(a) Review.
(1) After receipt of a complete application, the Floodplain Administrator shall review the application to ensure that the standards of these regulations have been met. No floodplain development permit application shall be reviewed until all information required in Section 1351.15 has been received by the Floodplain Administrator.
(2) The Floodplain Administrator shall review all floodplain development permit applications to assure that all necessary permits have been received from those federal, state or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required. The applicant shall be responsible for obtaining such permits as required including permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
(b) Approval. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of a complete application, the Floodplain Administrator shall either approve or disapprove the application. If the Floodplain Administrator is satisfied that the development proposed in the floodplain development application conforms to the requirements of this ordinance, the Floodplain Administrator shall issue the permit. All floodplain development permits shall be conditional upon the commencement of work within 180 days. A floodplain development permit shall expire 180 days after issuance unless the permitted activity has been substantially begun and is thereafter pursued to completion.
(c) Foundation Only Approval. In approving permits for construction work in flood hazard areas, the Floodplain Administrator shall ensure that the proposed project complies with the standards set forth in Chapter 1351 by limiting permit issuance to foundation work only until as-built certification by a registered surveyor verifying the lowest finish floor elevation is submitted and approved.
An exception may be granted to the requirement for the foundation only permit limitation as follows: An addition to an existing building that matched the finish floor elevation of a structure that the Floodplain Administrator has determined to be in conformance with Section 1351.17 using elevation data provided by an Ohio Registered surveyor.
(Ord. 21-O-026. Passed 4-20-21.)