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(c) Timeframe for review. <br />(1) Applications for a special permit shall be reviewed and approved <br />by the Director within five business (5) days of the date on which <br />the applicant submits the application. <br />(2) Applications for a prairie dog control permit shall be reviewed <br />and approved by the Director within 120 days of the date on <br />which the applicant submits the application. <br />a. Not less than fifteen days after accepting an application as <br />complete, the Director shall commence a sixty-day public <br />comment period on the application, soliciting public <br />comment on relocation alternatives for prairie dogs that <br />would otherwise be lethally controlled under the permit <br />application. The only information from the permit that the <br />Director shall make available to the public for purposes of <br />this subsection shall be information that is submitted by <br />the applicant pursuant to paragraphs (b)(6), (b)(9) and <br />(b)(10) of section 25-123. At the commencement of the <br />public comment period, notice thereof shall be (i) <br />prominently posted on the subject property, (ii) published <br />in a newspaper of general circulation within the city, and <br />(iii) posted on the city's website. All notices shall include <br />a statement of the matter to be considered, a description of <br />the location of the subject property, and a telephone <br />number, email address, and mailing address for the <br />Department where comments may be submitted. <br />b. The Director may delay issuing the prairie dog control <br />permit for up to an additional twelve months, if the <br />Director determines that reasonable relocation alternatives <br />exist and are otherwise feasible and appropriate under the <br />circumstances. <br />(3) In the event the Director fails to act on a request seeking approval <br />for a special permit or prairie dog control permit under this <br />Article within the timeframe for review, the request shall be <br />deemed granted. The deemed grant becomes effective when the <br />applicant notifies the Director in writing after the review period <br />has expired that the application has been deemed granted. <br />(d) All prairie dog control permittees shall be assessed, at the time of permit <br />issuance, a wildlife habitat restoration fee of $1,200 per acre of active wildlife habitat <br />lost, prorated for any partial acres of lost habitat. <br />