22-19 - Amend Chapter 1308 flood damage prevention following FEMA flood zone update - ordinance

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(1) After receipt of a complete application, the Floodplain Adminis- trator shall review the application to ensure that the standards of these regulations have been met. No floodplain development permit applica- tion shall be reviewed until all information required in Section 1308.14 has been received by the Floodplain Administrator. (2) The Floodplain Administrator shall review all floodplain develop- ment permit applications to assure that all necessary permits have been received from those federal, state or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required. The applicant shall be responsible for obtaining such permits as required including permits issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, and the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. (b) Approval. Within thirty (30) days after the receipt of a complete application, the Floodplain Administrator shall either approve or disap- prove the application. If an application is approved, a floodplain devel- opment permit shall be issued. All floodplain development permits shall be conditional upon the commencement of work within one (1) year. A floodplain development permit shall expire one (1) year after issuance unless the permitted activity has been substantially begun and is thereaf- ter pursued to completion. 1308.16 INSPECTIONS. The Floodplain Administrator shall make periodic inspections at ap- propriate times throughout the period of construction in order to monitor compliance with permit conditions. 1308.17 POST - CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED. The following as -built certifications are required after a floodplain de- velopment permit has been issued: (a) For new or substantially improved residential structures, or nonres- idential structures that have been elevated, the applicant shall have a Fed- eral Emergency Management Agency Elevation Certificate completed by a registered surveyor to record as -built elevation data. For elevated structures in Zone A and Zone AO areas without a base flood elevation, the elevation certificate may be completed by the property owner or owner's representative. (b) For all development activities subject to the standards of Section 1308.20(a), a Letter of Map Revision. 1308.18 REVOKING A FLOODPLAIN DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. A floodplain development permit shall be revocable, if among other things, the actual development activity does not conform to the terms of the application and permit granted thereon. In the event of the revocation of a permit, an appeal may be taken to the Appeals Board in accordance with Section 1308.24 of these regulations. 1308.19 EXEMPTION FROM FILING A DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. An application for a floodplain development permit shall not be re- quired 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 $5,000. (b) Development activities in an existing or proposed manufactured home park that are under the authority of the Ohio Department of Health II