Ordinances-2012-313

Section 6: City Not Liable. Nothing contained in the ordinance shall will be construed to create or form the basis of any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees, or agents for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of responsible parties to comply with the provisions of this ordinance or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission, or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this ordinance, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this ordinance by its officers, employees or agents. Section 7: Permit Required. No landowner or developer will receive any construction runoff permit, building permit, provisional use permit, conditional use permit or special exception permit without first meeting the requirements of this ordinance prior to commencing the proposed activity. Section 8: Storm Water Management Plan Required. No application for development subject to the provisions of this ordinance will be accepted unless it includes a storm water management plan detailing in concept how runoff and associated water quality impacts resulting from the development will be controlled and managed. Section 9: Storm Water Management Plan Requirements. The Storm Water Management Plan for each development subject to this ordinance must: 1. Be prepared by a licensed professional engineer. 2. Indicate whether storm water will be managed on-site or off-site and, if on-site, the general location and type of BMPs, with clear citation to the Iowa Storm Water Management Manual. 3. Include a signed and dated certification under penalty of perjury by the preparer of the storm water management plan that it complies with all of the requirements of this chapter and the Iowa Storm Water Management Manual, meets the submittal requirements outlined in the Iowa Storm Water Management Manual, is designed to achieve the City storm water standards, and that the City is entitled to rely upon the certification as due diligence on the part of the City. 4. Include a scaled map indicating the location of existing and proposed buildings, roads, parking areas, utilities, structural storm water management and sediment and erosion BMPs. 5. Include a map showing the proposed land use with a tabulation of the percentage of surface areas to be adapted to various uses, drainage patterns, location of utilities, roads, and easements and the limits of clearing and grading. 6. Include a topographic base map; consisting of an appropriately scaled topographic base map of the site which extends an appropriate distance beyond the limits of the proposed development and indicates existing surface water drainage, including (but not limited to) streams, ponds, culverts, ditches and wetlands; current land use including all existing structures; locations of utilities, roads, and easements and significant natural and manmade features not otherwise shown.