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388 DRAFT Although a permit is not required for activity comprising less than one (1).acre [except as provided in Section 9(a)(2)], such activity shall be subject to all other requirements of this Ordinance and any other applicable standards or ordinances adopted by Cabarrus County. Cabarrus County may establish a fee if considered necessary. Section 17 Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plans a. Persons conducting land-disturbing activity shall be responsible for preparing a Plan for all land-disturbing activities subject to this Ordinance whenever the proposed activity is to be undertaken on a tract comprising more than one (1) acre [except as provided in Section 6(a)(2)]. A pre-submittal conference with County staff shall take place at least ten (10) days prior to submittal of the Plan. At the pre-submittal conference, the County staff shall inform the applicant of the processes involved with Plan review and approval, issuance of a permit, and the relationship of said permit with zoning, building code, and other land-use regulations in effect in Cabarrus County. At the time of application submission, County staff shall also notify the applicant of the appeal process as provided in this Ordinance. A complete copy of the Plan shall be filed with the County Development Services Department at least thirty (30) days prior to the COMMENCEMENT of the proposed activity. A fee, made payable to Cabarrus County, shall be charged for each plan review. Such fee shall be in accordance with a fee schedule adopted by the Board of Commissioners. No Plan shall be considered complete unless accompanied by such fee. No Plan shall be accepted unless the County staff has first held a pre-submittal conference with the person seeing to undertake the land-disturbing activity. A representative of the County staff shall stamp the date of submittal on any complete plan submitted for review after the pre-submittal conference is held. County staff shall transmit a copy of the complete Plan to the SWCD for their review. The SWCD shall be given up to twenty (20) days to make comment on the Plan. Failure of the SWCD to submit its comments to the County staff within such time period shall not delay final action on the proposed plan by the County staff. The County staff shall make every effort to make a decision on each complete Plan submitted within twenty-one (21) days of receipt thereof. The County staff, however, shall at all times render a decision on a Plan within thirty (30) days of submittal. Such decision shall be approval, approval with modifications, approval with performance reservations, or disapproval. Failure to approve, approve with modifications or performance reservations, or disapprove a complete Plan within thirty (30) days of receipt shall be deemed approval. Any final decision made pertaining to the proposed Plan shall be filed in the County's Development Services office and sent to the applicant by first class mail within five (5) days of the decision date. Denial of a Plan mu~t specifically state in writing the reasons for disapproval. The County staff must approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove a revised plan within fifteen (15) days of receipt, or it is deemed to be approved. If, following commencement of a land-disturbing activity pursuant to an approved Plan, the County staff determines that the Plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of this Ordinance, the County staff may ~equlre any revision of the Plan that is necessary to comply with this Ordinance. Failure to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove a revised erosion control plan within fifteen (15) days of receipt shall be deemed approval of the Plan. Activities indicated on approved Plans not completed within eighteen (18) months of the date of approval shall also be deemed null and void. If, following commencement of a land-disturbing activity pursuant to an approved Plan, the County staff determines that the Plan is inadequate to meet the requirements of this Ordinance, the County staff may require any revision that is necessary to comply with this Ordinance. c. Persons conducting land-disturbing activities which are addressed by this Ordinance shall have secured a grading permit (in accordance with