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Town of Simsbury, CT
Hartford County
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The Town Planner is hereby appointed to administer and implement the provision of this chapter.
The Town Planner shall:
A. 
Review all development permits to assure that the permit requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
B. 
Review permits for proposed development to assure that all necessary permits have been obtained from those federal, state or local governmental agencies from which prior approval is required.
C. 
Notify adjacent communities and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection prior to any alteration or relocation of a watercourse and submit evidence of such notification to the Federal Insurance Administration.
D. 
Assure that maintenance is provided within the altered or relocated portion of said watercourse so that the flood-carrying capacity is not diminished.
E. 
Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, of the lowest floor, including basement, of all new or substantially improved structures.
F. 
Verify and record the actual elevation, in relation to mean sea level, to which new or substantially improved structures have been floodproofed.
G. 
When floodproofing is utilized for a particular structure, obtain certification from a registered professional engineer or architect.
H. 
Where interpretation is 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), make the necessary interpretation. The person contesting the location of the boundary shall appeal the interpretation as provided in this chapter.
A. 
Application for a development permit shall be made to the Town Planner on forms furnished by him and may include but not be limited to the following 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:
B. 
Specifically, the following information is required:
(1) 
Elevation, in relation to the base flood level, of the lowest floor, including basement, of all structures.
(2) 
Elevation, in relation to the base flood level, to which any nonresidential structure has been floodproofed.
(3) 
A certificate from a registered professional engineer or architect that the nonresidential floodproofed structure meets the floodproofing criteria in § 94-13B.
(4) 
Description of the extent to which any watercourse will be altered or relocated as a result of proposed development.