First Tier Allowances Sample Clauses

First Tier Allowances. A. GROUND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES AND SITE MODIFICATION, when proposed activities described below substantially conform to the original footprint and/or are performed in previously disturbed soils as defined in the introduction to these allowances, including the area where the activity is staged.

First Tier Allowances. First Tier Allowances may be applied by staff without meeting any professional historic preservation qualification standards. A. GROUND DISTURBING ACTIVITIES AND SITE MODIFICATION, are limited to the proposed activities, described below. Project review should consider the entirety of the proposed activities including any staging, site access, site cleanup, and possible site work (e.g., grading for positive drainage, vegetation removal) as potential ground-disturbing activities. This is not the entire list of possible ground-disturbing activities; other possible ground-disturbing activities are listed under other activity types in this appendix. 1. Debris and Snow Removal a. Debris removal and collection, including removal of snow, uprooted trees, limbs, and branches from public rights of way and public areas and areas as well as the transport and disposal of such waste to existing licensed waste facilities or landfills. This includes the temporary establishment and expansion of non-hazardous debris staging, reduction, and disposal areas at licensed transfer stations, or existing hard- topped or graveled surfaces (e.g., parking lots, roads, athletic courts) but not the creation of new or temporary access roads. b. Removal of debris from private property if buildings are not affected, ground disturbance is minimal and in-ground elements, such as driveways, walkways or swimming pools are left in place. c. Chipping and disposal of woody debris by broadcasting within existing rights-of- way. d. Sediment removal from man-made drainage facilities, including retention/detention basins, ponds, ditches, and canals, to restore the facility to its pre-disaster condition. The sediment may be used to repair eroded banks or disposed of at an existing licensed or permitted spoil site. e. Dewatering flooded developed areas by pumping.