(A) Any applicant requesting land use approval for a concept plan; preliminary or final plats; a commercial, institutional or one-, two- and multi-family dwelling conditional use permit; or site plan approval on a parcel or parcels of land within a geologic hazard study area or where there are known or readily apparent geologic hazards and the area is not included within a current geologic hazard study area, shall submit to the county three wet-stamped paper copies and one unlocked, digital PDF copy of a site-specific geologic hazard investigation report that specifically relates to the geologic hazards present and affecting on the site.
(B) A field review by the county is required during subsurface exploration activities conducted for geologic investigations (test pits, trenches, drilling and the like) to allow the county to evaluate the subsurface conditions, such as the age and type of deposits encountered and the presence or absence of faulting, with the applicant. Discussions about questionable features or appropriate setback distances are appropriate, but the county will not assist with field logging, explaining stratigraphy or give verbal approval of the proposed development during the field review. Exploratory trenches, when excavated, shall be open, safe and in compliance with applicable federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the state and other excavation safety regulations, have the walls appropriately cleaned, and a field log completed by the time of the review. The applicant must provide a minimum notice of 48 hours to schedule the field review with the county.
(Prior Code, § 8-5I-10) (Ord. 10-02, passed 6-1-2010; Ord. 19-09, passed 10-15-2019; Ord. 21-07, passed 6-15-2021)