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The duties and responsibilities of the Floodplain Administrator shall include, but are not limited to:
(A) Evaluate applications for permits to develop in special flood hazard areas;
(B) Interpret floodplain boundaries and provide flood hazard and flood protection elevation information;
(C) Issue permits to develop in special flood hazard areas when the provisions of this chapter have been met, or refuse to issue the same in the event of noncompliance;
(D) Inspect buildings and lands to determine whether any violations of this chapter have been committed;
(E) Make and permanently keep all records for public inspection necessary for the administration of this chapter, including flood insurance rate maps, letters of map amendment and revision, records of issuance and denial of permits to develop in special flood hazard areas, determinations of whether development is in or out of special flood hazard areas for the purpose of issuing floodplain development permits, elevation certificates, variances and records of enforcement actions taken for violations of this chapter;
(F) Enforce the provisions of this chapter;
(G) Provide information, testimony or other evidence as needed during variance hearings;
(H) Coordinate map maintenance activities and FEMA follow-up; and
(I) Conduct substantial damage determinations to determine whether existing structures, damaged from any source and in special flood hazard areas identified by FEMA, must meet the development standards of this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 25.03.02)
It shall be unlawful for any person to begin construction or other development activity, including, but not limited to, filling; grading; construction; alteration, remodeling or expanding any structure; or alteration of any watercourse wholly within, partially within or in contact with any identified special flood hazard area, as established in § 152.006, until a floodplain development permit is obtained from the Floodplain Administrator. Such floodplain development permit shall show that the proposed development activity is in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. No such permit shall be issued by the Floodplain Administrator until the requirements of this chapter have been met.
(Prior Code, § 25.03.03) Penalty, see § 152.999
(A) An application on forms provided by the Floodplain Administrator for a floodplain development permit shall be required for all development activities located wholly within, partially within or in contact with an identified special flood hazard area. Such application shall be made by the owner of the property or his or her authorized agent, herein referred to as the applicant, prior to the actual commencement of such construction on a form furnished for that purpose. Where it is unclear whether a development site is in a special flood hazard area, the Floodplain Administrator may require an application for a floodplain development permit to determine the development’s location.
(B) Such applications shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Site plans drawn to scale showing the nature, location, dimensions and topography of the area in question; the location of existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, drainage facilities and the location of the foregoing;
(2) Elevation of the existing, natural ground where structures are proposed;
(3) Elevation of the lowest floor, including basement, of all proposed structures;
(4) Such other material and information as may be requested by the Floodplain Administrator to determine conformance with, and provide enforcement of this chapter;
(5) Technical analyses conducted by the appropriate design professional registered in the state and submitted with an application for a floodplain development permit when applicable:
(a) Floodproofing certification for nonresidential floodproofed structure as required in § 152.050;
(b) Certification that fully enclosed areas below the lowest floor of a structure not meeting the design requirements of § 152.049(E) are designed to automatically equalize hydrostatic flood forces;
(c) Description of any watercourse alteration or relocation that the flood carrying capacity of the watercourse will not be diminished, and maintenance assurances as required in § 152.054(C);
(d) A hydrologic and hydraulic analysis demonstrating that the cumulative effect of proposed development, when combined with all other existing and anticipated development will not increase the water surface elevation of the base flood by more than one foot in special flood hazard areas where the Federal Emergency Management Agency has provided base flood elevations but no floodway, as required by § 152.054(B);
(e) A hydrologic and hydraulic engineering analysis showing impact of any development on flood heights in an identified floodway as required by § 152.054(A); and
(f) Generation of base flood elevation(s) for subdivision and large-scale developments, as required by § 152.048.
(6) A floodplain development permit fee of $50 for principal and accessory residential structures and uses and $100 for commercial, industrial and other nonresidential structures and uses or as otherwise established by separate ordinance.
(Prior Code, § 25.03.04)
(A) Review. After receipt of a completed application, the Floodplain Administrator shall review the application to ensure that the standards of this chapter have been met. No floodplain development permit application shall be reviewed until all information required in § 152.028 has been received by the Floodplain Administrator.
(1) 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.
(2) The applicant shall be responsible for obtaining such permits, as required, including permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under § 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and § 404 of the Clean Water Act, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency under § 401 of the Clean Water Act.
(B) Approval. Within 30 days after the receipt of a completed application, the Floodplain Administrator shall either approve or disapprove the application. If an application is approved, a floodplain development permit shall be issued. All floodplain development permits shall be conditioned upon the commencement of work within one year and completion of work within two years. A floodplain development permit shall expire one year after issuance unless the permitted activity has substantially begun and is thereafter pursued to completion. A reasonable extension of time may be granted by the Floodplain Administrator when such request is received, in writing from the permit holder.
(Prior Code, § 25.03.05)
The following “as-built” certifications are required after a floodplain development permit has been issued:
(A) For new or substantially improved residential structures, or nonresidential structures that have been elevated, the applicant shall have a Federal Emergency Management Agency elevation certificate completed by a registered surveyor to record “as-built” elevation data. For elevated structures in Zone A and Zone AO areas without a base flood elevation, the elevation certificate may be completed by the property owner or owner’s representative; and
(B) For all development activities subject to the standards of § 152.034(A), a letter of map revision.
(Prior Code, § 25.03.07)
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