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(b) Application for permit. Application for a permit shall be made in duplicate to the planning director on <br /> forms fumished by the planning director and shall include the following where applicable: plans in <br /> duplicate drawn to scale, showing the nature, location, dimensions, and elevations of the lot; existing <br /> or proposed structures, fill, or storage of materials; and the location of the foregoing in relation to the <br /> stream channel. <br /> (c) State and federa/permits. Prior to granting a permit or processing an application for a conditional use <br /> permit or variance, the planning director shall determine that the applicant has obtained a�l necessary <br /> state and federal permits. <br /> (d) Certificate of zoning compliance for a new, altered, or nonconforming use. It shall be unlawful to use, <br /> occupy, or permit the use or occupancy of any building or premises or part thereof hereafter created, <br /> erected, changed, converted, altered, or enlarged in its use or structure until a certificate of zoning <br /> compliance has been issued by the planning director stating that the use of the building or land <br /> conforms to the requirements of this article. <br /> (e) Construction and use to be as provided on applications, p/ans, permits, variances and certificafes of <br /> zoning compliance. Permits, conditional use permits, or certificates of zoning compliance issued on <br /> the basis of approved plans and applications authorize only the use, arrangement, and construction <br /> set forth in such approved plans and applications, and no other use, arrangement, or construction. <br /> Any use, arrangement, or construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of <br /> this article, and punishable as provided by section 78-1138 of this article. <br /> (f) Certification. The applicant shall be required to submit certification by a registered professional <br /> engineer, registered architect, or registered land surveyor that the finished fill and building elevations <br /> were accomplished in compliance with the provisions of this article. F►ood proofing measures shall be <br /> certified by a registered professional engineer or registered architect. <br /> (g) Record of first f/oor e/evation. The planning director shall maintain a record of the elevation of the <br /> lowest floor(including basement)of all new structures and alterations or additions to existing structures <br /> in the floodplain. The planning director shall also maintain a record of the elevation to which structures <br /> or alterations and additions to structures are flood-proofed. <br /> (h) Notifications for wafercourse a/terations. The planning director shall notify, in riverine situations, <br /> adjacent communities and the commissioner of the department of natural resources prior to the <br /> community authorizing any alteration or relocation of a watercourse. If the applicant has applied for a <br /> permit to work in the beds of public waters pursuant to Minn. Stat. ch. 103G, this shall suffice as <br /> adequate notice to the commissioner of natural resources. A copy of said notification shall also be <br /> submitted to the Chicago Regional Office of the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA). <br /> (i) Nofification to FEMA when physical changes increase or decrease the 100-year flood elevafion. As <br /> soon as is practicable, but not later than six months after the date such supporting information <br /> becomes available, the planning director shall notify the Chicago Regional Office of FEMA of the <br /> changes by submitting a copy of said technical or scientific data. <br /> Sec.78-1134.-Appeals and variances/duties of the city council. <br /> (a) Rules. The city council shall adopt rules for the conduct of business and may exercise all of the powers <br /> conferred on such bodies by state law. <br /> (b) Administrative review. The city council shall hear and decide appeals where it is alleged there is error <br /> in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative official in the <br /> enforcement or administration of this article. <br /> (c) Variances. The city council may authorize upon appeal in specific cases such relief or variance from <br /> the terms of this article as will not be contrary to the public interest and only when practical difficulties <br /> exist,as provided for in the respective enabling legislation for planning and zoning for cities or counties <br /> as appropriate. In the granting of such variance, the city council shall clearly identify in writing the <br /> specific conditions that existed consistent with the criteria specified in this article, any other zoning <br /> regulations in the community, and in the respective enabling legislation that justified the granting of <br /> Page 13 <br />