(a) Applicability and Compliance.
(1) These regulations shall apply to:
A. All activities, uses and structures on lands and waters that are within the jurisdiction of the City and that contain or are adjacent to designated watercourses or wetlands as defined in these regulations, excepting from all the portion of the Cuyahoga River and the Old River Bed & Ship Channel extending from Lake Erie southerly as shown in the City of Cleveland, Division of Engineering and Construction, Cuyahoga River Dock Line Maps (C32) sheets 1 through 3 to its intersection with the centerline of the Denison Harvard Bridge right of way as shown on sheet number 3 of the aforesaid Cuyahoga River Dock Line Maps and the Lake Erie Waterfront or as otherwise exempted in this chapter.
B. These regulations shall apply to property subdivision/property/parcel split plan approvals, site plan approvals, and land development plan approvals in regulated areas under this chapter.
C. These regulations shall apply to all building permits, which involve activities regulated under this chapter.
(2) Activities Regulated by Permit. All activities in regulated riparian or wetland areas in this chapter including: filling; excavating; dredging; clear-cutting; grading; construction; removal of peat, sand or gravel; alteration of the water level or water table; disturbance of any surface drainage characteristics, sediment patterns or flood retention characteristics; or any other alteration or use of a riparian or wetland area that is not exempted from the permit requirement under this chapter. Any such activity shall require a permit from the Department of Building and Housing. The Department of Building and Housing will issue no approvals or permits for activities that do not meet the standards and criteria in this chapter or without the applicant's full compliance with the terms of this chapter.
(3) Before any permit or certificate of occupancy is issued, the Director of Building and Housing, or the Director's designated representative, shall examine or cause to be examined the application, and any plans and plot plan accompanying the application, to ascertain whether the proposed work and use will conform to the provisions of this chapter, and all other applicable Codified Ordinances. At least four (4) copies of site, construction, and topography plans and elevations drawn to a measurable scale to the specifications, required to determine compliance, are required to be submitted with the application. No permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued unless the proposed work and use conform to the provisions of all applicable sections of this chapter and the Cleveland Codified Ordinances.
(Ord. No. 1555-13. Passed 10-17-16, eff. 10-19-16)