Notwithstanding the actual tonnage sold in any one year by a permit holder, or any of the provisions of this Ordinance, a minimum annual base fee amount of Fifty Thousand and no/100ths ($50,000.00) Dollars per permitted operation that is authorized at the time to mine, is required by the County by June 30 of each year, in order to minimally administer the CCAP. This requirement applies whether a site is active or idle. Sites that are not being mined and are under active reclamation would not be subject to this minimum fee. The payment of this amount shall be invoiced to each permit holder based on approved annual permitted production. Each permit holder shall receive credit for this amount against their December payment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the first Fifty Thousand and no/100ths ($50,000.00) Dollars in either the OCMP Administration Fund, the CCRMP Implementation Fund, or a combination of both funds, in a given calendar year, shall be counted as meeting this minimum annual base fee amount, and shall be available to the County for administrative purposes. (§ 1, Ord. 1196, eff. January 1, 1997;as amended by § 2, Ord. 1357, eff. April 26, 2007,§ 2, Ord. 1445, eff. August 14, 2014, and Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)