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AN GRDINANCE TO AMEND THE CODE OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, 1973, BY AM~k~ING SECTION 32-60.4; PERTAINING .TO EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL. BE IT ORDAINSD by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: 1. ~hat Section 32-60.4 of the Code of the City of Portsmouth, 1973, be amended to read as follows: Section 32-60.4. N~n-Controlled Activities. In no instance shall the provisions of this ordinance be construed to apply to the following: (1) Such minor land disturbing activities as home gardens and individual hc~e landscaping, repairs and maintenance work; (2) Individual service connection; (a) Construction, installation or maintenance of electric and telephone utility lines; (b) Installation, maintenance or repair of any underground public utility lines when such activity occurs on an existing hard surfaced road, street or sidewalk provided such land disturbing activity is confined to the area of the road, street or sidewalk which is hard surfaced. (3) Septic tank lines or septic drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for land disturbing activity relating to construction of the building to be served by the septic tank system; (4) Surface or deep mirking, tilling, planting or harvesting or agricultural, horticultural, or forest crops; or clearing and trans- porting or privately owned, occupied or operated agricultural, horti- cultural, or forest land; (5) Construction, repair or rebuilding of the tracks, right of way bridges, cc~nunication facilities and other related structures and facilities of a railroad c~Lgany. (6) Preparation for single-family residences separately built; unless in con~unction with multiple construction in a subdivision development; (7) Disturbed areas for cGE~rcial or noncc~uercial uses of less than ten thousand (10,000) square feet in size; (8) Installation of fence, billboard and sign posts or telephone and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles;