(a) Permit Required. No land owner or land operator shall receive any of the building, grading or other land development permits required for land disturbance activities without first meeting the requirements of this chapter prior to commencing the proposed activity.
(b) Application Requirements. Unless specifically excluded by this chapter, any land owner or operator desiring a permit for a land disturbance activity shall submit to the City of Wapakoneta a permit application on a form provided for that purpose.
(c) Unless otherwise excepted by this chapter, a permit application must be accompanied by the following in order that the permit application be considered: a storm water management concept plan; a maintenance agreement; and a non-refundable permit review fee.
(e) Application Review Fees. The fee for review of any land development application shall be based on the amount of land to be disturbed at the site, and the fee structure shall be established by the City of Wapakoneta. All of the monetary contributions shall be credited to a local budgetary category to support local plan review, inspection and program administration, and shall be made prior to the issuance of any building permit for the development.
(f) Application Procedure.
(1) Applications for land disturbance activity permits must be filed with the City of Wapakoneta Engineering Department on any regular business day.
(2) Permit applications shall include the following: two copies of the storm water management concept plan, two copies of the maintenance agreement, and any required review fees.
(3) Within ten business days of the receipt of a complete permit application, including all documents as required by this chapter, the City of Wapakoneta shall inform the applicant whether the application, plan and maintenance agreement are approved or disapproved.
(4) If the permit application, storm water management plan or maintenance agreement are disapproved, the applicant may revise the storm water management plan or agreement. If additional information is submitted, the City of Wapakoneta shall have ten business days from the date the additional information is received to inform the applicant that the plan and maintenance agreement are either approved or disapproved.
(5) If the permit application, final storm water management plan and maintenance agreement are approved by the City of Wapakoneta, all appropriate land disturbance activity permits may be issued.
(6) Permits issued under this section shall be valid from the date of issuance through the date the City of Wapakoneta notifies the permit holder that all storm water management practices have passed the final inspection required under permit condition.
(Ord. 2014-42. Passed 1-5-15.)