§ 159-7 Chapter 159 Excavations and Topsoil Removal

Exceptions.

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A. Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to forbid any person from removing soil from one part of his lands to another part of the same lands when said removal is necessary as an accessory use or is made for the purpose of improving said property, provided that the area from which said soil is removed is not thereby lowered below the grade of surrounding premises and a free runoff of surface waters at all places is provided.B. Any excavation made for the purpose of constructing a building or part thereof, erecting a cellar wall, farm use, public or private utility or public use, sewage-disposal construction, groundwater drainage or digging of a well is expressly excepted from the provisions of this chapter.

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