Federal Emergency Management Agency

The following information is required for any development that occurs within a designated flood hazard area. Development means any man-made change to improved or unimproved real estate including but not limited to the construction, additions and alterations of buildings, structures or utilities and related facilities, mining, dredging, excavating, filling, grading and paving.

Information Required:

• Development Permit application.
• Two copies of the plans shall be submitted for review and approval consisting of the following:
• Site topographic plans 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 above.
• The following information is also required:
  • Elevation and relation to the mean sea level of the lowest floor, including basement, of all proposed structures located in special flood hazard areas where base flood elevation data are utilized.
  • Elevation in relation to mean sea level to which any proposed structure will be flood proofed in accordance with the National Flood Insurance Protection (NFIP) regulations where base flood elevation data are utilized.
  • Certification by a registered professional engineer or architect that the flood proofing methods for any non-residential structure meeting the flood proofing criteria in the NFIP regulations where base flood elevation data are utilized.
  • Description of the extent to which any water course will be altered or relocated as a result of the proposed development and certification by a registered professional engineer that the flood carrying capacity of the water course will not be diminished.