSE THE CONSTRUCTION SITE TO
 BE MAINTAINED IN A NEAT AND ORDERLY CONDITION THAT IS
 FREE FROM ANY DEBRIS, GARBAGE, JUNK, USED OR DISCARDED
 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, TRASH OR ANY OTHER FOREIGN
 SUBSTANCE PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THE LAND DISTURBING
 CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, OTHER THAN
 DEBRIS, GARBAGE, JUNK, TRASH OR OTHER FOREIGN SUBSTANCE
 DEPOSITED INTO AND CONTAINED WITHIN A TRASH RECEPTACLE
 OR TRASH DUMPSTER.
 A. IN ALL INSTANCES WHERE A BUILDING PERMIT HAS NOT
 BEEN ISSUED WITHIN THREE MONTHS OF THE COMPLETION OR
 ABANDONMENT OF LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES,
 THE JOB SITE SHALL, WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION
 OF SUCH THREE-MONTH PERIOD, BE BROUGHT TO GRADE,
 TILLED, PLANTED AND MAINTAINED WITH GROUND COVER TO
 INCLUDE SODDING OR SEEDING WHICH SHALL HAVE IRRIGATION.
 ANY TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE SHALL ALSO BE REMOVED.
 THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE, WITH
 INPUT FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE, MAY
 GRANT, IN WRITING, AN EXTENSION TO THE TIME FRAME FOR
 THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT, UNDER THIS
 PARAGRAPH, WHEN THE LANDOWNER HAS DEMONSTRATED A GOOD
 FAITH EFFORT IN PURSUING THE BUILDING PERMIT BUT THAT
 CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF THE CONTRACTOR
 AND/OR PERMITTEE HAVE OCCURRED.
 B. ALL CONSTRUCTION WASTE AND DEBRIS FROM NEW
 CONSTRUCTION OR MAJOR ALTERATION OR REPAIR SHALL BE
 KEPT IN AN ENCLOSED CONTAINER TO MINIMIZE DEBRIS FROM
 LITTERING ADJACENT PROPERTIES AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
 THE PERMITTEE, CONTRACTOR OR LANDOWNER SHALL CAUSE SUCH
 WASTE OR DEBRIS TO BE REMOVED WEEKLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SECTION 74-2 OF THIS CODE.
 C. ALL MUD OR DEBRIS SHALL BE CONTINUALLY REMOVED FROM
 THE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND STREETS.
 D. ALL WEEDS AND GRASS SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTION 74-2(C) AND SECTION 94-446
 OF THIS CODE.
 E. CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS, PERSONS HOLDING PERMITS
 TO PERFORM LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION AND LAND
 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES AND THE LANDOWNERS OF
 CONSTRUCTION SITES SHALL, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE
 ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE, EITHER
 REPAIR, OR REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR ITS COSTS INCURRED TO
 REPAIR, ANY DAMAGE TO ANY PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT IS
 CAUSED BY ANY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE LAND
 DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
 F. IN THE EVENT THAT THE DEMOLITION PERMIT OR BUILDING
 PERMIT EXPIRES, ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT RELATED TO
 THE LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT
 ACTIVITIES SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE JOB SITE WITHIN
 TEN DAYS OF THE PERMIT EXPIRATION DATE. THE JOB SITE
 SHALL, WITHIN 30 DAYS THEREAFTER, BE BROUGHT TO GRADE,
 BE TILLED AND PLANTED WITH GROUND COVER TO INCLUDE
 SODDING OR SEEDING WHICH SHALL HAVE IRRIGATION. SAID
 GROUND COVER SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 SUBSECTIONS 74-2(C) AND SECTION 94-446 OF THIS CODE.
 (2) TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES. NO TEMPORARY
 CONSTRUCTION FENCE MAY BE ERECTED UNTIL A SITE PLAN
 DEPICTING THE MATERIALS, LOCATION AND ACCESS GATES HAS
 BEEN APPROVED AS PART OF THE FENCE PERMIT ISSUANCE.
