Dimensional standards
Servicing
- Geographic extent
- All areas within the City of Mt. Shasta
Extracted standards
11 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.
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- Amendments require approval
Substantial deviations from the original plan shall not be undertaken until such amendment has been filed with, and approved by, the City.
- Annual inspection6 months
Annual inspections must be completed ... within six months upon receipt of the mining operator's annual report.
- Appeal deadline10 days
Any appeal must be filed within 10 days after the rendition, in writing, of the lower decision.
- Enforcement authority
The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced by the City Administrator, Building Official or Director of Public Works.
- Exemption for small operations1,000 cubic yardscubic yard (cy)A unit of earth volume used in grading limits — roughly one dump-truck scoop.
Prospecting and exploration ... less than 1,000 cubic yards of overburden is removed in any one location of one acre or less.
- Financial assurances required
all surface mining operators must obtain lead agency (City) approved financial assurances for reclamation.
- Interim management plan for idle operations90 days
Within 90 days of a surface mining operation becoming idle ... the operator shall submit ... an interim management plan.
- Permit and reclamation plan required
Any person ... who proposes to engage in surface mining operations ... shall, prior to the commencement of such operations, obtain (1) permit to mine, (2) approval of a reclamation plan, and (3) financial assurances for reclamation.
- Phasing of reclamation
Reclamation activities shall be phased with respect to the phasing of the mining operation.
- Public hearingConditional useAllowed only after a discretionary approval — usually a public hearing and a board vote. within 45 days45 days
The Planning Department shall ... schedule a public hearing within 45 days of the filing of both the permit application and the reclamation plan.
- VarianceVariancePermission to depart from a specific dimensional rule, granted on a showing of hardship. requires finding
Variances from an approved reclamation plan may be allowed ... upon a finding by the City Planning Commission that each requested variance is necessary.
From the ordinance
The provisions of this chapter shall apply to all areas within the City of Mt. Shasta.