HomeMy WebLinkAbout1646 III. Amend Section 2 DEFINITIONS of the Comprehensive Zoning
Resolution by adding the following:
"MINING - The removal, as a commercial business, of any
valuable inert or lifeless substance including
sand, gravel, rock or stone, either in or upon
the soil of the earth or beneath the soil."
IV. Add a new Section 15-A MINING to the Comprehensive Loning
Resolution as follows:
Section 15-A MINING
All mining operations shall require approval by the Board of
County Commissioners as hereinafter provided.
l. APPROVAL PROCEDURE
Step 1. Submission of Mininq Plan and Application
A mining plan, legibly drawn to scale, shall be •
filed with the Director of Building & Zoning by the
owner of the land involved. Said plan shall delineate
procedure to assure that upon completion of excavation
but not to exceed 48 months, the land surface shall be
left in a suitable condition as determined by the Board
of County Commissioners.
Said plan shall show:
(A) Legal Description and pertinent dimensions.
(B) Proposed side slopes, limited to a maximum of
1 inch horizonal and ?.5 inch vertical and also
limited so as to prevent slope material from
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sliding, thereby endangering adjacent property.
_(C) Areas to be developed as lakes, etc.
; (D) Type of seeding, ground cover, or vegetative
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screen proposed in order to approximate
E conditions existing prior to mining.
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s (E) Safeguards to prevent loose sand from blowing
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~ (F) Procedure to be used to identify boundary lines
on site.
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~ No mining excavation below adjacent road grade shall
~ be permitted witr,in 150 feet of the right-of-way line of
~ any public road or street or within a dimension from
~ adjoining property as determined by the Board of County <
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= Commissioners. Said dimension shall be a minimum of 15
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feet except where adjoining property is being used, or
~ has been used, for mining, or is owned by the person
~ making application.
~ Step 2. Public Hearinq
_ The Board of County Commissioners shall hold a public
~ hearing after due public notice and shall approve, modify
~ or deny the application for mining.
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