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tsunami warning system, and is linked to the civil defense system, activated by the County's civil defense system or by neighboring tsunami warning centers, in case of a potential life- threatening tsunami. Section 25 -4- . Applicability. This division shall apply only to applications for plan approval: (1) Where the building site will be located within the tsunami evacuation zone and will be outside of a one -mile radius of a tsunami siren; and (2) That will either create the capacity to host residential or commercial activities to include more than fifty persons at any one time or expand the existing capacity so that the aggregate residential or commercial activities within the area described in (1) above will exceed more than fifty persons at any one time. Section 25 -4- . Tsunami siren required; exemption. (a) Prior to plan approval, the director shall require that any proposed development meeting the criteria under section 25 -4- shall include a tsunami siren within its design. (b) Applications for plan approval shall be exempt from this division if there is a tsunami siren within a one -mile radius of the building site. The applicant shall bear the burden of proof that there is a tsunami siren within a one -mile radius of the building site. Section 25 -4- . Tsunami siren compatibility; approval by civil defense agency. (a) The director shall submit the applicant's plans to the civil defense agency, which shall: (1) Approve the compliance of the tsunami siren in terms of location, support construction, and any detail related to the safe and efficient ability of the siren to be fully integrated into the County's civil defense system; (2) Approve the compliance of the tsunami siren utilizing standards as provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and (3) Submit an official approval document to the planning department stating that the applicant's plans include a tsunami siren that will meet the requirements of this section. (b) The director shall not issue plan approval until receipt of the approval document from the civil defense agency. (c) After the tsunami siren has been installed and its operability is confirmed, it shall be dedicated to the County pursuant to chapter 2, article 30, section 2 -162.1 of this Code." SECTION 3. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring need not be included. 2