15.05.050 Procedure to Develop Real Property.
(1) It shall be unlawful to grade, cut, fill, or excavate any land or to erect any structure without doing the following:
(a) Obtaining the acknowledgment of the City Engineer that any letter report (a letter report is described in Section 15.05.080, Provo City Code) or geologic report (a geologic report is described in Section 15.05.090, Provo City Code) required by the City Engineer pursuant to this Chapter, has been received and meets the requirements of Section 15.05.070, Provo City Code. (The giving of this acknowledgment by the City Engineer shall not be an approval of or acquiescence to the content or conclusions of the letter report or geologic report. A letter report or geologic report shall be considered part of the public record and may be copied by any person.)
(b) Except as provided in Section 15.05.100, Provo City Code, by grading, cutting, filling, or excavating land or erecting a structure only as described in the letter report or geologic report which has been acknowledged by the City Engineer. (A proposal for which a letter report or a geologic report is not required may be implemented as described in the proposal.)
(c) By executing and recording the restrictive covenant required by Section 15.05.140, Provo City Code. (This Subsection does not apply if no letter report or geologic report is required.)
(2) Obtaining a Grading Permit from the City Engineer. Submittal of an acceptable erosion control and revegetation plan shall be required before the grading permit is approved.
(3) In addition to the provisions of this Chapter, all grading, cutting, filling, or excavation of land or erection of any structure shall comply with all other applicable provisions of this Code.
(4) Those parts of any proposal to construct improvements such as roads, sewer lines, or water lines, or other improvements which are intended to be placed in public ownership, shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer.
(5) Those parts of any proposal to develop real property which jeopardize the public’s health, safety, or welfare or significantly interfere with established long-term development plans of Provo City shall be subject to the approval of the City Engineer after consultation with the appropriate City department.
(6) No building permits shall be issued until the requirements of this Chapter are met.