 A. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES MAY NOT BE ERECTED
 UNTIL A DEMOLITION PERMIT OR BUILDING PERMIT FOR THE
 LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT
 ACTIVITIES HAS BEEN ISSUED, AND NO MORE THAN TEN DAYS
 PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF LAND DISTURBING
 CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. IF LAND
 DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
 DO NOT COMMENCE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF FENCE INSTALLATION,
 THEN, WITHIN 15 DAYS OF THE TEN-DAY PERIOD, THE FENCE
 SHALL BE REMOVED AND THE SITE SHALL BE TILLED AND
 PLANTED WITH GROUND COVER TO INCLUDE SODDING OR SEEDING
 WHICH SHALL HAVE IRRIGATION AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 74-2 AND 94-446 OF THIS CODE.
 B. IN THE EVENT THAT THE DEMOLITION PERMIT OR BUILDING
 PERMIT EXPIRES, ALL TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES SHALL
 BE REMOVED WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE PERMIT EXPIRATION
 DATE, AND WITHIN 15 DAYS OF REMOVAL OF THE FENCES, THE
 SITE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO GRADE, TILLED AND PLANTED WITH
 GROUND COVER TO INCLUDE SODDING OR SEEDING WHICH SHALL
 HAVE IRRIGATION AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH SECTION 74-2 AND 94-446 OF THIS CODE.
 C. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE
 FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:
 1. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES SHALL BE INSTALLED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE AND
 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (OSHA)
 STANDARDS. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCES INSTALLED
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE
 VISIBILITY AT INTERSECTIONS REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION
 94-305(E) OF THIS CODE.
 2. ALL TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCING SHALL BE
 MAINTAINED IN A SATISFACTORY MANNER BY THE PERMITTEE OR
 LANDOWNER, DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LAND
 DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
 ACTIVITIES, TO ENSURE ADEQUATE PERFORMANCE, TO PREVENT
 NUISANCE CONDITIONS AND TO MAINTAIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH,
 SAFETY AND WELFARE.
 3. GATES SHALL BE CHAINED AND LOCKED WITH A LOCK
 SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO ENSURE CLOSURE AND SECURITY WHEN
 WORKERS ARE NOT ON THE JOB SITE.
 4. NO TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE MAY ENCROACH BEYOND
 THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LINE. NO FENCE MAY ENCROACH UPON
 THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY WITHOUT OBTAINING THE
 APPROPRIATE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT(S).
 5. SCREENING DETAILS SHALL BE SUBMITTED WITH THE
 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE PERMIT APPLICATION. WIND
 SCREENING SHALL BE SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH TO AVOID RIPS OR
 TEARS DUE TO WIND OR SUN, AND SHALL HAVE NO LESS THAN
 85 PERCENT OPACITY. SCREENING SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN
 GOOD CONDITION AT ALL TIMES. SCREENING GRAPHICS SHALL
 BE APPROVED WITH A PERMIT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
 CHAPTER 94, ARTICLE 13, SIGN REGULATIONS, OF THE ZONING
 AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OF THIS CODE.
 6. ALL WIND SCREENING MATERIALS SHALL BE REMOVED UPON
 THE ISSUANCE OF A HURRICANE WARNING FOR AN AREA
 INCLUDING THE CITY. SCREENING MATERIALS SHALL BE
 REINSTALLED NOT MORE THAN TEN DAYS AFTER THE HURRICANE
 THREAT HAS ENDED.
 7. THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE MAY
 GRANT THE USE OF A TEMPORARY MOVABLE CONSTRUCTION FENCE
 AS PART OF A PHASED CONSTRUCTION OR PHASED DEMOLITION
 PERMIT. WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE PHASE
 OF CONSTRUCTION OR DEMOLITION, THE TEMPORARY MOVABLE
 FENCE SHALL BE REMOVED, AND MAY BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER
 TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION FENCE MEETING THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION.
 D. THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE MAY
 GRANT, IN WRITING, A RESTRICTION OR EXTENSION TO THE
 TIME FRAMES FOR THE ERECTION OR REMOVAL OF TEMPORARY
 CONSTRUCTION FENCES WHEN NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE
 PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.
 (3) EROSION CONTROL MEASURES.
 A. APPLICABILITY. EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ARE REQUIRED
 FOR THE FOLLOWING SITES OF LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION
 OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES:
 1. SITES REQUIRING A FILING OF PLAT, INVOLVING THE
 CONSTRUCTION OF OR ADDITIONS TO HOUSES, DUPLEXES,
 CONDOMINIUMS, TOWNHOUSES, APARTMENTS OR CONSTRUCTION OF
 OR ADDITIONS TO COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR
 INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS.
