§ 18-105. Development permit.

(a)

Required. No person, firm, corporation or governmental body not exempted by state law shall commence any development in a floodway without first obtaining a development permit from the village engineer.

(b)

Application; contents. Application for a development permit shall be made on a form provided by the village engineer. The application shall include the following information:

(1)

Name and address of applicant.

(2)

Site location (including legal description) of the property, drawn to scale, on the regulatory floodway map, indicating whether it is proposed to be in an incorporated or unincorporated area.

(3)

Name of stream or body of water affected.

(4)

Description of proposed activity.

(5)

Statement of purpose of proposed activity.

(6)

Anticipated dates of initiation and completion of activity.

(7)

Name and mailing address of the owner of the subject property if different from the applicant.

(8)

Signature of applicant or the applicant's agent.

(9)

If the applicant is a corporation, the president or other authorized officer shall sign the application form.

(10)

If the applicant is a partnership, each partner shall sign the application form.

(11)

If the applicant is a land trust, the trust officer shall sign the name of the trustee by him as trust officer. A disclosure affidavit shall be filed with the application, identifying each beneficiary of the trust by name and address and defining the respective interests therein.

(12)

Plans of the proposed activity shall be provided which include, as a minimum:

a.

A vicinity map showing the site of the activity, name of the waterway, boundary lines, names of roads in the vicinity of the site, graphic or numerical scale and north arrow;

b.

A plan view of the project and engineering study reach showing existing and proposed conditions, including principal dimensions of the structure or work, elevations in NGVD 1988 Datum, adjacent property lines and ownership, drainage and flood control easements, distance between proposed activity and navigation channel (when the proposed construction is near a commercially navigable body of water), regulatory floodway limit, floodplain limit, location and orientation of cross sections, north arrow, and a graphic or numerical scale;

c.

Cross section views of the project and engineering study reach showing existing and proposed conditions, including principal dimensions of the work as shown in the plan view, existing and proposed elevations, normal water elevation, ten-year frequency flood elevation, 100-year frequency flood elevation, and graphic or numerical scales (horizontal and vertical); and

d.

A copy of the regulatory floodway map, marked to reflect any proposed change in the regulatory floodway location.

(13)

Any and all other local, state and federal permits or approval letters that may be required for this type of development.

(14)

Engineering calculations and supporting data shall be submitted showing that the proposed work will meet the permit criteria of section 18-106.

(15)

If the regulatory floodway delineation, base flood or 100-year frequency flood elevation will change due to the proposed project, the application will not be considered complete until DWR has indicated conditional approval of the regulatory floodway map change. No structures may be built until a letter of map revision has been approved by FEMA.

(16)

The application for a structure shall be accompanied by drawings of the site, drawn to scale showing property line dimensions and existing ground elevations and all changes in grade resulting from any proposed excavation or filling, and floodplain and floodway limits, sealed by a registered professional engineer, licensed architect or registered land surveyor; the location and dimensions of all buildings and additions to buildings; and the elevation of the lowest floor, including the basement, of all proposed buildings subject to the requirements of this division.

(c)

Additional permits and approvals required prior to issuance. The village engineer shall be responsible for obtaining from the applicant copies of all other local, state, and federal permits and approvals that may be required for this type of activity. The village engineer shall not issue the development permit unless all required federal and state permits have been obtained. A registered professional engineer, under the employ or contract of the village, shall review and approve applications reviewed under this division.

(Code 1997, § 34-97; Ord. No. 91-11-17, §§ 801.0—801.2, 11-5-1991; Ord. No. 08-06-13, § 1(34-97), 6-17-2008)