1. (a) If Form PA-7 is not signed by the municipal assessing officials within 15 days, pursuant to Rev 3402.03(a) and (c), the owner may commence the cutting operation provided that:

   1. (1) The submitting owner has met all conditions for approval of the intent;
   2. (2) The municipal assessing officials have not communicated to the owner a reason why conditions for approval have not been met;
   3. (3) The owner has submitted to the DRA, a copy of the intent that was submitted to the municipal assessing officials containing the date stamp from the municipality for the date the intent was submitted; and
   4. (4) A copy of the intent submitted with the municipal assessing officials is posted in a water proof covering on the property where the cutting operation will occur.
2. (b) If the municipal assessing officials thereafter determine that the conditions for approval have not been met, the municipal assessing officials shall notify the owner and the person responsible for the cutting explaining why the submitted intent does not meet the conditions for signature.
3. (c) Upon the notification of (b) above, the cutting operation shall cease until the conditions for approval are met and the intent is signed.
4. (d) If the requirements of (a) above have been met, the submitted intent may stand in place of a signed intent as it relates to compliance with the rules of this chapter, until such time that the owner has been notified pursuant to (b) above, or the intent has been signed by the municipal assessing officials.

Source. #14026, eff 7-16-24