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10/16/23, 10:01 AM Print Preview https://lakeelmo.municipalcodeonline.com/book/print?type=ordinances&name=TITLE_100_FLOODPLAIN_MANAGEMENT 14/19 (6)Certification. The applicant shall be required to submit certification by a registered professional engineer, registered architect, or registered land surveyor that the finished fill and building elevations were accomplished in compliance with the provisions of this chapter. Floodproofing measures shall be certified by a registered professional engineer or registered architect. (7)Record of first floor elevation. The zoning administrator shall maintain a record of the elevation of the lowest floor (including basement) of all new structures and alterations or additions to existing structures in the floodplain. The zoning administrator shall also maintain a record of the elevation to which structures or alterations and additions to structures are floodproofed. (8)Notifications for watercourse alterations. The zoning administrator shall notify, in riverine situations, adjacent communities and the commissioner of the department of natural resources prior to the community authorizing any alteration or relocation of a watercourse. If the applicant has applied for a permit to work in the beds of public waters pursuant to M.S.A. ch. 103G, this shall suffice as adequate notice to the commissioner of natural resources. A copy of said notification shall also be submitted to the Chicago Regional Office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). (9)Notification to FEMA when physical changes increase or decrease the 100-year flood elevation. As soon as is practicable, but not later than six months after the date such supporting information becomes available, the zoning administrator shall notify the Chicago Regional Office of FEMA of the changes by submitting a copy of said technical or scientific data. (c)Board of adjustment. (1)Rules. The board of adjustment shall adopt rules for the conduct of business and may exercise all of the powers conferred on such board by state law. (2)Administrative review. The board of adjustment shall hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is an error in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the enforcement or administration of this chapter in accordance with this section. (3)Variances. The board of adjustment may authorize upon appeal in specific cases such relief or variance from the terms of this chapter as will not be contrary to the public interest and only when the applicable criteria of the zoning code is met. In the granting of such variance, the board of adjustment shall clearly identify in writing the specific conditions that existed consistent with the criteria specified in this chapter, any other zoning regulations in the city, and in the respective enabling legislation that justified the granting of the variance. No variance shall have the effect of allowing in any district uses prohibited in that district, permit a lower degree of flood protection than the regulatory flood protection elevation for the particular area, or permit standards lower than those required by state law. The following additional variance criteria of the Federal Emergency Management Agency must be satisfied: a.Variances shall not be issued by a community within any designated regulatory floodway if any increase in flood levels during the base flood discharge would result. b.Variances shall only be issued by a community upon: 1.A showing of good and sufficient cause; 2.A determination that failure to grant the variance would result in exceptional hardship to the applicant; and