(A) Creation. The designated local official shall be the permit officer and that position is hereby created.
(B) Qualifications. The permit officer shall be required to successfully complete a course of study within the first 12 months of employment consisting of no more than two weeks duration that shall be developed by the Department of Natural and Economic Resources in cooperation with one or more of the state’s institutions of higher education.
(C) Appointment. The Assistant Tax Supervisor shall serve as the permit officer.
(D) Duties, generally. The permit officer shall administer and enforce in duly designated AECs, the CAMA, the Coastal Area Management Act, being G.S. §§ 113A-100 et seq., the minor development permit process as herein established, all applicable local ordinances and all other guidelines and standards established by the Commission and the County Commissioners pursuant to the CAMA, the Coastal Area Management Act, being G.S. §§ 113A-100 et seq. The permit officer shall be available both in an advisory capacity and as a liaison between major permit applicants and the Commission for the purpose of facilitating efficient disposition of major permit applications. The permit officer shall assist in identifying and assessing projects of greater than local concern (e.g., projects of regional, state and national concern). The permit officer shall also be responsible for implementing any procedures recommended by the County Commissioners for the purpose of coordinating the CAMA, the Coastal Area Management Act, being G.S. §§ 113A-100 et seq., minor development permit with other locally required permits. The locally required permits and approvals include, but are not limited to, plumbing permits, electric permits, building permits, septic tank permits and flood insurance permits.
(E) Records.
(1) The permit officer shall prepare for the County Board of Commissioners, the Coastal Resources Commission and the Secretary of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, a quarterly summary of all permit applications received and their disposition.
(2) He or she shall keep correct and comprehensive records of all transactions related to minor development permit requests (applications, grants, denials, other dispositions) and shall maintain the records so long as any part of the structure or entity to which it relates remains in existence, or in the case of denials or other instances, for a period of ten years.
(Ord. passed 6-20-1977)