The purpose of this division is to protect the public health, safety and general welfare
and the natural environment of the county through the establishment of reasonable
standards for the review and regulation of land alteration activities, and to establish
procedures and standards that clearly set forth the criteria by which applications
are reviewed and decisions made on approval or denial of a land alteration permit
and whereby reviews are conducted in a similar manner to that utilized in other site
plan and subdivision plan reviews.
(b)
It is the intent of this division to ensure that the excavation, filling and reclamation
of lands in the county resulting from the removal of such materials as vegetation,
muck, peat, clay, shell, sand, gravel, marl, stone, rock, minerals and the like is
accomplished in accordance with the provisions of this division and in a manner that
will protect the public health and safety and the land and water resources of the
county.
(Code 1979, § 14-112)
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