(A) Applications. All uses involving resource extraction shall complete the site plan review process and obtain a zoning permit. Prior to site plan review approval, the applicant shall receive approval or written documentation of exemption from the State Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC).
(B) Special exceptions. Resource extraction uses that do not meet the conditions below shall comply with the special exception procedures of this chapter and all requirements of division (A) above, Applications, shall apply. The applicant shall receive special exception approval and approval from DHEC, prior to site plan review approval. The Board of Zoning Appeals may, on a case-by-case basis, also require conditions of approval, including but not limited to, requiring that the excavation area be screened and that a drainage plan be submitted and approved for the restoration of the site when excavation has been completed.
(C) Special exception exemptions for residential and bona fide agricultural uses. Excavation or grading activities solely for residential use, recreational use, or bona fide agricultural use shall be exempt from the special exception procedures of this chapter if the use complies with all of the following conditions.
(1) The resource extraction operation shall be limited to one year.
(2) The resource extraction operation shall not be located within 50 feet of any property boundary and/or within 250 feet of any building intended for human occupancy existing at the time of permit application.
(3) The resource extraction operation shall be two acres or less, provided that the total accumulated area(s) dedicated to resource extraction uses on a parcel is less than five acres. The special exception procedures of this chapter shall apply if the total accumulated resource extraction area is greater than five acres.
(4) No more than one resource extraction use shall be permitted on the same property within one year from the date of zoning permit approval for a previous resource extraction use.
(D) Plat alternative for bona fide agricultural uses. The Zoning Administrator may waive the requirement that an approved and recorded plat of the subject property be submitted as part of a resource extraction application for a bona fide agricultural use when the proposed use complies with all of the conditions of division (C) above, and a scaled survey, scaled aerial photograph, or print of equal quality is submitted.
(E) Special exception exemption for solid waste disposal facility. Excavation or grading activities required to prepare, operate, or close a permitted solid waste disposal facility site shall be exempt from the special exception procedures of this chapter.
(Ord. 2012-06, § 6.4.14, passed 10-18-2012; Ord. 2013-02, passed 4-18-2013)