A development permit shall be obtained before construction or development begins within any area of special flood hazard established in § 1472.06. An application for a development permit shall be made on forms furnished by the Safety-Service Director and may include, but not be limited to, site specific topographic plans drawn to scale showing the nature, location, dimensions and elevations of the area in question; existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, drainage facilities and the location of the foregoing. Specifically, the following information is required:
(A) The elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including the basement, of all proposed structures located in areas of special flood hazard where base flood elevation data are utilized from any source;
(B) The elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which any proposed structure will be floodproofed in accordance with § 1472.17(B)(1) where base flood elevation data are utilized from any source;
(C) Certification by a registered professional engineer or architect that the floodproofing methods for any nonresidential structure meet the floodproofing criteria in § 1472.17(B), where base flood elevation data are utilized from any source; and
(D) A description of the extent to which any watercourse will be altered or relocated as a result of proposed development and certification by a registered professional engineer that the flood-carrying capacity of the watercourse will not be diminished;
(E) Certification by a registered professional engineer, architect or surveyor of the structure's as- built lowest floor or floodproofed elevation.
(`82 Code, §1472.11) (Ord. 86-89, passed 12-16-86; Am. Ord. 2004-40, passed 4-27-04)