17.172.080 Pre-Application Procedure.

A.  Before submitting an application for a Permit under these Regulations, the applicant shall meet with the Administrator. 

B.  At or before the pre-application meeting, the applicant shall provide the Administrator with: 

    (1)  A written summary of the Project including:                       

(a)  The applicant’s name, address and phone number. 

          (b)  Map prepared at an easily readable scale showing: 

          i.   Boundary of the proposed activity.

ii.  Relationship of the proposed activity to surrounding topographic and cultural features such as roads, streams and existing structures. 

          iii.  Proposed buildings, improvements and infrastructure. 

(c)  Information that is sufficient for determining the nature of the Project and the degree of impacts associated with the Project. 

C.  Within thirty (30) days after the pre-application meeting, the Administrator shall establish an estimated fee in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover costs of determining whether a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) or a Permit is required. The estimate will include the costs of copying, mailing, publications, labor, overhead and retention of consultants, experts and attorneys that the County deems necessary to advise it in making the Determination.  Once the estimate is established, the administrator shall notify the applicant in writing of said fee and its amount.  Following receipt of such notice, the applicant shall present to the Permit Authority certified funds in the amount set.  Until the fee is paid, no further action shall be taken in the pre-application process.