§ 7B-5. Permit required.  


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  • All required building, grading, drainage, and similar permits shall be obtained before construction or development, including improvements, additions or repairs to existing structures, and the placement of manufactured homes, begins within any area of special flood hazard established in Section 7B-2. Application for a permit shall be made on forms furnished by the chief building official and may include, but not be limited to: plans in duplicate drawn to scale showing the nature, location, dimensions and elevations of the area in question; existing or proposed structures, fill, storage of materials, drainage facilities; and the location of the foregoing. Specifically, the following information is required:

    (1)

    Elevation in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor (including basement) of all structures;

    (2)

    Elevation in relation to mean sea level to which any structure has been floodproofed;

    (3)

    Certification by a registered professional engineer or architect licensed in the state of California that the floodproofing methods for any nonresidential structure meet the floodproofing criteria in this chapter;

    (4)

    Description of the extent to which any water course will be altered or relocated as a result of proposed development; and

    (5)

    Proof that before the onset of construction or development, all necessary permits will be received from those governmental agencies from which approval is required by federal and state law, including Section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, 33 U.S.C. ( 1334.

(Ord. No. 5700 § 1, 2007: Ord. No. 4127 § 2, 1990: Ord. No. 4083, 1989.)