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9-854.1 CHAPTER 9-854 (b) An Excavation/Reclamation Plan and schedule prepared by a registered civil engineer; QUARRY EXCAVATION PERMITS (c) Proposed methods of financial guarantees of performance; and Sections: (d) A fee as specified by resolution of the Board of 9-854.1 Intent. Supervisors. 9-854.2 Permitted Zones. (Ord. 3675; 3715) 9-8543 Requirements for Application. 9.854.4 Review Procedures. 9.854.4 REVIEW PROCEDURES. 9-854.5 Findings. The review procedure for Quarry Excavation Permit 9.854.6 Development Standards. Applications shall be the Public Hearing Procedure as 9-854.7 Expansion of an Existing specified in Chapter 9-220. Quarry Excavation. (Ord. 3675) 9.854.8 Surface Mining and Reclamation Act. 9.8545 FINDINGS. Prior to approving an application fora Quarry Excava- 9.854.1 INTENT. tion Permit, the Review Authority shall find that all of The intent of this Chapter is to provide a method for: the following are true: (a) allowing the extraction of mineral resources, (a) The proposal is for the removal of regionally while at the same time protecting people, property, and significant or scarce deposits of mineral resources and not the environment from potential hazards associated with for the removal of prime farmland; excavations, and (b) The proposed reclamation of the property upon (b) ensuring the reclamation of excavation sites. completion of the excavation will leave the property in (Ord. 3675; 3715) a condition which will allow its reuse; and (c) Issuance of the permit shall not be significantly 9-854.2 PERMITTED ZONES. detrimental to the public health,safety, or welfare, or be Quarry Excavation Permit Applications may be accept- injurious to the property or improvements in the vicinity. ed in the following zones: (Ord. 3675; 3715) (a) I-G Zone; (b) C-R Zone; 9-854.6 DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. (c) AG and AU Zones provided that: Approved Quarry Excavation Permits shall be subject (1) Areas for excavation are designated "Re- to the development standards specified in Chapter 9-1415. source Conservation" on the County General Plan Map (Ord. 3675) and the State Mines and Geology Board has identified the areas as construction aggregate deposits of regional sig- 9-854.7 EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING nificance; QUARRY EXCAVATION. (2) She portion of the property to be excavated Existing excavations subject to a Quarry Excavation contains substantial deposits of mineral resources, or a Permit may be expanded pursuant to this Section. portion of a deposit of substantial mineral resources, or (a) Required Criteria.In those instances involving (3) For areas zoned AG, the Farmland Map- excavations that require a Quarry Excavation Permit and ping and Monitoring Program's soil classification for that a Quarry Excavation Permit has ben approved,the Direc- portion of the property to be excavated is neither Prime for of the Community Development Department may Farmland, Farmland of Statewide Significance, nor approve plans for the expansion of the existing permit Unique Farmland. when the expansion complies with all of the following (Ord. 3675; 3715) criteria: (I) The excavation expansion is incidental to 9-854.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR the existing excavation; APPLICATION. (2) No building expansion involves more than An application for a Quarry Excavation Permit shall a twenty-five (25) percent increase in floor area covered include the following: by existing structures associated with the excavation; (a) A Site Plan prepared and stamped and signed by (3) No use expansion involves more than an a registered civil engineer; increase of twenty five (25) acres, or more than a ten 455