 2. SITES ON EXISTING LOTS OF RECORD INVOLVING THE
 CONSTRUCTION OF OR ADDITIONS TO HOUSES, DUPLEXES,
 CONDOMINIUMS, TOWNHOUSES, APARTMENTS OR THE
 CONSTRUCTION OF OR ADDITIONS TO COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL,
 OR INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS.
 3. SITES INVOLVING GRADING, REMOVING OF PROTECTIVE
 GROUND COVER OR VEGETATION, EXCAVATING, LAND-FILLING OR
 OTHER LAND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES AFFECTING A SURFACE
 AREA OF 4,500 SQUARE FEET OR MORE.
 4. SITES INVOLVING EXCAVATING OR LAND-FILLING OR A
 COMBINATION OF EXCAVATING AND FILLING AFFECTING 400
 CUBIC YARDS OR MORE OF DIRT, SAND OR OTHER EXCAVATION
 OR FILL MATERIAL.
 5. SITES INVOLVING STREET, HIGHWAY, ROAD OR BRIDGE
 CONSTRUCTION, ENLARGEMENT, RELOCATION OR RECONSTRUCTION
 EXCLUDING FDOT CONSTRUCTION EXEMPTED BY SUBSECTION
 94-450(B)(3).
 6. THOSE SITES INVOLVING THE LAYING, REPAIRING,
 REPLACING OR ENLARGING OF AN UNDERGROUND PIPE, UTILITY
 MAIN OR SIMILAR FACILITY FOR A DISTANCE OF 300 FEET OR
 MORE.
 B. ALL SITES FOR WHICH EROSION CONTROL MEASURES ARE
 REQUIRED, DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (A) IMMEDIATELY
 ABOVE, SHALL COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S STORMWATER
 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND SHALL SUBMIT A STORMWATER
 POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP) FOR APPROVAL BY CITY.
 C. THE APPROVED STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN
 (SWPPP) SHALL BE MAINTAINED BY THE PERMITTEE OR
 LANDOWNER DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LAND
 DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
 ON THE SITE IN A MANNER SATISFACTORY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE
 PERFORMANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SWPPP AND TO PREVENT
 NUISANCE CONDITIONS. ALL EROSION CONTROL MEASURES
 INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SWPPP SHALL BE REMOVED
 BY THE PERMITTEE OR LANDOWNER UPON COMPLETION OF ALL
 LAND DEVELOPMENT OR LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION
 ACTIVITIES.
 D. IN THE EVENT THAT A BUILDING PERMIT OR DEMOLITION
 PERMIT EXPIRES, WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE PERMIT EXPIRATION
 DATE, THE SITE SHALL BE BROUGHT TO GRADE, TILLED AND
 PLANTED WITH GROUND COVER TO INCLUDE SODDING OR SEEDING
 WHICH SHALL HAVE IRRIGATION AND SHALL BE MAINTAINED IN
 ACCORDANCE WITH SUBSECTIONS 74-2(C) AND SUBSECTION
 94-446 OF THIS CODE, AND UPON COMPLETION, ALL MEASURES
 INSTALLED AS PART OF THE SWPPP SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY
 REMOVED.
 (4) WAIVER OF EROSION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS.
 A. THE ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE SHALL
 HAVE THE AUTHORITY, ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, TO GRANT A
 WRITTEN WAIVER OF ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE STORMWATER
 MANAGEMENT PROGRAM OR REQUIREMENT FOR AN SWPPP FOR
 SMALL SITES, FOR LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND
 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES COVERING LESS THAN ONE ACRE, OR
 INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-FAMILY HOME SITES IN A PREVIOUSLY
 PLATTED SUBDIVISION OR LAND DIVISION.
 B. ANY WAIVER OF THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
 REQUIREMENTS OR FOR AN SWPPP DOES NOT INVALIDATE ANY
 OTHER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION.
 (F) EROSION CONTROL AND LAND STABILIZATION BONDS OR
 DEPOSITS.
