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Instructions for Completing the White County Application for Floodplain Development Permit You should complete this application if you are a future homeowner, developer, builder, contractor, business rep, agency rep, etc, who plans to locate a structure or do work of any kind in a flood hazard area of unincorporated White County. The White County Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance requires that a permit be issued before any work is actually done at the site. Completing the application and granting of the development permit is a two-step process. Certifying compliance on finished structure requires an additional step. The steps are as follows: A. First Step – Applicant - read / sign agreement; also, supply location, type of work, and contact information to White County Assessor’s Floodplain Management and GIS office. (1) Carefully read SECTION 1 and SECTION 2 of the application – SECTION 1 lists certain conditions for permitting. If you agree to the conditions, sign your name and supply the date in the blanks provided. (Page 1) (2) SECTION 2 of the application requests contact information for the applicant and for others who may have significant input to the project; it also requests specific information regarding the location and type of work to be done. a. Lower half of Page 1: (PROJECT LOCATION) Please be thorough in describing the location; a legal description of the land is essential to our determination of property boundaries in relation to the work that you are planning. b. Upper half of Page 2 (DESCRIPTION OF WORK - ACTIVITY): Check each of the boxes that apply to your project. For example, if you are building a new home, check the New Structure box in the ACTIVITY column and the Residential (1 – 4 Family) box in the STRUCTURE TYPE column; or, for example, if you are relocating a manufactured home to the property, check the New Structure box Manufactured (Mobile) Home box. c. Upper half of Page 2 (DESCRIPTION OF WORK – OTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES): Check all of the boxes that apply – for example, if you are adding a new phase to an existing subdivision, check the subdivision box, and any of the others that apply to work that may be required in a flood hazard area, such as Road, Street or Bridge Construction, Drainage (Including Culvert Work), Clearing, Fill, etc. If plans include a dam on a stream or other work on a stream or river channel, check the Watercourse Alteration box. (3) After providing all information requested in SECTION 1 and SECTION 2, send (or hand-carry) the first two pages (Page 1 and Page 2) of the application to: Floodplain Management and
GIS B. Floodplain Management / GIS Office - determines floodplain status and specifies any additional information required for permitting. In most instances, conditional permitting will be granted (see lower part of SECTION 3, lower part of page 2). Actual granting of the floodplain development permit will be contingent on applicant’s supplying the additional information items specified in Section 3 and Section 4 of the application, including any required certifications. The Floodplain Management / GIS Office returns SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, and 4, indicating the granting or denial of conditional permitting, along with a complete list of additional information / certification required. If conditional permitting is granted at this point, work may continue at the site while the applicant is obtaining the additional required information / certification. C. Second Step – Applicant – supplies the additional information required for permitting (SECTION 3 and SECTION 4), to Floodplain Management / GIS office. D. Floodplain Management / GIS Office – reviews the information and certification supplied by applicant (C, above). If all items are present, and the proposed development activity appears to be safe for continuance, the development permit will be granted. The development site may be inspected before the permit is issued. After a development permit has been issued, the following step, requiring as-built elevations, should be completed for each of the structures located in a flood hazard area. E. Compliance (Third) Step – Applicant – submits certification of as-built elevations by registered land surveyor or registered engineer. If there is more than one structure, separate as-built certifications should be supplied for each of the structures located in a flood hazard area: 1. For Residential Structure (either permanent or manufactured home) – as-built certification of the elevations of lowest finished floor of the structure, and also the lowest and highest adjacent grade elevations. 2. For Non-Residential Structure – as-built certification of the elevations of the lowest finished floor, highest adjacent grade and lowest adjacent grade; if the elevation of the lowest finished floor is less than the local Base Flood Elevation, certification of as-built flood-proofing elevation must also be supplied. F. Floodplain Management / GIS Office – reviews the information and certification supplied by applicant (E, above). If as-built elevations are found to meet ordinance standards, a Certificate of Compliance will be issued for the structure. |
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