(A) No person, firm, corporation or governmental body not exempted by state law shall commence any development in the floodplain without first obtaining a development permit from the Community Development Department. The Community Development Department shall not issue a development permit if the proposed development does not meet the requirements of this chapter.
(B) The application for development permit shall be accompanied by:
(1) Drawings of the site, drawn to scale showing property line dimensions;
(2) Existing grade elevations and all changes in grade resulting from excavation or filling;
(3) The location and dimensions of all buildings and additions to buildings; and
(4) The elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of all proposed buildings subject to the requirements of § 152.07.
(C) Upon receipt of an application for a development permit, the Community Development Department shall compare the elevation of the site to the base flood elevation. Any development located on land that can be shown by survey data to have been higher than the base flood elevation as of the date of the site’s first flood insurance rate map identification is not in the floodplain and therefore not subject to the requirements of this chapter. Conversely, any land shown to be below the base flood elevation and which is hydraulically connected to the flooding source, but not shown on the flood insurance rate map shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. The Community Development Department shall maintain documentation of the existing pre-development ground elevations and certification that the ground elevations existed prior to the date of the site’s first flood insurance rate map identification.
(Ord. 3210, passed 11-3-2003)