 (1) EROSION CONTROL - CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS AND
 PERSONS APPLYING FOR A DEMOLITION AND/OR BUILDING
 PERMIT TO PERFORM LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND
 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SHALL POST AN EROSION CONTROL
 BOND OR DEPOSIT FOR THE EROSION CONTROL MEASURES
 APPROVED BY THE STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN
 (SWPPP), IN AN AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION AND
 SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY TO FULLY COVER THE COSTS
 ASSOCIATED WITH COMPLIANCE WITH THE SWPPP AND OTHER
 NECESSARY EROSION CONTROL OF THE SITE, SHOULD THE
 PERMIT EXPIRE. AN EROSION CONTROL BOND SHALL NOT BE
 REQUIRED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE-FAMILY
 DWELLINGS, DUPLEXES, ACCESSORY APARTMENTS, OR ADDITIONS
 OR RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING,
 EXISTING DUPLEX, OR EXISTING ACCESSORY APARTMENT.
 (2) LAND STABILIZATION - CONTRACTORS, SUBCONTRACTORS
 AND PERSONS APPLYING FOR A DEMOLITION AND/OR BUILDING
 PERMIT TO PERFORM LAND DISTURBING CONSTRUCTION OR LAND
 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES SHALL, IN ADDITION TO THE
 EROSION CONTROL BOND, POST A LAND STABILIZATION BOND OR
 DEPOSIT, IN AN AMOUNT ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION AND
 SATISFACTORY TO THE CITY, TO COVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED
 WITH LAND STABILIZATION OF THE SITE, SHOULD THE PERMIT
 EXPIRE. A LAND STABILIZATION BOND SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED
 FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS,
 DUPLEXES, ACCESSORY APARTMENTS, OR ADDITIONS OR
 RENOVATIONS TO AN EXISTING SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING,
 EXISTING DUPLEX, OR EXISTING ACCESSORY APARTMENT.
 (3) THE EROSION CONTROL AND LAND STABILIZATION BONDS OR
 DEPOSITS MAY BE COMBINED AND POSTED TOGETHER, COMBINED
 WITH ANY PERFORMANCE BONDS POSTED IN FAVOR OF THE CITY,
 OR POSTED SEPARATELY. THE EROSION CONTROL OR LAND
 STABILIZATION BONDS OR DEPOSITS SHALL BE POSTED FOR THE
 ENTIRE PERMITTED SITE OR PROJECT.
 (4) ONLY THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF BONDS OR DEPOSITS WILL
 BE ACCEPTED: (I) BOND ISSUED BY A SURETY COMPANY
 AUTHORIZED TO DO BUSINESS IN FLORIDA, (II) DEPOSIT OF A
 CASHIER CHECK OR BANK DRAFT OF ANY NATIONAL BANK OR
 STATE BANK, (III) DEPOSIT OF A CERTIFIED CHECK DRAWN ON
 A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY, AS
 DETERMINED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, (IV) LETTER OF
 CREDIT DRAWN ON A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ACCEPTABLE TO
 THE CITY, AS DETERMINED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, OR
 (V) DEPOSIT OF A U.S. POSTAL MONEY ORDER.
 (5) UPON VERTICAL CONSTRUCTION COMMENCEMENT, PAYMENT IN
 FULL OF ALL APPLICABLE FEES, AND COMPLIANCE WITH ALL
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ANY POSTED BOND, THE
 CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR OR PERMIT APPLICANT WHO
 POSTED THE BOND OR BONDS OR DEPOSIT MAY REQUEST RELEASE
 OF SAME. THE CITY SHALL PROVIDE THE PERMITTEE WITH AN
 APPROVAL TO RELEASE BONDS/DEPOSITS AND THE CITY SHALL
 ISSUE A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF ANY UNUSED DEPOSIT OR A
 RELEASE OF ANY BOND AND RELEASE OF ANY OTHER SECURITY
 GIVEN FOR THE EROSION CONTROL AND/OR LAND STABILIZATION
 REQUIREMENTS.
 (6) THIS SECTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY FEDERAL
 GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY STATE,
 REGIONAL, COUNTY, LOCAL OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY
 OF THIS STATE; OR ANY PUBLIC SCHOOL, COMMUNITY COLLEGE
 OR STATE UNIVERSITY.
  
  
  


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