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Title VI - LAND USE Chapter 78 - ZONING REGULATIONS ARTICLE XIV. - INTERIM USES DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY Subdivision I. Land Alterations Orono, Minnesota, Code of Ordinances Created: 2022-03-25 15:53:39 [EST] (Supp. No. 20, Update 1) Page 1 of 2 Subdivision I. Land Alterations 1 Sec. 78-1725. Purpose and intent. The purpose of this section is to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the community and to establish reasonable uniform limitations, standards, and controls for land alterations, excavating, filling and grading within the city. The regulations will allow the city to better manage stormwater discharge, ensuring drainage does not negatively impact neighboring properties, manage hauling traffic and noise, and prevent erosion issues onto adjacent properties, wetlands, lakes, and roads. (Ord. No. 219 3rd series, § 6, 12-10-2018) Sec. 78-1726. Interim use permit required. An application for an interim use permit shall be accompanied by a certified site plan showing the location of the proposed excavation or storage and shall state the amount of material which is to be removed, excavated or stored, placed, or graded, and such other information as the council may require. Applications shall be filed with the city administrator and shall be accompanied by a deposit to be determined by the city, which will be used to offset the cost of processing the application. Any unused portion will be refunded to the applicant. (a) Except where otherwise provided in the article, it is unlawful for any person to perform or have performed the following land alteration activities without an interim use permit issued by the council: (1) Mining. The commercial extraction of sand, gravel or other material from the land and their removal from the site without processing shall be mining. In all districts, the conduct of mining shall be permitted only upon issuance of a interim use permit. Such permit shall include, as a condition, a plan for a finished grade which will not adversely affect the surrounding land or development of the site on which the mining is being conducted, and the route of trucks moving to and from the sites. A bond will be required for restoration (2) Soil processing. The operation of processing of sand, gravel or other material mined from the land shall be permitted only by interim use permit. Such permit shall include a site plan where the processing is to be done, showing the location of the plant, disposal of water, route of trucks moving to and from the site in removing processed material from the site, the condition in which the site is intended to be left upon completion, hour of operation; and such permit shall not be granted for a period of longer than 12 months (3) Creation of an engineered grade for the basis of building height determination outside of a subdivision. (4) Unless included as part of a permitted project or as exempted below, the following activities require a separate interim use permit. 1Cross reference(s)—Grading and land alterations, § 78-1590 et seq.