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staff comments. The staff then prepared a recommendation for a
development review committee that consisted of assistant county
administrators. That committee reviewed it and submitted
recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners (B.C.C.).
The B.C.C. held a public hearing and made a decision.
Petitioners obtained a mining permit on September 28, 1984,
that allowed them to extract 600,000 cubic yards of sand from
about 57 of the 76.5 acres. They stated on their application
that they ultimately intended to use the 76.5 acres as a mobile
home park.
2. Permit Procedures When Property is Transferred
A permit holder may not sell or transfer his or her Pasco
County sand mining permits. Pasco County would have immediately
suspended the permit if its code enforcement staff discovered
that a permit holder had tried to sell or transfer it.
If property in Pasco County for which a sand mining permit
has been issued is sold, the buyer may not mine sand unless the
County issues a permit to the buyer. The buyer must apply for a
permit under the procedures described above. A buyer may use the
engineering studies that had been submitted by the seller if
nothing has changed. The B.C.C. may approve, approve with
conditions, or deny the application. The current permit holder
and the person who wants the permit may apply jointly. Approval
is sometimes called a "transfer" of the permit, but Pasco County,
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