(A) Applicability. Every applicant for a building permit, subdivision approval, or a permit in the Commercial, Industrial, R-3, and R-4 Zoning Districts of the city must submit a storm water management plan to the Public Works Director or designee. No building permit, subdivision approval, or permit to allow land disturbing activities shall be issued until approval of the plan or a waiver of the approval requirement has been obtained under this chapter.
(B) Exemptions. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to fences, signs, or poles, or emergency work, or to the following items if approved before the effective date of this chapter:
(1) Any part of a subdivision approved by the City Council before the effective date of this chapter;
(2) Any land disturbing activity for which plans have been approved by the watershed management organization;
(3) A lot for which a building permit has been approved; and
(4) Building permits issued in the R-1, R-1A, or R-2 Zoning District. In these districts, the property owner must obtain prior approval from only the Public Works Director or designee of a storm water plan appropriate in scale and scope to the proposed activity when it is over one acre in size.
(Prior Code, § 153.05)