15.24.030 Permit Procedures and Requirements.
A. Permit Required. No land owner or land operator shall receive any of the building, grading or other land development permits required for land disturbance activities without first meeting the requirements of this ordinance prior to commencing the proposed activity.
B. Application Requirements. Unless specifically excluded by this ordinance, any land owner or operator desiring a permit for a land disturbance activity shall submit development a permit application on a form provided for that purpose.
Unless otherwise excepted by this ordinance, a permit application must be accompanied by the following in order that the permit application be considered: a stormwater management concept plan; a maintenance agreement; and a non-refundable permit review fee.
The stormwater management plan shall be prepared to meet the requirements of Sec. 5 of this ordinance, the maintenance agreement shall be prepared to meet the requirements of Sec. 9 of this ordinance, and fees shall be those established by the City.
C. Application Review Fees. The fee for review of any land development application shall be based on the amount of land to be disturbed at the site, and the fee structure shall be established by the City. All of the monetary contributions shall be credited to a local budgetary category to support local plan review, inspection and program administration, and shall be made prior to the issuance of any building permit for the development.
D. Application Procedure.
1. Applications for land disturbance activity permits must be filed with the City on any regular business day.
2. A copy of this permit application shall be forwarded to the City for review
3. Permit applications shall include the following: two copies of the stormwater management concept plan, two copies of the maintenance agreement, and any required review fees.
4. Within business days of the receipt of a complete permit application, including all documents as required by this ordinance, the City shall inform the applicant whether the application, plan and maintenance agreement are approved or disapproved.
5. If the permit application, stormwater management plan or maintenance agreement are disapproved, the applicant may revise the stormwater management plan or agreement. If additional information is submitted, the City shall have seven (7) business days from the date the additional information is received to inform the applicant that the plan and maintenance agreement are either approved or disapproved.
6. If the permit application, final stormwater management plan and maintenance agreement are approved by the City, all appropriate land disturbance activity permits shall be issued.
E. Permit Duration. Permits issued under this section shall be valid from the date of issuance through the date the City notifies the permit holder that all stormwater management practices have passed the final inspection required under permit condition.