<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 59-72. - Permit requirements.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Permits required in AECs.</span> After the date designated by the secretary of natural resources and community development,
               every person shall obtain a development permit prior to undertaking any development
               activity within any area of environmental concern.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Permit officer.</span> For minor development within the unincorporated areas of the county, the permit shall
               be obtained from the New Hanover County Engineer, County Administration Building,
               320 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, N.C.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">Definitions.</span> 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:
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               <span class="ital">Minor development</span> means any development which does not require permission, licensing, approval, certification
               or authorization in any form from the environmental management commission, the department
               of human resources, the department of natural resources and community development,
               the department of administration, the state mining commission, the state pesticides
               board, or the state sedimentation control board; which occupies a land area of 20
               acres or less; or which occupies on a single parcel a structure or structures with
               a ground area of 60,000 square feet or less.
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               (d)
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               <span class="ital">Posting requirements.</span> The following materials shall be posted by the permit officer in the county courthouse:
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               (1)
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               A precise description and map approximating all AECs within the unincorporated areas
               of the county;
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               (2)
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               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;
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               (3)
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               A copy of this article, together with locally adopted administrative policies for
               its enforcement;
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               (4)
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               The name, location and mailing address of the permit officer designated in subsection
               (b) of this section.
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               (Code 1978, Â§ 4-42)
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