(1) The owners of property which includes banks along streams, tidal, or other bodies of water may apply to the county for approval of cooperative bank stabilization projects. Projects may include, but are not limited to, structural and non-structural measures to reduce bank erosion and dike restoration where existing dikes have been washed out due to flooding or high water. Project applications shall be reviewed by the department of conservation and natural resources for compliance with the following criteria:

(2) Upon completion of its review, the department of conservation and natural resources shall make a recommendation to the county executive for approval or disapproval of each project application and may include in its recommendation conditions which the department deems necessary to assure that the project complies with the requirements of this chapter. Recommendations for approval shall include a statement of the maximum recommended county financial participation in the proposed project and the nature of that participation; and

(3) Upon receipt of the department’s recommendation, the county executive may approve or deny the project proposal by issuing a written order. In approving a project proposal, the county executive may impose any or all of the conditions recommended by the department of conservation and natural resources and may impose such additional conditions as are deemed necessary to assure that the project complies with the provisions of this chapter. (Added by Ord. 06-099, Jan. 3, 2007, Eff date Jan. 18, 2007; Amended by Amended Ord. 20-081, Jan. 20, 2021, Eff date Jan. 30, 2021).