HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3010 TOWNSHIP OF PICKERING
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BEING ~ BY-L~W TO REGULATE THE OPERATION OP
PITS AND QUARRIES,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY ENACTED:
1. In this By-law;
GRAVEL PIT (a) 'Gravel Pit' shall moan a pit or quarry
from which sand, gravel, stone or other
similar aggregate is, or is proposed to be
removed for the purpose of processing same
or removed for direct use on a road or for
road construction, road surfacing, building
construction or similar uses.
STRIPPING b) 'Stripping' shall mean clean overburden
consisting of earth and rock only.
SCRAP c) 'Scrap' shall mean all waste material such
as rejected metal, lumber and tree stumps.
PERCHED PONDS d) 'Perched Ponds' shall mean ponds resulting
from Pit and Quarry excavations above th~
natural water table, in excess of eighteen
[18) inches in depth or covering a minimum
area of ten thousand (10,000) square feet.
WAYSIDE PIT e) 'Wayside Pit' shall mean a temporary pit,
quarry, borrow or fill removal operation,
carried on by or for a public authority
engaged in highway construction or re-
construction.
2. No gravel pit shall be hereafter established in
the Township of Pickering until a Site Plan in
triplicate and drawn to scale, is filed with
and aoproved by the Council of the Township of
Picketing. The said plan shalI show the following
information;
(a the true shape, dimensions and location of
the property;
(b the location, height, dimensions and use of
all buildings or structures remaining or
proposed to be erected on the property;
(c existing and proposed grades, contours and
excavation setbacks$,
(d) drainage provisions;
(e) all entrances and exits.
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3. Ail gravel pit operations shall be conducted in
accordance with the following provisions:
SCREENING (a) Screening A tree screen, not less than
twenty (20) feet in width, containing two
rows of evergreen trees planted on twenty
(20) foot centres, alternately, and having
a minimum planting height of six (6) feet
shall be constructed between any excavation
and any abutting area zoned for Residential,
Commercial or Village purposes; and shall be
provided in all instances ~here excavation
operations are located two hundred (200)
feet or closer to the nearest point of any
residence; such screening shall extend a
minimum distance of one hundred (100) feet
on either side of said residence(s),
FENCING (b) Fencing - Every pit or quarry or portion
thereof, hazardous or dangerous by reason of
its deoth or watery condition, shall be
securely fenced or otherwise protected against
inadvertent access.
STRIPPING PILES (c) Stripping Piles - Stripping Files shall be
restricted to specific areas, in such a
manner as to assume a generally smooth grade.
All sides facing upon a street shall be so
sloped that excessive erosion will not take
place,
SETBACKS (d) Setbacks - Clean overburden consisting of
earth and rock only may be stockpiled on the
required setback from any street, but such
stockpile shall not be located closer than
ten (!0) feet to any street line and in all open
pit workings, all unconsolidated matorials,
such as clay, earth, sand, gravel and loose
rock lying within six (6) feet of the rim
of the pit or quarry shall be removed there-
from.
OVERBURDEN (e) Overburden - Such overburden may be used as
a screening and buffer strip, and shall be
piled in an orderly fashion, properly sloped
and ~e,e. ded to preclude undue erosion, or the
provisions of Section 3 (a) sh~l] apply.
SCRAP (f) Scrap - Scrap shall be confined to a specific
designated area; shall not be permitted to
accumulate in haphazard locations throughout
the pit; and shall be disposed of periodically.
TRI~IING (g) Trimming - The floors of every Pit or Quarry
shall be trimmed to give smooth surfaces such
as can be obtained by back-dragging with a
bulldozer.
SLOPE OF BANXS (h) Slope of banks - Ail faces worked to the legal
setback shall be sloped to the material's
natural angle of repose, but in no case shall
this be an angle of less than thirty-five
(35) degrees off vertical.
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DRAINAGE (i) Drainage - Ail perched ponds shall be
drained to the low point in the pit or
quarry site. Ponds ~hich occur due to
the natural water table and cannot be
drained, shall be provided with graded
banks.
BUILDINGS AND
STRUCTURES (j) Buildings and Structures - Upon removal
of buildings and structures, all excavations
pertaining thereto shall be adequately filled.
4. No gravel pit or quarry operation shall be
conducted closer than fifty {50) feet from
any creek, lake or river.
5. No gravel pit or quarry shall be opened,
established or maintained closer to any
to any lands zoned for Residential, Comm-
ercial or Village uses than one-half (1/2)
the height of the highest face of the pit
or quarry.
EXEMPTION 6. EXEMPTION - TEMPORARY WAYSIDE PITS
Notwithstanding the general provisions
of this By-law, the operation of temporary
wayside or borrow pits, may be permitted
for a period not exceeding six (6) months
upon application to, and approval of, the
Council of the Corporation of the Township
of Pickering.
BONDING 7. Before commending any Gravel Pit operation,
the owner shall file with the Township of
Pickering, a Guarantee Bond in an amount and
in a form satisfactory to the Township of
Pickering to insure the compliance with the
terms of this By-law.
PENALTY 8. Any person convicted of a breach of any of
the provisions of this By-law shall forfeit
and pay, at the discretion of the convicting
Magistrate, a penalty not exceeding the sum
of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars exclusive
of costs.
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