Engineering and Regulatory Compliance/ Land disturbing permits/ Exceptions Land disturbing permit exceptionsThe following activities do not require a land disturbing permit: Minor land-disturbing activities such as home gardens and individual home landscaping, repairs and maintenance work. Individual service connections.Installation, maintenance or repairs of any underground public utility lines on an existing hard-surfaced road, street or sidewalk, provided the land disturbing activity is confined to the area of the road, street or sidewalk which is hard surfaced. Septic tank lines or drainage fields unless included in an overall plan for land disturbing activity relating to construction of the building to be served by the septic tank system.Surface or deep mining. Exploration or drilling for oil and gas, including the well site, roads, feeder lines and off-site disposal.Tilling, planting or harvesting of agricultural, horticultural or forest crops, or livestock feedlot operations. This includes engineering operations such as: construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, desilting basins, dikes, ponds, ditches, strip cropping, lister furrowing, contour cultivation, contour furrowing, land drainage and land irrigation. However, this exception shall not apply to harvesting of forest crops unless the area on which harvesting occurs is reforested artificially or naturally in accordance with the provisions of the state law or is converted to bona fide agricultural or improved pasture use as described in the law.Repair or rebuilding of tracks, right-of-way, bridges, communication facilities and other related structures and facilities of a railroad company.Agricultural engineering operations, including construction of terraces, terrace outlets, check dams, desilting basins, dikes, ponds not required to comply with the Dam Safety Act, Article 2 of Chapter 6, ditches, strip cropping, lister furrowing, contour cultivation, contour furrowing, land drainage and land irrigation.Installation of fence and sign posts or telephone and electric poles and other kinds of posts or poles.Emergency work to protect life, limb or property, and emergency repairs; however, if the land disturbing activity would have required an approved erosion and sediment control plan, if the activity were not an emergency, then the land area disturbed shall be shaped and stabilized in accordance with the requirements of the plan-approving authority. Engineering and Regulatory Compliance Building Inspections Permit and Inspection Fees Construction pollution Erosion and sediment control |---Land Disturbing Permit Fees |---Narrative requirements |---Plan Land disturbing permits |---Exceptions Staff Engineering and Regulatory Compliance Building Inspections Permit and Inspection Fees Construction pollution Erosion and sediment control Land disturbing permits Staff ContactMontgomery CountyGovernment Center755 Roanoke St. Ste. 1CChristiansburg, VA 24073 Phone: (540) 394-2090Fax: (540) 381-6816email | directionsHours: Mon.-Fri.,8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.