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An application for a development permit shall not be required for:
(a) Maintenance work such as roofing, painting and basement sealing, or for small nonstructural development activities (except for filling and grading) valued at less than five thousand dollars ($5,000);
(b) Development activities in an existing or proposed manufactured home park that are under the authority of the Ohio Department of Health and subject to the flood damage reduction provisions of the Ohio Administrative Code Section 3701;
(c) Major utility facilities permitted by the Ohio Power Siting Board under Section 4906 of the Ohio Revised Code;
(d) Hazardous waste disposal facilities permitted by the Hazardous Waste Siting Board under Section 3734 of the Ohio Revised Code; and
(e) Development activities undertaken by a federal agency and which are subject to Federal Executive Order 11988 – Floodplain Management.
Any proposed action exempt from filing for a development permit is also exempt from the standards of these regulations.
(Ord. 32-07. Passed 5-14-07)
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 these regulations 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 these regulations have been committed;
(e) Make and permanently keep all records for public inspection necessary for the administration of these regulations 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 these regulations;
(f) Enforce the provisions of these regulations;
(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 these regulations.
(Ord. 32-07. Passed 5-14-07)
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