(A) Upon receiving an application for a permit or other approval for a parcel located within Zone A of the Flood Insurance Rate Maps, the Community Development Director or City Engineer will use the 1% annual chance flood elevation for that basin that has previously been determined according to approved FEMA methods, if available. If the 1% annual chance flood elevation has not been previously determined, the applicant shall be required to furnish all necessary information as deemed necessary by the Community Development Director or the city for the determination for the 1% annual chance flood elevation according to approved FEMA methods.
(B) The applicant shall be responsible to submit one copy of the above information to a designated engineer or other expert person or agency for technical assistance in determining whether the proposed use is in the Floodway or Flood Fringe District and to determine the 1% annual chance flood elevation (100-year flood elevation). The owner, engineer and contractor shall follow the procedures consistent with Minn. Rules parts 6120.5000 through 6120.6200 and 44 C.F.R. part 65 in this expert evaluation. The city encourages the designated engineer or expert to discuss the proposed technical evaluation methodology with the state’s Department of Natural Resources’ Area Hydrologist before starting the analysis.
(Prior Code, § 1301.06)