§ 50-20. Permit requirements.

(a)

Permits required in AECs. After the date designated by the secretary of environment, health and natural resources, every person shall obtain a development permit prior to undertaking any development activity within any area of environmental concern.

(b)

Permit officer. For minor development within the jurisdictional area of the town, the permit shall be obtained from the Coastal Area Management Act officer of the town, who for the purposes of this article is designated the permit officer.

(c)

Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Minor development means any development which does not require permission, licensing, approval, certification or authorization in any form from the environmental management commission, the department of environment, health and natural resources, the department of administration, the state mining commission, the state pesticides board, the state sedimentation controls board or any federal agency; which occupies a land area of 20 acres or less; which does not contemplate drilling for or excavating natural resources on land or under water; or which occupies on a single parcel a structure with a ground area of 60,000 square feet or less.

(d)

Posting requirements. The following materials shall be posted by the permit officer in the town:

(1)

A precise description and map approximating all AECs within the jurisdictional area of the town.

(2)

A copy of the standards for development adopted by the coastal resources commission for each type of AEC found in the jurisdictions and the statutory grounds on which a permit may be denied or conditioned.

(3)

A copy of this article, together with locally adopted administrative policies for its enforcement.

(4)

The name, location and mailing address of the permit officer designated in subsection (b) of this section.

(Code 2003, § 22-32; Ord. of 9-23-1993(2), § 2; altered in 2018 recodification)