§ 21.29.030. Application procedure.

A.

In order to obtain a counter permit or CLUP, an applicant shall first complete and submit to the borough planning department a permit application, along with the fee listed in the most current Kenai Peninsula Borough Schedule of Rates, Charges and Fees. The planning director may determine that certain contiguous parcels are eligible for a single permit. The application shall include the following items:

1.

Legal description of the parcel, KPB tax parcel ID number, and identification of whether the permit is for the entire parcel, or a specific location within a parcel;

2.

Expected life span of the material site;

3.

A buffer plan consistent with KPB 21.29.050(A)(2);

4.

Reclamation plan consistent with KPB 21.29.060;

5.

The depth of excavation;

6.

Type of material to be extracted and type of equipment to be used;

7.

Any voluntary permit conditions the applicant proposes. Failure to include a proposed voluntary permit condition in the application does not preclude the applicant from proposing or agreeing to voluntary permit conditions at a later time;

8.

A site plan and field verification prepared by a professional surveyor licensed and registered in the State of Alaska, including the following information:

a.

Location of excavation, and, if the site is to be developed in phases, the life span and expected reclamation date for each phase;

b.

Proposed buffers consistent with KPB 21.29.050(A)(2), or alternate buffer plan;

c.

Identification of all encumbrances, including, but not limited to easements;

d.

Points of ingress and egress. Driveway permits must be acquired from either the state or borough as appropriate prior to the issuance of the material site permit.

e.

Anticipated haul routes;

f.

Location and depth of test holes, and depth of groundwater, if encountered;

g.

Location of wells of adjacent property owners within 300 feet of the proposed parcel boundary;

h.

Location of any water body on the parcel, including the location of any riparian wetland as determined by "Wetland Mapping and Classification of the Kenai Lowland, Alaska" maps created by the Kenai Watershed Forum;

i.

Surface water protection measures for adjacent properties, including the use of diversion channels, interception ditches, on-site collection ditches, sediment ponds and traps, and silt fence; provide designs for substantial structures; indicate which structures will remain as permanent features at the conclusion of operations, if any;

j.

Location of any processing areas on parcel, if applicable;

k.

North arrow;

l.

The scale to which the site plan is drawn;

m.

Preparer's name, date and seal;

n.

Field verification shall include staking the boundary of the parcel at sequentially visible intervals. The planning director may grant an exemption in writing to the staking requirements if the parcel boundaries are obvious.

B.

In order to aid the planning commission or planning director's decision-making process, the planning director shall provide vicinity, aerial, land use, and ownership maps for each application and may include additional information.

(Ord. No. 2011-32, § 33, 9-20-11; Ord. No. 2006-01(S), § 1, 8-1-06)