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Board agrees to revive heavy-haul permit procedures, likely as ordinance update
Summary
Supervisors directed staff to retrieve and update a previously adopted heavy-haul permit document and begin work toward ordinance language and public hearings to address road damage, bonding and penalties for large timber and dirt hauls.
Board members reviewed existing heavy-haul permit procedures, noted that a document with bonding and assessment provisions existed in the past, and agreed to pull the record and resurrect the policy for public review. One member cautioned that the current maximum charge listed in the old document — $1,500 — is likely insufficient to cover damage cited at several sites, and urged more accurate damage-assessment language.
The county attorney observed that penalties and obligations that affect private contractors typically rise to the level of an ordinance requiring public hearing and newspaper notice; staff agreed to bring the older document back to the board, update it with modern bond limits and notice provisions, and present a public-review draft. The board moved and approved retrieving and reviewing the document for revision and possible ordinance process.
