§ 113A-121. Permits for minor developments under expedited procedures. - North Carolina Statutes

§113A‑121.  Permits for minor developments under expedited procedures.

(a)        Applications forpermits for minor developments shall be expeditiously processed so as to enabletheir promptest feasible disposition.

(b)        In cities andcounties that have developed approved implementation and enforcement programs,applications for permits for minor developments shall be considered anddetermined by the designated local official of the city or county as the casemay be.  In cities and counties that have not developed approved implementationand enforcement programs, such applications shall be considered and determinedby the Secretary.  Minor development projects proposed to be undertaken by alocal government within its own permit‑letting jurisdiction shall beconsidered and determined by the Secretary.

(c)        Failure of theSecretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) to approve ordeny an application for a minor permit within 25 days from receipt ofapplication shall be treated as approval of the application, except that theSecretary or the designated local official (as the case may be) may extend thedeadline by not more than an additional 25 days in exceptional cases. No waiverof the foregoing time limitation (or of the time limitation established in G.S.113A‑122(c)) shall be required of any applicant.

(d)        Repealed by SessionLaws 1981, c. 913, s. 2. (1973, c. 1284, s. 1; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1981, c.913, s. 2; 1983, c. 172, s. 1; c. 399; 1989, c.727, s. 133.)