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A Floodplain Development Permit shall be required to ensure conformance with the <br />provisions of this article. <br />Sec. 94-64. Permit procedures. <br />(1) Application for a Floodplain Development Permit shall be presented to the Floodplain <br />Administrator on forms furnished by him/her and may include, but not be limited to, plans <br />in duplicate drawn to scale showing the location, dimensions, and elevation of proposed <br />landscape alterations, existing and proposed structures, including the placement of <br />manufactured homes, and the location of the foregoing in relation to areas of special flood <br />hazard. Additionally, the following information is required: <br />(a) Elevation (in relation to mean sea level), of the lowest floor (including basement) <br />of all new and substantially improved structures; <br />(b) Elevation in relation to mean sea level to which any nonresidential structure shall <br />be floodproofed; <br />(c) A certificate from a registered professional engineer or architect that the <br />nonresidential floodproofed structure shall meet the floodproofing criteria of Article 5, Section B <br />(2); <br />(d) Description of the extent to which any watercourse or natural drainage will be <br />altered or relocated as a result of proposed development; <br />(e) Maintain a record of all such information in accordance with Article 4, Section <br />(B)(1); <br />(2) Approval or denial of a Floodplain Development Permit by the Flooplain Administrator <br />shall be based on all of the provisions of this ordinance and the following relevant factors: <br />(a) The danger to life and property due to flooding or erosion damage; <br />(b) The susceptibility of the proposed facility and its contents to flood damage and <br />the effect of such damage on the individual owner; <br />vehicles; <br />(c) The danger that materials may be swept onto other lands to the injury of others; <br />(d) The compatibility of the proposed use with existing and anticipated development; <br />(e) The safety of access to the property in times of flood for ordinary and emergency <br />11 <br />