(A) Any person proposing to excavate and/or remove archaeological resources from lands in the county, and to carry out activities associated with such excavation and/or removal, or proposing to destroy, eliminate, diminish, or remove any cultural resource listed on the County Register of Cultural Resources shall apply to the county for a permit for the proposed work, and shall not begin the proposed work until a permit has been issued. The county may issue a permit to any qualified person, subject to appropriate terms and conditions, provided that the person applying for a permit meets conditions in §§ 153.07(A) and 153.08(A).
(B) Exceptions include the following.
(1) No permit shall be required under this chapter for any person conducting activities on lands in the county under other permits, leases, licenses, or entitlements for use, when those activities are exclusively for purposes other than the excavation and/or removal of archaeological resources, even though those activities might incidentally result in the disturbance of archaeological resources. General earth-moving, excavation, road work, mining, or drilling conducted under a permit or other authorization shall not be construed to mean excavation and/or removal as used in this part. This exception does not, however, affect the person’s responsibility to comply with other authorities which protect archaeological resources.
(2) No permit shall be required under this chapter for any person collecting for private purposes any rock, coin, bullet, or mineral which is not an archaeological resource, provided that such collecting does not result in disturbance of any archaeological or cultural resource.
(C) Persons carrying out official agency duties under a federal/state land manager’s direction, associated with the management of archaeological resources, need not follow the permit application procedures if the federal/state land manager has obtained a permit for such activities for resources within his or her boundary. However, the federal/state land manager shall ensure that permit provisions are met if activities affect any cultural resource listed on the County Register of Cultural Resources.
(Ord. 2013-1, passed 7-8-2013)