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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Section 11-4. Submission and approval of plans; contents of plans <br /> <br />( a) Except as provided herein, no person may engage in any land-disturbing activity until <br />he or she has submitted to the City an erosion and sediment control plan for the land-disturbing <br />activity and such plan has been approved by the Plan-approving authority. Where land-disturbing <br />activities involve lands under the jurisdiction of more than one local control program, an erosion and <br />sediment control plan, at the option of the applicant, may be submitted to the Board for review and <br />approval rather than to each jurisdiction concerned. <br /> <br />Where the land-disturbing activity results from the construction of a single-family residence, <br />an "agreement in lieu of a plan" may be substituted for an erosion and sediment control plan if <br />executed by the Plan-approving authority. <br /> <br />(b) The standards contained within the "Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control <br />Regulations" and the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook shall be used by the <br />applicant when making a submittal under the provisions of this ordinance and in the preparation of <br />an erosion and sediment control plan. The Plan-approving authority, in considering the adequacy of <br />a submitted plan, shall be guided by the same standards, regulations and guidelines. When the <br />standards vary between the publications, the State regulations shall take precedence. <br /> <br />Three copies of the erosion and sediment control plan shall be submitted to the City. The <br />plan shall include all information required by the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook. <br /> <br />(c) The Plan-approving authority shall review erosion and sediment control plans <br />submitted to it and grant written approval within 45 days of the receipt of the plan if it determines <br />that the plan meets the requirements of the Board's regulations and if the person responsible for <br />carrying out the plan certifies that he will properly perform the conservation measures included in the <br />plan and will conform to the provisions ofthis article. In addition, as a prerequisite to engaging in <br />the land-disturbing activities shown on the approved plan, the person responsible for carrying out the <br />plan shall provide the name of an individual holding a certificate of competence, to the program <br />authority, who will be in charge of and responsible for carrying out the land-disturbing activity. <br />Failure to provide the name of an individual holding a certificate of competence prior to engaging in <br />land-disturbing activities may result in revocation of the approval of the plan, and the person <br />responsible for carrying out the plan shall be subject to the penalties provided in this ordinance. <br /> <br />(d) The plan shall be acted upon within 45 days from receipt thereofby either approving <br />said plan in writing or by disapproving said plan in writing and giving specific reasons for its <br />disapproval. <br /> <br />When the plan is determined to be inadequate, the Plan-approving authority shall specify <br />such modifications, terms and conditions that will permit approval of the plan. Ifno action is taken <br />within 45 days, the plan shall be deemed approved and the person authorized to proceed with the <br />proposed activity. <br /> <br />(e) <br /> <br />An approved plan may be changed by the Plan-approving authority when: <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />