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81 030: SCOPE: <br />(A) The provisions of this chapter shall apply to areas within the incorporated areas <br />of the City of Colton. <br />(B) The provisions of this chapter are not applicable to: <br />(1) Excavations or grading conducted for fanning or on-site construction or <br />for the purpose of restoring land following a flood or natural disaster. <br />(2) Prospecting and exploration for minerals of commercial value where less <br />than 1000 cubic yards of overburden is removed in any one location of one acre or less. <br />(3) Any surface mining operation that does not involve either the removal of <br />a total of more than 1000 cubic yards of minerals, ores, and overburden, or involve more <br />than one acre in any one location. <br />(4) Surface mining operations that are required by federal law in order to <br />protect a mining claim, if such operations are conducted solely for that purpose. <br />(5) Operations involving the extraction of geothermal resources, natural gas, <br />petroleum and water. <br />(6) Such other mining operations that the city determines to be of an <br />infrequent nature, and which involve only minor surface disturbances and are <br />categorically identified by the State Mining and Geology Board pursuant to Sections <br />2714(d) and 2758(c) of the California Public Resources Code. <br />1&37040.- PERMIT AND RECLAMATION PLAN REQUIREMENT <br />(A) Any person, except as provided in Section 2776 of the Public Resources Code, <br />who proposes to engage in surface mining operations as defined by reference in Section <br />18.37.020 shah prior to the commencement of such operations, (1) obtain a permit to mine; <br />+ l..». .7 /?1 -If a... _nrxl - -1 reQrzrdine <br />(2) submit and Obtain approval OI a reCeuliiuitiiri pcu.y w.rr <br />financial assurances for reclamation, in accordance with the provisions set forth in this chapter <br />and SMARA. A fee as prescribed by resolution of the City Council shall be paid to the City at <br />the time of filing. All applications for a reclamation plan for the surface mining operations <br />shall be made on forms provided by the Department of Planning and Community Development <br />in accordance with Section 18.37.050 of this chapter, and Section 2772 of the California Public <br />Resources Code. <br />(B) A person who has obtained a vested right to conduct surface mining operations <br />prior to January 1, 1976, pursuant to Section 2776 of the Public Resources Code, shall submit <br />to the City, and receive, within a period of one year, approval of a Reclamation Plan for <br />-3- <br />GPS109256 <br />