A. An owner of land desiring to do land development work incidental to and in connection with the construction of a building or structure shall present an application and obtain a land development permit or clearing and grubbing permit. The City Engineer may require an on-site field inspection of the rough grading phase of the work between representatives of the City’s Development Services Department and the permittee; civil engineer; soil engineer; biologist, as defined by CVMC 17.35.030; and engineering geologist, as appropriate, before the issuance of a building permit. The permittee shall request a field inspection of the rough grading phase, if required, five working days prior to the inspection. The rough grading phase of the land development work described on form PW-E-106B shall be completed prior to the issuance of a building permit except as provided below. The City may suspend any building permit where it is found that land development work is being done or has been done without a land development permit or clearing and grubbing permit until a land development permit or clearing and grubbing permit is issued. The City may not certify to the completion of the building where land development work has been done until a land development permit is obtained and certified as complete.

B. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in subsection (A) of this section, walls which are designed and constructed to retain earth and are also integral portions of buildings may be constructed under building permits concurrently with grading work within the project site. (Ord. 3544 § 1, 2023; Ord. 3005 § 1, 2005; Ord. 2128 § 4, 1985; Ord. 1877 § 2, 1979; Ord. 1797 § 1, 1978).