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Section 13-105. Geologic Hazard Areas (A) Due to the potential impact of past mining in the Louisville Planning Area on future development, all land within this juris- diction which has been undermined shall be identified as geologic hazard area by the Planning Commission and shall be subject to the special provisions specified in Sections 13-105 through 13-112 as well as the general requirements specified in Section 13-101 through 13-104. (B) The location and boundaries of identified geologic hazard areas shall be shown in the Louisville Comprehensive Development Plan, as amended. (C) The following open uses shall be permitted outright with identified and designated geologic hazard areas to the extent that they are not prohibited in a particular area by this Ordinance or other Louisville ordinances and regulations: (1) Agricultural uses such as general farming, grazing, truck farming, forestry, sod farming and wild crop harvesting; (2) Industrial-commercial uses such as loading areas, parking areas not requiring extensive grading or impervious paving, and storage yards for equipment or machinery easily moved or not subject to geologic hazard damage. (3) Public and private recreational uses not requlrlng permanent structures designed for human habitation such as parks, natural swimming areas, golf courses, driving ranges, picnic grounds, wildlife and nature preserves, skeet ranges and hunting, fishing, skiing and hiking areas if such uses do not cause concentrations of people in the areas during periods of high hazard probability. (D) Under certain conditions corrective engineering and engineered construction may allow certain types of development to occur in identified or designated geologic hazard areas. Such development shall require site specific geologic investigation and certification as specified in this Article. (E) It is the intent of this Article that subdivision review under the Subdivision Regulations be carried out simultaneously with the review of a planned unit development and that the subdivision pro- cess involving identified geologic hazard areas be subject to the same requirements as specified for a planned unit development in- volving an identified geologic hazard area. In the event a proposed development is not subject to either the planned unit development provisions of this Ordinance or subdivision provisions of the Sub- division Regulations, the provisions of this Article shall apply to a building permit application involving an identified geologic hazard area. Section 13-106. Application for Designation Review. (A) In order to initiate consideration of a preliminary develop- ment plan or building permit involving an identified geologic hazard area, an application for designation review shall be submitted to the Planning Commission along with the preliminary development plan or building permit application. Said application shall be processed, and a fee shall be charged, as for an amendment to the text of this Ordinance as specified in Article 10. 2.