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The Board reviewed the following memo dated 2/12/88: TO: Charles Balczun County Administrator DATE: February 12, 1988 FI LE: DEPARTMENT HEAD CONCURRENCE: Obert M. Keat. ng, CP UBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Community Develop'ent Director Section 25(r) Mining and Excavation FROM: Michael K. Miller PO. REFERENCES: P&Z MEMO/MINING ORD. Chief, Environmental Planning DISK: MIKE & Code Enforcement It is requested that the data presented herein be given formal consideration by the Board of County Commissioners at their regular meeting of March 22, 1988. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: Recently, the Board of County Commissioners directed the staff to make a comprehensive revision to the mining ordinance. The staff has examined issues relating to lake development and mine restoration, and limited protection for the Coastal Sand Ridge,, in addition to mining issues such as bonding, ground water quality, exemptions, and the identification of hauling routes. The financial impact of the proposed regulations has also been analyzed, and the results of the analysis are presented in an economic impact report that is attached to the agenda item. During the last 6 months, 3 workshops were conducted by the staff, and discussion focused primarily on the cost of meeting littoral zone requirements and the establishment of hauling fees to mitigate the damage to the haul routes due to sand truck traffic. By the conclusion of the workshops, the littoral zone requirements had been modified, and the concept' of hauling fees had been deleted from the proposed ordinance. The hauling fee issue was dropped with the understanding that public discussion of the need for additional revenue to repair road damage primarily caused by sand trucks will continue, and methods for generating such road repair funds may be examined in the future.. The Planning and Zoning Commission, at the January 28, 1988, Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting voted 5 to 1 in favor of recommending adoption of the proposed ordinance to the Board of County Commissioners. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS: The proposed ordinance addresses three principal issues: 1. Zoning districts where mining is permitted; 2. Water management standards for lakes; and 3. Mining of the Coastal Sand Ridge. Zoning Districts - The present mining ordinance restricts mining activity to an Administrative Permit use in the A-1, Agricultural Zoning District. The proposed ordinance retains mining activity as an Administrative Permit use in the A-1, Agricultural District and expands mining activity as a Special Exception use in Residential, Commercial and Industrial Zoning Districts. The proposed ordinance permits mining activity in residential zoning districts for two reasons. First, the 29 AR 2 2 1988 _ BOOK 7 F', GE •J