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Yolo County, CA Code of Ordinances
YOLO COUNTY, CA CODE OF ORDINANCES
Title 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Title 2 ADMINISTRATION
Title 3 FINANCE
Title 4 PUBLIC SAFETY
Title 5 PUBLIC WELFARE, MORALS, AND CONDUCT
Title 6 SANITATION AND HEALTH
Title 7 BUILDING REGULATIONS
Title 8 LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING
Title 9 PARKS AND RECREATION
Title 10 ENVIRONMENT
Chapter 1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS*
Chapter 2 ELM TREES
Chapter 3 CACHE CREEK AREA PLAN IN-CHANNEL ORDINANCE*
Chapter 4 OFF-CHANNEL SURFACE MINING
Article 1. Title, Authority and Purpose
Article 2. Definitions
Sec. 10-4.201. Scope.
Sec. 10-4.202. Abandon: Abandonment.
Sec. 10-4.203. Act.
Sec. 10-4.204. Agency.
Sec. 10-4.205. Board.
Sec. 10-4.206. CEQA.
Sec. 10-4.207. Commission.
Sec. 10-4.208. County.
Sec. 10-4.209. Department.
Sec. 10-4.210. Director.
Sec. 10-4.211. Financial assurances.
Sec. 10-4.212. Haul road.
Sec. 10-4.213. Idle.
Sec. 10-4.214. Interim management plan.
Sec. 10-4.215. Mined lands.
Sec. 10-4.216. Mining waste.
Sec. 10-4.217. Minor modification.
Sec. 10-4.218. Operator.
Sec. 10-4.219. Overburden.
Sec. 10-4.220. Prime agricultural land.
Sec. 10-4.221. Reclamation.
Sec. 10-4.222. Reclamation plan.
Sec. 10-4.223. Regulations.
Sec. 10-4.224. Responsible agency.
Sec. 10-4.225. Slope.
Sec. 10-4.226. State CEQA guidelines.
Sec. 10-4.227. Surface mining operations.
Sec. 10-4.228. Trustee agency.
Article 3. Scope and Exemptions
Article 4. Off-Channel Mining Standards
Article 5. Surface Mining Permit Approval Process
Article 6. Amendments and Modifications to Approved Surface Mining Permits
Article 7. Annual Reports
Article 8. Fees
Article 9. Confidentiality of Records
Article 10. Appeals
Article 11. Inspections: Notices of Violations
Chapter 5 SURFACE MINING RECLAMATION*
Chapter 6 AGRICULTURE
Chapter 7 GROUNDWATER
CHAPTER 8 AGRICULTURAL SURFACE MINING AND RECLAMATION ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 9 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND DISCHARGE CONTROL
Chapter 10 HABITAT MITIGATION ORDINANCE
Chapter 11 GRAVEL MINING FEE ORDINANCE
Chapter 12 OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE USE AND OPERATION
Chapter 13 YOLO HCP/NCCP
Chapter 14 INDUSTRIAL HEMP CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, PROCESSING, AND STORAGE
Title 11 CABLE COMMUNICATIONS
Title 12 BUSINESS LICENSES
Parallel Reference Table
Sec. 10-4.208.   County.
   “County” shall mean the County of Yolo.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)
Sec. 10-4.209.   Department.
   “Department” shall mean the State Department of Conservation, or its successor in function with regards to surface mining and reclamation regulation.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)
Sec. 10-4.210.   Director.
   “Director” shall mean the County Administrator, or a designee chosen by the Administrator.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by § 3, Ord. 1407, eff. April 28, 2011; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)
Sec. 10-4.211.   Financial assurances.
   “Financial assurances” shall mean monetary funds, securities, or other instruments provided by the operator to ensure that surface mining operations are reclaimed according to the approved reclamation plan, should the operator abandon the mine site.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)
Sec. 10-4.212.   Haul road.
   "Haul road" or “route” shall mean: 1) a road along which material is transported from the area of excavation to the processing plant or stock pile area of the surface mining operation; and/or 2) the designated route aggregate trucks are authorized to take pursuant to Section 10-4.419.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020).
Sec. 10-4.213.   Idle.
   "Idle" shall mean that an operator of a surface mining operation has curtailed production at the surface mining operation, with the intent to resume the surface mining operation at a future date, for a period of one year or more by more than ninety (90) percent of its maximum annual mineral production within any of the last five (5) years during which an interim management plan has not been approved.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)
Sec. 10-4.214.   Interim management plan.
   "Interim management plan" shall mean an amendment to the approved reclamation plan to provide measures for maintaining an idle mine site until operations are resumed.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)

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