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§ 42-71 DIVISION 3. STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS Subdivision I. In General Sec. 42-71. Scope of division. ELK RIVER CODE Sec. 42-76. Fencing. During extraction operations, access to any area where collections of water are 1~/z feet in depth or more, or where extraction slopes are steeper than one foot vertical to 1~1z feet horizon- tal, and any other areas where obvious danger to the public exists shall be controlled by a four-foot- tall fence with support posts spaced every ten feet. (Code 1982, § 720.10(3)) The provisions of this division apply to extrac- tion operations for which a license and condi- tionaluse permit aze required by the provisions of this article. (Code 1982, § 720.10) Sec. 42-72. Authority to waive requirements or impose additional require- ments. The council, at the time of issuance of an extraction license, may waive or modify any of the provisions in this division or impose additional requirements if it finds that the plan of operation or other materials submitted with the application or other factors make other measures more suit- able for standards consistent with the public health, safety and welfare. (Code 1982, § 720.10(5)(II)) Sec. 42-73. Boundaries of operation. Extraction operations shall be conducted within the confines of the extraction site described in the application. (Code 1982, § 720.10(1)) Sec. 42-74. Prohibited areas. Extraction operations shall not be conducted within the following: (1) Five feet of the right-of--way of an existing public utility, (2) Fifty feet of the boundary of any zone where such extraction operations are not permitted. (3) Thirty feet of the boundary of an adjoin- ing property which is not being used for extraction operations. (Code 1982, § 72010(2)) Sec. 42-76. Site appearance and screening, duties on termination of opera- tions. (a) All machinery shall be kept operational. (b) Abandoned machinery and rubbish shall be periodically removed from the extraction site. (c) Within three months after the termination of extraction operations or within three months after the expiration of the extraction license pro- vided far in this article, the applicant or owner shall dismantle buildings and structures inciden- tal to extraction operations and shall grade the extraction site as well as complete all rehabilita- tion on the site as provided by the rehabilitation plan. (d) When required, the perimeter of the extrac- tion site shall be planted or otherwise screened. (e) Existing trees and ground cover shall be preserved to the maximum extent feasible, main- tained or supplemented by selective cutting, trans- plantingand replanting of trees, shrubs and other ground cover along all setback areas. (Code 1982, § 720.10(4)) Sec. 42-77. Rehabilitation of site. (a) Requi»ed. Rehabilitation shall be a continu- ing process occurring as quickly as possible after the extraction operation has moved into another part of the extraction site. (b) Rehabilitation of slopes. A.ll banks and slopes shall be rehabilitated in accordance with the rehabilitation plan submitted with the extraction license application. No rehabilitation slope shall be steeper than four feet horizontal to one foot vertical, except that steeper slopes may be per- CD42:6