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• Sec. 10-9. Compliance with chapter prerequisite to issuance of permits authorizing land development activities. A grading, building or other permit for activities involving land disturbing activities may be issued by the program authority only as provided herein: (a) The owner shall submit with his application for such permit a proposed erosion and sediment control plan and/or stormwater management plan, as may be required by this chapter, for review and approval pursuant to this article, or an approved erosion and sediment control plan and/or stormwater management plan and certification that the plan(s) will be followed. The permit - issuing department shall not issue a permit until all such required plans have been approved and the required certification(s) are submitted. (b) Prior to issuing a permit, the permit -issuing department shall require, or in the case of an agreement in lieu of a plan may require, the owner to submit a reasonable performance bond with surety, cash escrow, letter of credit, any combination thereof, or such other legal arrangement acceptable to the program authority, to ensure that measures could be taken by the city at the applicant's expense, should he fail, after proper notice, within the time specified to initiate or maintain appropriate corrective action which may be required of him by the approved plan as a result of his land -disturbing activity. (c) A bond or other surety required by the permit -issuing department shall not exceed the total of the estimated cost to initiate, maintain and repair all structures, systems, and measures identified within an approved plan, and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the plan. • (1) The amount of the bond or other surety shall be based on unit prices for new public or private sector construction in the City of Charlottesville, Virginia, and a reasonable allowance for estimated administrative costs and inflation which shall not exceed 25% of the estimated cost to initiate, maintain and repair all structures, systems, and measures identified within an approved plan, and to comply with all other terms and conditions of the plan. (2) The performance bond or other surety shall be provided from a date prior to the issuance of any permit from the permit -issuing department or agency until 60 days after the requirements of the approved stormwater management plan have been completed, as determined by the program authority. (3) If approved by the program authority and the city attorney, the owner may submit the performance bond or other surety as part of, or included in, any performance bond or surety required in connection with a site plan, subdivision plat or other required approval. (d) If the program authority is required to take corrective action pursuant to this article, then the city may collect from the owner the amount by which the reasonable cost of such corrective action exceeds the amount of the surety. (e) Within sixty (60) days of the achievement of adequate stabilization of the land -disturbing activity in any land development project or section thereof, the bond, cash excrow, letter of credit or other legal arrangement, or the unexpended or unobligated portion thereof, shall be refunded to County Code. The definition reflects long -settled principles of legal standing, as articulated within various • court opinions through the years. See , ems., Vireinia Beach Beautification Commission v. BZA, 231 Va. 415, 344 S.E.2d 899 (1986). M