Any person who owns, leases or otherwise controls or operates on all, or any portion of, mined lands, and who plans to commence or expand any surface mining operations on such lands, and is required to comply with this chapter, shall, prior to the commencement or expansion of such operations, submit an application in compliance with this chapter to obtain a surface mining permit and approval of a reclamation plan.
(`78 Code, § 19.08.010.) (Ord. 2386 § 1 (part), 1999.)