18.62.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for a permit process to regulate the operations of a surface mine. Pursuant to RCW 78.44.031(8), operations means all mine-related activities, exclusive of reclamation, that include but are not limited to activities that affect noise generation, air quality, surface and groundwater quality, quantity and flow, glare, pollution, traffic safety, ground vibrations and/or significant or substantial impacts commonly regulated under provisions of land use or other permits of local government and local ordinances. Operations also include:
A. The mining or extraction of rock, stone, gravel, sand, earth, and other minerals;
B. Blasting, equipment maintenance, sorting, crushing, and loading;
C. On-site mineral processing including asphalt or concrete batching, concrete recycling, and other aggregate recycling; and
D. Transporting minerals to and from the mine, on-site road maintenance, road maintenance for roads used extensively for surface mining activities, traffic safety and traffic control. (Ord. 5060 § 1, 1998.)