(a) 
Any terminal owner or authorized agent wishing to have an interstate truck terminal access route designated to a particular terminal, which route is wholly or partly made up of County roads or highways, shall submit an application and supply all information and documents requested to the Public Works Director. The application shall be on a form provided by the Public Works Director and available in the Department of Public Works of Tulare County during hours when the County is regularly open for business days.
(b) 
Additional information may be required upon request by the Public Works Director. Written notification of any changes in any information supplied during the application process must be submitted to the Public Works Director. If such additional or changed information is not provided within five (5) working days or is inaccurate, the Public Works Director may deny the application.
(a) 
The Public Works Director shall investigate all applications for interstate truck terminal access route designations.
(b) 
Following the investigation, the Public Works Director shall compile a report describing the proposed route and any alternative routes. The report shall further identify any deficiencies or problems within the proposed route or alternate routes which must be corrected before such routes can be finally approved for designation as interstate truck access routes.
(a) 
The Public Works Director shall take one of the following actions on an application:
(1) 
Approve the application route as proposed.
(2) 
Approve the application route on the condition that the applicant correct any or all identified deficiencies to the satisfaction of the Public Works Director prior to any use of the route.
(3) 
Deny the application.
(b) 
If the application route is approved on the condition that any deficiencies be corrected, such correction must be commenced within 3 months of conditional approval and shall comply with all normal County procedures, standards and permit requirements. Adequacy of correction of the deficiencies shall be subject to the approval of the Public Works Director. The Public Works Director may deny final approval of any route upon the applicant’s failure to comply with any of these provisions.
(c) 
The applicant may appeal any conditional approval or any denial in accordance with sections 3-13-1250 thru 3-13-1260 of this Chapter.
(a) 
Once the Public Works Director has approved a proposed or alternate route, the Public Works Director shall submit the proposed route to CALTRANS for approval. The Public Works Director shall also notify the applicant if approval by any affected local agency or city is necessary. Final approval by the County shall be contingent upon compliance by the applicant with all requirements set out by CALTRANS and approval by any other affected local agency or city.
(b) 
If the applicant fails to meet any requirements by CALTRANS or is denied approval by any other affected local agency, the Public Works Director shall deny the application, which denial shall be final and not appealable to the Board.