(A) Applications for a floodplain management permit shall contain, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) Name, address, and phone number of applicant (owner or contract vendee);
(2) Name, address, and phone number of owner, if different;
(3) Name, address, and phone number of contractor;
(4) Legal description of site location;
(5) Proposed uses for the site;
(6) Type, dimensions, and estimated cost of development proposed;
(7) Site characteristics and improvements; and
(8) Other information deemed appropriate by the local permitting official.
(B) All permit applications must have a site plan drawn to scale which shows:
(1) Dimensions of site;
(2) Size and location of existing and proposed structures or alterations;
(3) Setbacks;
(4) Elevation contours in mean sea level (NAVD);
(5) Delineation of the 100-year flood elevation and boundary; and
(6) Proposed elevation of the lowest floor and method of elevation, if applicable.
(C) Building plans as required by the county building code.
(D) All applicants shall agree in writing to provide an elevation certificate completed by a registered professional engineer or surveyor to certify the as-built lowest floor of a structure which must be elevated to or above the flood protection elevation. An elevation certificate must be submitted before a certificate of occupancy or use may be issued. Work undertaken prior to submission of the certification is at the applicant’s risk. For enclosed areas below the flood protection elevation, a declaration of land restriction recorded among the land records of Garrett County shall be required, in addition to an agreement to install water equalizing vents as specified in § 151.086.
(E) If an improvement to an existing structure is proposed, adequate information on the cost of the improvement and the market value of structure before the improvement must be supplied to the local permitting official to allow a determination of substantial improvement. The local permitting official may use tax assessment records to determine substantial improvement. In floodplain areas, permits shall be tracked by property location to determine if the cumulative value of improvements constitutes substantial improvement of a structure.
(Ord. —, passed 10-22-1991; Am. Ord. —, passed 8-20-2013)