(A) County right to revoke permit. The county may revoke or suspend a permit issued pursuant to this chapter for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) Fraudulent, false, misrepresenting or materially incomplete statements in the permit application;
(2) Noncompliance with this chapter;
(3) Permittee’s physical presence or presence of permittee’s facilities on, over, above, along, upon, under, across or within the rights-of-way presents a direct or imminent threat to the public health, safety or welfare; or
(4) Permittee’s failure to construct the facilities substantially in accordance with the permit and approved plans.
(B) Notice of revocation or suspension. The county shall send written notice of its intent to revoke or suspend a permit issued pursuant to this chapter stating the reason or reasons for the revocation or suspension and the alternatives available to permittee under this section.
(C) Permittee alternatives upon receipt of notice of revocation or suspension.
(1) Upon receipt of a written notice of revocation or suspension from the county, the permittee shall have the following options:
(a) Immediately provide the county with evidence that no cause exists for the revocation or suspension;
(b) Immediately correct, to the satisfaction of the county, the deficiencies stated in the written notice, providing written proof of such correction to the county within five working days after receipt of the written notice of revocation; or
(c) Immediately remove the facilities located on, over, above, along, upon, under, across or within the rights-of-way and restore the rights-of-way to the satisfaction of the county providing written proof of such removal to the county within ten days after receipt of the written notice of revocation.
(2) The county may, in its discretion, for good cause shown, extend the time periods provided in this division (C).
(D) Stop work order. In addition to the issuance of a notice of revocation or suspension, the county may issue a stop work order immediately upon discovery of any of the reasons for revocation set forth within division (A) of this section.
(E) Failure or refusal of the permittee to comply.
(1) If the permittee fails to comply with the provisions of division (C) of this section, the county or its designee may, at the option of the county:
(a) Correct the deficiencies;
(b) Upon not less than 20 days’ notice to the permittee, remove the subject facilities or equipment; or
(c) After not less than 30 days’ notice to the permittee of failure to cure the noncompliance, deem them abandoned and property of the county.
(2) The permittee shall be liable in all events to the county for all costs of removal.
(Ord. 2013-03, passed 3-20-2013)