§ 11-8. Applications for a certificate to dig within an archeological zone.

(a)

Application procedure. Within an archeological zone, new construction, filling, digging, the removal of trees or any other activity that may alter or reveal an interred archeological site, in an archeological zone shall require a certificate to dig before approval. Based on the designation report for the archeological zone, a complete application for a certificate to dig and any additional guidelines the board may deem necessary, the board shall, within ten days from the date the completed application has been filed, approve the application for a certificate to dig by the owners of a property in a designated archeological zone. The certificate to dig may be made subject to specified conditions, including but not limited to conditions regarding site excavation. In order to comply with the site excavation requirements of the certificate to dig, the applicant may agree to permit the county archeologist to conduct excavation from the time of the approval of the certificate to dig until the effective date thereof. The applicant shall have the opportunity to challenge the decision or any conditions attached to the certificate to dig by appealing to the village council as authorized in section 11-10.

(b)

Effective date of approved certificates. Approved certificates to dig shall contain an effective date not less than 14 days nor more than 60 days from the date of the board decision.

(Ord. No. 742-17 , § 1, 11-21-17)