Any person, firm or corporation, whether or not holding a soil movement permit, shall comply with the requirements of this article with respect to the movement of soil from any premises within the Township of Boonton.

All vehicles carrying soil on and off of the premises shall be loaded and covered in such a manner that the soil being transported will not be blown or dropped off within the boundaries of the Township of Boonton.

The conduct or the final result of the soil movement operation shall not create any sharp declivities, steep embankments, unpermitted pits or depressions, soil erosion or soil fertility problems, depressed land values, drainage or sewerage problems or conditions of danger.

Temporarily hazardous conditions created of necessity and by permission, such as sedimentation basins or other declivities more than two feet deep, shall be fenced to a height of not less than four feet with chain-link fencing on steel posts until filled to approved permanent grade.

All topsoil shall be retained on the premises, except as otherwise provided herein, until completion of the soil removal project. Topsoil may be removed from the premises only pursuant to specific approval by the Township Committee and only to the extent that it is not needed to cover the sites of proposed improvements duly authorized to be made pursuant to the zoning and subdivision or road opening regulations to a compacted depth of at least four inches.

During soil movement operations, a buffer strip shall be maintained between the premises on which soil is being moved and all adjoining premises of such width as shall be approved by the Township Engineer as being sufficient to protect the adjoining premises from water runoff, dust and excessive noise, unless the owner of the adjoining premises consents, in writing, to the applicant and to the Township Committee to the elimination of such buffer strip. Final grading work on any buffer strip shall be completed only after completion of all other soil removal operations on the premises. When work is commenced on the buffer strip, it shall proceed continuously without interruption until completed and the buffer strip has either been covered with appropriate ground cover or approved permanent improvements, as the case may be.

Upon completion of soil movement operations, the area of disturbance shall be properly leveled off, cleared of debris, graded to conform to the finished contour lines of the grade map as approved, and, except for those areas on which work on approved roads, buildings or other improvements is to commence within 60 days, covered with topsoil to a compacted depth of four inches and planted forthwith with appropriate ground cover.