Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2020 09 16

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(2) Shall relieve the person from payment of the habitat restoration fee provided in Section 25-123. (3) May be based, whenever practicable, on the recommendations contained in an on -site evaluation performed by an employee, representative, or consultant of the Department. (4) Shall only authorize the permittee to use carbon monoxide as a means of lethal control of prairie dogs, unless such permit is issued pursuant to a valid CDOW permit to capture, hold, transport and relocate prairie dogs for raptor rehabilitation programs. (c) In addition to the qualifying activities set forth in subsection (a), the Director may consider the following factors in assessing whether an activity is eligible for, or in determining whether to issue, a special permit under this section: (1) whether the nature of the threat allows enough time to obtain some other form of permit or is prompt action required to reduce or eliminate the threat; (2) whether the emergency poses a direct threat to public health or safety or substantial property, including but not limited to a dwelling, transportation, structure, farm or cropland; (3) whether the proposed action is the minimal amount necessary to reduce or eliminate the threat and whether it minimizes, to the extent practicable, adverse impacts to wildlife habitat. (d) An applicant seeking a special permit under this section must agree that an employee, representative, or consultant of the Department may enter and inspect the site, lot or parcel upon which the proposed control activity will occur, prior to the issuance of a special permit. (e) An applicant seeking a special permit under this section must agree that an employee, representative, or consultant of the Department may be present during the proposed control activity. (f) An applicant seeking a special permit under this section must agree to reimburse the City for the fees of a consultant retained by Department if the Director determines that the services of a consultant are necessary to perform an on -site evaluation or inspection of the site, or that the presence of a consultant during the proposed control activity is necessary to ensure compliance with permit conditions or City regulations. Sec. 25-123. Application for permit; costs and fees. (a) An applicant for a special permit or prairie dog control permit shall file an application with the Director on forms supplied by the Director for that purpose, 5