As a condition to a surface mining permit issued under this title, an annual inspection and report on the permitted surface mining operations and reclamation plan shall be required of the operator as follows:
(A) Within 30 days of filing its annual report pursuant to § 19.16.030, the operator shall submit an application to the Planning Director for an inspection permit, together with the established fee for all reasonable anticipated costs of the inspection. The application shall include a copy of the operator's annual report and a brief written statement specifying how reclamation at the site of the surface mining operations conforms or deviates from the approved reclamation plan;
(B) Within 30 days of receiving a completed application, an inspection of the site of the surface mining operation shall be conducted by the Planning Director or a state registered geologist, state registered civil engineer, state-licensed landscape architect or state-registered forester who is experienced in land reclamation and who has not been employed by the mining operation in any capacity during the previous 12 months, or other qualified specialists, as selected by the Planning Director to inspect the site of the surface mining operations. The inspection shall be conducted using the form approved and provided by the State Board. Any failure to inspect shall not affect the duty of the operator to maintain compliance with all conditions of its surface mining permit, its approved reclamation plan and all provisions of this chapter and the state regulations;
(C) Within 30 days of completion of the inspection, the Planning Director shall submit to the Department of Conservation the completed inspection form with a notice indicating the operator's compliance with this title, the state regulations and SMARA. The Planning Director shall also forward of copy of said inspection form and notice to the operator;
(D) This section shall not prohibit or restrict the city from performing any other authorized inspection of any surface mining operations, nor pursuing the enforcement of any other local, state or federal law through any legal means available to the city.
(`78 Code, § 19.16.020.) (Ord. 2386 § 1 (part), 1999.)