Activities requiring permits; exemptions.

A. None of the following activities shall be undertaken within the Town of Webster until a permit has been issued under the provisions of this article:

(1) Site preparation in the subdivision of land into two or more parcels.

(2) Site preparation within a wetland.

(3) Excavation which involves more than 500 cubic yards of material or which will exceed four feet in vertical depth at its deepest point, as measured from the natural ground surface, within any parcel or any contiguous area.

(4) Stripping which affects more than 20,000 square feet of ground surface within any parcel or any contiguous area.

(5) Filling which exceeds a total of 500 cubic yards of material or which will exceed three feet in vertical depth at its deepest point, as measured from the natural ground surface within any parcel or any contiguous area.

(6) Storage of more than 500 cubic yards of topsoil or other fill material within any parcel or any contiguous area.

(7) Disposal of dredge spoils.

B. The following activities are exempted from the permit requirements of this article:

(1) Activities not meeting the criteria specified in Subsection A above.

(2) Agricultural operations.

(3) Excavations for the basements and footings of single-family homes and for septic tank systems, wells and swimming pools accessory to single-family homes, except those excavations required to obtain permits under Subsection A(1) and (2) above.

(4) Household gardening and activities related to the maintenance of landscape features on existing developed lots, except those activities requiring permits under Subsection A(3) through (7).

(5) Governmental activities, but only to the extent that such activities are exempted from the provisions of this article by law.