CHAPTER 25: SURFACE MINING
ARTICLE I. SURFACE MINING
   25-1.   Title
   25-2.   Purpose
   25-3.   Incorporation by reference
   25-4.   Requirements for surface mining operations
   25-5.   Exemptions
   25-6.   Vested rights
ARTICLE II. DEFINITIONS
   25-10.   CEQA
   25-11.   Commission
   25-12.   Department
   25-13.   Director
   25-14.   Financial assurances
   25-15.   Interim management plan
   25-16.   Operator
   25-17.   SMARA
   25-18.   SMARA regulations
ARTICLE III. SURFACE MINING PERMITS
   25-25.   Application
   25-26.   Notification of filing
   25-27.   Approval or denial of surface mining permit
   25-28.   Expansion of surface mining operation
ARTICLE IV. RECLAMATION PLANS
   25-35.   General requirements
   25-36.   Application
   25-37.   Notification of filing
   25-38.   Evaluation of comments
   25-39.   Approval or denial or reclamation plan
   25-40.   Performance of reclamation
ARTICLE V. FINANCIAL ASSURANCES
   25-50.   General requirements
   25-51.   Application
   25-52.   Transmittal of copies
   25-53.   Evaluation of comments
   25-54.   Approval or denial of financial assurances proposal
   25-55.   Securing and maintenance of financial assurances
   25-56.   Revision
   25-57.   Annual adjustment
   25-58.   New ownership
   25-59.   Forfeiture and release
ARTICLE VI. INTERIM MANAGEMENT PLANS
   25-65.   Application
   25-66.   Transmittal of copies
   25-67.   Approval or denial of interim management plan
   25-68.   Duration
   25-69.   Expiration
   25-70.   Maintenance of financial assurances
ARTICLE VII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
   25-80.   Appeals
   25-81.   Annual operations report
   25-82.   Inspection
   25-83.   Abandonment
   25-84.   Notice of change of address
   25-85.   Notice of change of ownership of property
   25-86.   Annual update report
   25-87.   Regulations nonexclusive
   25-88.   Failure to comply
ARTICLE I. SURFACE MINING
SEC. 25-1. TITLE.
   This chapter shall be known as the “Surface Mining Ordinance of the City of Oxnard.”
(Ord. No. 2579)
SEC. 25-2. PURPOSE.
   This chapter establishes regulations for surface mining operations in accordance with the requirements of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 (“SMARA”), the regulations adopted thereunder, and Cal. Pub. Res. Code, Section 2207. These regulations shall secure the continued availability of important mineral resources while also ensuring that adverse environmental effects are prevented or mitigated and mined lands are reclaimed to a usable condition readily adaptable for alternative land uses.
(Ord. No. 2579)
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