A development permit shall be obtained before construction or development begins, including placement of manufactured homes, within any area of special flood hazard established in §
22-7. Application for a development permit shall be made on forms furnished by the Municipal Engineer 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:
A. Elevation
in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor (including basement)
of all structures;
B. Elevation
in relation to mean sea level to which any structure has been floodproofed;
C. Certification by a registered professional engineer or architect that the floodproofing methods for any nonresidential structure meet the floodproofing criteria in §
22-17B; and
D. Description
of the extent to which any watercourse will be altered or relocated
as a result of proposed development.
The Municipal Engineer is hereby appointed to administer and
implement this chapter by granting or denying development permit applications
in accordance with its provisions.
Duties of the Municipal Engineer shall include, but not be limited
to:
A. Permit
review.
(1) Review
all development permits to determine that the permit requirements
of this chapter have been satisfied.
(2) Review
all development permits to determine that all necessary permits have
been obtained from those federal, state or local governmental agencies
from which prior approval is required.
(3) Review all development permits to determine if the proposed development is located in the floodway. If located in the floodway, assure that the encroachment provisions of §
22-18A are met.
B. Use of
other base flood and floodway data.
When base flood elevation and floodway data has not been provided in accordance with §
22-7, Basis for establishing areas of special flood hazard, the Municipal Engineer shall obtain, review, and reasonably utilize any base flood elevation and floodway data available from a federal, state or other source, in order to administer §
22-17A, Residential construction, and §
22-17B, Nonresidential construction.
C. Information
to be obtained and maintained.
(1) Obtain
and record the actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level) of
the lowest floor (including basement) of all new or substantially
improved structures, and whether or not the structure contains a basement.
(2) For
all new or substantially improved floodproofed structures:
(a) Verify and record the actual elevation (in relation to mean sea level);
and
(b) Maintain the floodproofing certifications required in §
22-12C.
(3) Maintain
for public inspection all records pertaining to the provisions of
this chapter.
D. Alteration
of watercourses.
(1) Notify
adjacent communities and the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Flood Control, and the Land Use Regulation Program
prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse, and submit
evidence of such notification to the Federal Insurance Administration.
(2) Require
that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion
of said watercourse so the flood-carrying capacity is not diminished.
E. Substantial
damage review.
(1) After
an event resulting in building damages, assess the damage to structures
due to flood and nonflood causes.
(2) Record
and maintain the flood and nonflood damage of substantial damage structures
and provide a letter of substantial damage determination to the owner
and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau
of Flood Control.
(3) Ensure substantial improvements meet the requirements of §
22-17A, Residential construction, and §
22-17B, Nonresidential construction, and §
22-17C, Manufactured homes.
F. Interpretation
of FIRM boundaries.
Make interpretations, where needed, as to the exact location of the boundaries of the areas of special flood hazards (for example, where there appears to be a conflict between a mapped boundary and actual field conditions). The person contesting the location of the boundary shall be given a reasonable opportunity to appeal the interpretation as provided in §
22-15.