06. Second reading of ordinance for crew camp

CASS COUNTY COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL 38.35 ______________________________________________________________________ SUBJECT: ORDINANCE #2021-1 (CREW CAMPS) ADOPTED DATE: PAGE 4 OF 6 ______________________________________________________________________ (b) Additional Standards for Large Crew Camps. Applicants requesting approval for siting, development or operation Large of Crew Camps have the burden of proof to demonstrate compliance of their proposed use with this Ordinance. Applications for large crew camps must demonstrate compliance with the following additional design standards and such crew camps shall continuously meet these standards if the application is approved: 1. Compliance with the following stormwater management standards: a. Onsite retention facilities designed to retain stormwater runoff from the fully developed site from a 100-year storm event. b. Drainage facilities must be designed by a North Dakota licensed engineer to protect downstream areas from erosion and inundation and must meet all requirements of North Dakota law. 2. Proposals in areas deemed by the Planning Commission to be flood-prone must provide adequate protection from flooding to a 100-year level as determined by a hydrologic and hydraulic analysis. 3. In the case of a proposed Crew Camp facility designed to house at least 250 occupants, a person with CPR and First Aid Certification is on-site full-time, and an AED is located where readily accessible to each housing unit at all times. 4. All roadways, buildings and housing units shall be clearly marked and identified with lighted signs for emergency response purposes. 5. An access and traffic management plan shall be provided which identifies anticipated traffic volumes and provides appropriate access locations and circulation patterns within the site. The County may require service roads, and acceleration, deceleration, and turning lanes to facilitate the safe and expedient movement of traffic. 6. Any proposal which involves truck traffic must have an approved dust control plan. 7. A landscape plan may be required to help blend the development into the rural landscape. 8. Responsibility for maintenance of the land being developed and a standard for the control of weeds and grass shall be established. Section 6: Reclamation Requirements (a) The applicant shall be responsible for beginning reclamation of the permitted site immediately after completion of its authorized use as a crew camp. The applicant shall be financially responsible for the full cost of reclamation. Within seven (7) days of application approval and prior to any construction on or use of the authorized site, the applicant shall provide a reclamation bond to the County for purposes of removing structures, foundations, and disturbance areas and returning the site to its pre- development state or to productive agricultural use as existed prior to the use of the site for a crew camp. The reclamation bond, by a surety company authorized to do