Applicability.

This article shall be applicable to all land disturbance activities that will disturb greater than or equal to 25,000 square feet of land unless exempted under § 289-7C of this article. The article also applies to land disturbance activities that are less than 25,000 square feet disturbance if such activities are part of a larger common plan of development or sale that will disturb greater than or equal to 25,000 square feet, even though multiple separate and distinct land disturbance activities may take place at different times on different schedules.