A. In the event the director finds any person engaged in grading activities or construction for the purpose of conducting earthwork operations without a city-approved grading permit, the director shall immediately notify such person to stop work. If such work is not immediately stopped, the director shall issue a stop work order and no further work shall be done until the person has complied with all the rules and regulations of the city.

B. The director may suspend work on any project during periods of inclement weather to reduce actual or potential erosion and/or sedimentation. Such a period may involve days or weeks during storm events or may, at the discretion of the director, involve the entire wet season (October 1st through April 30th).

C. Outside the wet season (May 1st through September 30th), the director may order work stopped because of inadequate temporary erosion/sedimentation controls. In such cases, a revised temporary erosion/sediment control plan (including but not limited to addition of or additional phasing) shall be submitted to the city for review. Once approved and implemented, the director shall lift the stop work order and work may continue.

D. During the wet season (October 1st through April 30th), the director may require that a wet season plan, a seasonal suspension plan, and an updated wet season temporary erosion and sediment control plan be submitted to the city for review by September 15th of each year. The director may order work stopped because of inadequate temporary erosion/sediment controls during the wet season. In such a case, the wet weather plan and temporary erosion/sediment control plan will be reviewed, updated and implemented to control erosion and/or sedimentation. If deemed necessary the director may suspend work through the wet season and require implementation of the seasonal suspension plan. (Ord. 2269 § 1, 2018).