Surface mining permits and permits for aggregate processing facilities shall be approved for a maximum of thirty (30) years. Extensions of the permits, for up to twenty (20) years, may be granted, subject to further environmental review and discretionary approval by the County. All surface mining permits shall be subject to annual reporting requirements, as well as review by the County every ten (10) years, to account for changing regulatory requirements.
(§ 1, Ord. 1190, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)