14.40.160 Work completion.
A. Final Reports. Upon completion of the rough grading work and at the final completion of the work the permit authority may require the following reports and drawings and supplements thereof:
1. As-graded record drawings in accordance with GHMC 14.40.150(C)(1) prepared by the civil engineer including original ground surface elevations, as-graded ground surface elevations, lot drainage patterns and locations and elevations of all surface and subsurface drainage facilities. The civil engineer shall state that to the best of his/her knowledge the work was done in accordance with the final approved grading plan.
2. A soils-grading report prepared by the soils engineer, including locations and elevations of field density tests, summaries of field and laboratory tests and other substantiating data and comments on any changes made during grading and their effect on the recommendations made in the soil engineering investigation report. The soils engineer shall render a finding as to the adequacy of the site for the intended use.
3. A geologic grading report prepared by the engineering geologist, including a final description of the geology of the site and any information disclosed during the grading and the effect of same on recommendations incorporated in the approved grading plan. The engineering geologist shall render a finding as to the adequacy of the site for the intended use as affected by geologic factors.
B. Notification of Completion. The permittee or the permittee’s agent shall notify the permit authority when the grading operation is ready for final inspection. Final approval shall not be given until all work and all erosion-control measures have been completed in accordance with the final approved grading plan and the required reports have been submitted.
C. Maintenance Guarantee. All projects, except those projects meeting the requirements of GHMC 14.40.040(B) or those projects requiring only an abbreviated plan, shall submit a financial maintenance guarantee for a period of two years from the date of the notification of completion. The guarantee shall be in a form acceptable to the city attorney and shall be signed by the owner(s) of the property. The value of the financial maintenance guarantee shall be 15 percent of the project civil engineer’s opinion of probable cost as approved by the permit authority. (Ord. 1169 § 4, 2009).