(A) All new or expanded mining operators will be required to enter into road maintenance agreements with the governing road authority if agreed to by the specific authority.
(B) The road maintenance agreement will provide for:
(1) A round-trip hauling route for the shipping of non-metallic minerals from the excavation or mining site to a targeted delivery location, including the estimated number of tons to be hauled per truck and estimated number of tons hauled per month;
(2) Mining operator’s agreement to pay a road pavement impact fee as decided by the local government, which will be assessed on a per ton, per mile basis to reimburse the local government for the projected costs of repairing and replacing road pavement damaged by the hauling of non-metallic minerals from an excavation or mining site. The fee established at the time of application will be reviewed every two years; and
(3) All fees collected will be placed in a fund administered by the road authority, dedicated to the sole purpose of maintaining, repairing and replacing roads.
(Prior Code, § 345.06)