Chapel Hill |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 5. BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS |
Article V. SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL |
Division 2. SOIL EROSION AND SEDIMENTATION CONTROL |
§ 5-104.1. Restoration of area affected by failure to comply with town soil erosion and sedimentation regulations.
All parties engaged in land-disturbing activity on a tract comprising more than one (1) acre, if more than one (1) acre is uncovered, and fails to retain sediment generated by the activity, as required by the approved soil erosion and sedimentation control plan, shall restore the waters and/or land affected by the failure so as to minimize the detrimental effects of the resulting pollution by sedimentation. The institution of an action to restore areas affected by failure to comply shall not relieve any party to such action from any civil or criminal penalty prescribed for violation of this chapter.
(Ord. No. 2000-01-10/O-1, § 5)