A. Upon receipt of an application for a permit or improvement plans prepared by a registered civil engineer, including such additional information as may be required, the city engineer shall, within thirty days, make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine whether or not the proposed work or activity will impede, restrict, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water; or will catch or collect debris carried by such water; or will be located where the natural flow of the stormwater and flood water will carry away or damage any intended structure, or any part thereof; or will in his opinion damage, weaken, erode, or reduce the effectiveness of the banks to withhold stormwater and flood water; or will interfere with drainage facilities; or will impose any liability upon the city for such works, or any damage caused thereby. To make the investigation he may return the application or improvement plans to the applicant for additional information, structural analysis or soil test, as may be required to complete his investigation. In the event the application is returned, the thirty-day period shall not commence to run until the date of resubmission of the application.
B. Where the application for a permit is for the purpose of constructing a building or other structure, the city engineer shall, within thirty days, make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine whether the proposed work or activity will be subject to inundation, or will be damaged by such inundation, and whether the development complies with the Gridley Public Works Construction Standards.
(Ord. 539 (part), 1988).