An annual (calendar year) permit is required from the Planning Department for motorsport events. The cost shall be $200. The permit application form shall include this information:
(A) Land owner and motorsport event operator names, addresses and phone numbers for their businesses and homes;
(B) Location of the Racetrack by township, property identification number and physical address, accompanied by a recordable plat showing total acreage of the property, relationship of the racetrack to the entire property, and distances from the racetrack to all permanent structures affected by § 157.08(A) of this chapter;
(C) Certification from the proposed motorsport event operator of insurance coverage to protect spectators when an admission fee will be charged or donations will be solicited from spectators. The adequate amount of insurance coverage shall be presumed to be $3,000,000, with the amount appealable to the Planning Board as an unnecessary hardship; and
(D) All dates of planned motorsport Events at the designated racetrack during the permit year.
(E) A knowing misrepresentation on a permit application, or a knowing violation of any provision of this chapter, will result in revocation of that person’s motorsport event permit. The Planning Director shall make this determination, which shall be appealable to the Board of Adjustment.The appeal shall be submitted in writing to the Board of Adjustment within 30 calendar days of receipt of notice of decision. If notice of decision is sent by mail, it must be presumed it is received on the third business day after it is sent (see G.S. § 160D-405(c)).
(1) During an appeal, the official who made the decision (or their successor if the official is no longer employed) must appear as witness to the appeal, pursuant to G.S. § 160D-406.
(2) All enforcement actions, including fines, must be paused during an appeal (G.S. § 160D-405).
(Ord. passed 1-18-11; Am. Ord. passed 3-5-12; Am. Ord. passed 4-17-23)