§ 88-24.620. Permit renewal.

(a)

A land use permit or other discretionary approval for a facility issued prior to the enactment of this chapter may be renewed in accordance with the requirements in effect at the time the discretionary approval was issued.

(b)

A minor alteration permit for collocation, a collocation permit, a land use permit, and a wireless facility access permit issued under this chapter may be renewed as follows:

(1)

Timing of Request. A renewal request must be submitted to the zoning administrator at least sixty days before the expiration of the permit's current term.

(2)

Required Submittals. A renewal request must be submitted with all of the following:

(A)

A copy of the permit being renewed;

(B)

A copy of the original application for the permit, if available;

(C)

A copy of any environmental document that was certified for the permit.

(3)

Renewal of Financial Assurance Required. Before a collocation permit, land use permit, or wireless facility access permit renewal is effective, the permittee must renew the financial assurance provided for its original permit under this chapter, or provide a new financial assurance in a form authorized by this chapter. The renewed or new financial assurance must be in an amount that the zoning administrator determines is necessary to pay, as of the date that the renewal request is approved, the cost to remove the facility and restore the facility site to its original condition before construction or installation of the facility.

(4)

Approval of Renewal Request.

(A)

A renewal request for a minor alteration permit for collocation will be approved by the zoning administrator upon receipt of a renewal request and all required submittals.

(B)

A renewal request for a collocation permit, land use permit, or wireless facility access permit will be approved by the zoning administrator after receiving the request and all required submittals if the zoning administrator finds all of the following:

(i)

The facility meets of the county requirements applicable to the facility at the time that a permit was issued for the facility, and any terms or conditions included in the permit for the facility.

(ii)

The permittee has met the financial assurance requirements of subsection (b)(3).

(iii)

The permittee has paid the renewal request processing fee.

(5)

Permit Renewal Duration.

(A)

A land use permit renewal or a wireless facility access permit renewal has a term of ten years.

(B)

A minor alteration permit renewal or collocation permit renewal has a term that is the shorter of the following:

(i)

Ten years; or

(ii)

The duration, including any renewal period, of the permit that authorizes the existing facility on which the minor alteration or collocated facility is located.

(C)

A permit issued under this chapter may be renewed at the expiration of a prior renewal period, provided all of the requirements of this subsection (b).

(Ord. No. 2016-11, § II, 5-24-16)