Sustainability Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2020 09 16

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(1) The fees collected pursuant to this article are to be used for acquiring additional public land to serve as native prairie or grassland ecosystem habitat, conducting relocation of prairie dogs to suitable prairie or grassland ecosystem habitat, creating new prairie or grassland ecosystem habitat or improving existing prairie or grassland ecosystem habitat for the species supported by such habitat, monitoring the success of these activities, protection of existing native prairie or grassland ecosystem habitat, educating the public regarding native prairie or grassland ecosystems, including the wildlife species supported by such habitat and the ecological processes or functions of such habitat, or funding human land -use and wildlife habitat conflict -related research, and may be used to offset the administrative costs of the foregoing. All revenues accruing to the city under this paragraph shall be placed in the wildlife habitat restoration fund established in Section 44-11. (2) The Director shall waive the habitat restoration fee, or any portion of such fee, in situations where the permittee establishes a habitat mitigation work plan approved by the Director, and completes, to the satisfaction of the Director, all activities proposed under the approved mitigation work plan. (3) Unless the habitat restoration fee is waived, no permittee shall fail to pay the habitat restoration fee prior to taking any control activity authorized under the prairie dog control permit. (e) An applicant for a special permit or prairie dog control permit shall be responsible for all costs associated with the control activity authorized under such permit. Sec.25-124 Notice. A prairie dog control permittee shall provide the Director with at least 14 days' advance written notice of the date and time on which the control activity authorized under the permit will be initiated, along with the name, address and telecommunications number of (i) the owner or property manager of the property on which the control activity will take place; (ii) the owner or property manager of the property to which the prairie dogs will be relocated (if relocation is the proposed control activity); and (iii) any consultants retained with regard to the authorized control activity. Sec. 25-125. Refusal to grant; suspension or revocation of permit; (a) The Director may refuse to grant a permit, or suspend or revoke a permit requested or issued pursuant to this Article, if the Director determines that any of the following have occurred: 0