Unless review of an IMP or an appeal of an IMP decision is pending before the city, a surface mining operation which remains idle for over one year without obtaining approval of an IMP shall be considered abandoned and the operator shall commence and complete reclamation in accordance with the approved reclamation plan for the abandoned surface mining operation.
(`78 Code, § 19.08.200.) (Ord. 2386 § 1 (part), 1999.)