A. 
Permits required. Any person, owner or authorized agent who intends to conduct any development in a flood hazard area shall first make application to the Floodplain Administrator and shall obtain the required permit. Depending on the nature and extent of proposed development that includes a building or structure, the Floodplain Administrator may determine that a floodplain development permit or approval is required in addition to a building permit.
B. 
Application for permit. The applicant shall file an application, in writing, on a form furnished by the Floodplain Administrator. Such application shall:
(1) 
Identify and describe the development to be covered by the permit.
(2) 
Describe the land on which the proposed development is to be conducted by legal description, street address or similar description that will readily identify and definitively locate the site.
(3) 
Indicate the use and occupancy for which the proposed development is intended.
(4) 
Be accompanied by a site plan and construction documents as specified in § 225-11 of this chapter, grading and filling plans and other information deemed appropriate by the Floodplain Administrator.
(5) 
State the valuation of the proposed work, including the valuation of ordinary maintenance and minor work.
(6) 
Be signed by the applicant or the applicant's authorized agent.
C. 
Validity of permit. The issuance of a permit under this chapter or the Uniform Construction Code shall not be construed to be a permit for, or approval of, any violation of this appendix or any other ordinance of the jurisdiction. The issuance of a permit based on submitted documents and information shall not prevent the Floodplain Administrator from requiring the correction of errors. The Floodplain Administrator is authorized to prevent occupancy or use of a structure or site which is in violation of this chapter or other ordinances of this jurisdiction.
D. 
Expiration. A permit shall become invalid when the proposed development is not commenced within 180 days after its issuance, or when the work authorized is suspended or abandoned for a period of 180 days after the work commences. Extensions shall be requested in writing and justifiable cause demonstrated. The Floodplain Administrator is authorized to grant, in writing, one or more extensions of time, for periods not more than 180 days each.
E. 
Suspension or revocation. The Floodplain Administrator is authorized to suspend or revoke a permit issued under this chapter wherever the permit is issued in error or on the basis of incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete information, or in violation of any ordinance or code of this jurisdiction.
A. 
The local design flood elevation (LDFE) is established in the flood hazard areas determined in § 225-2B, above, using the best available flood hazard data sources, and the Flood Hazard Area Control Act[1] minimum statewide elevation requirements for lowest floors in A, Coastal A, and V Zones, ASCE 24 requirements for critical facilities as specified by the Building Code, plus additional freeboard as specified by this chapter.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.A.C. 7:13.
B. 
At a minimum, the local design flood elevation shall be as follows:
(1) 
For a delineated watercourse, the elevation associated with the best available flood hazard data area determined in § 225-2B, above plus three feet or as described by N.J.A.C. 7:13 three feet of freeboard; or
(2) 
For any undelineated watercourse [where mapping or studies described in § 225-2B(1) and (2) above are not available] that has a contributory drainage area of 50 acres or more, the applicants must provide one of the following to determine the local design flood elevation:
(a) 
A copy of an unexpired NJDEP flood hazard area verification plus three feet one foot or higher standard feet of freeboard and any additional freeboard as required by ASCE 24; or
(b) 
A determination of the flood hazard area design flood elevation using Method 5 or Method 6 (as described in N.J.A.C. 7:13) plus three feet of freeboard and any additional freeboard as required by ASCE 24. Any determination using these methods must be sealed and submitted according to § 225-11B and D.
(3) 
AO Zones. For Zone AO areas on the municipality's FIRM (or on preliminary flood elevation guidance from FEMA), the local design flood elevation is determined from the FIRM panel as the highest adjacent grade plus the depth number specified plus three feet of freeboard. If no depth number is specified, the local design flood elevation is three feet above the highest adjacent grade.
(4) 
Class IV critical facilities. For any proposed development of new and substantially improved flood design Class IV critical facilities, the local design flood elevation must be the higher of the 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood elevation or the flood hazard area design flood elevation with an additional two feet of freeboard in accordance with ASCE 24.
(5) 
Class III critical facilities. For proposed development of new and substantially improved flood design Class III critical facilities in coastal high hazard areas, the local design flood elevation must be the higher of the 0.2% annual chance (500-year) flood elevation or the flood hazard area design flood elevation with an additional two foot of freeboard in accordance with ASCE 24.