Unless otherwise provided in this article, no person shall conduct off-channel surface mining operations unless a surface mining permit has been approved in accordance with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring the filing of a surface mining permit application for lands where surface mining operations were completed prior to January 1, 1976.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)