Unless the operation has a pending or approved interim management plan, or an appeal of the interim management plan is pending before the Board of Supervisors, any surface mining operation which remains idle for more than one year shall be considered abandoned. All abandoned mining operations shall commence and complete reclamation in accordance with the approved reclamation plan, pursuant to Article 9 of this chapter. (§ 1, Ord. 1191, eff. September 5, 1996; as amended by Ord. 1518, eff. February 13, 2020)