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C'42 Attachment 2. — Existing Supplemental Standards for Mining and Quarries 5.23.1 APPLICABILITY This section applies to any area of land, including all private ways and roads appurtenant thereto, structures, facilities, machinery, tools, equipment, shafts, slopes, tunnels, excavations, and other property, real or personal, placed or constructed on, under, or above the surface of such land by any person, used in, or to be used in, or resulting from (including the reclamation of mined areas or the storage of materials in mined areas), or to facilitate the work of exploring for, developing of, or extracting by any means or method in such area all minerals, inorganic and organic, from their natural deposits. The term "mine" also includes all mineral processing and milling facilities except those used in the processing of source materials as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended. (Source: Mine Safety and Health Act of North Carolina, NCGS § 74-24.2) 5.23.2 STANDARDS 5.23.2.1 Minimum lot area is five (5) acres. 5.23.2.2 Such uses shall have direct access to a paved Public Street with an all-weather surface. 5.23.2.3 Minimum front, side and rear yards shall be fifty (50) feet, which shall be used for landscaping and screening. 5.23.2.4 The excavated area shall be surrounded with a six (6) foot high security fence. 5.23.2.5 Only one (1) ground sign per entrance to the storage yard is permitted. Such sign shall not exceed fifty (50) square feet in area. If lighted, such sign may include indirect lighting or non -flashing illumination. Such sign shall be located on the same lot or parcel as the mining or quarrying operation.