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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 4-2 Applications.">
  <section prefix="§" num="4-2" heading="Applications.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="From and to whom submitted.">The application for the permit must be submitted by the owner or authorized agent of the owner to the Building Official.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Required information.">The application must contain, in addition to the information otherwise required by the Building Official for a building permit, the following information:<para num="(1)">the name and address of the applicant;</para>
      <para num="(2)">the name and address of the owner of land on which development is proposed;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the name and address of the contractor;</para>
      <para num="(4)">the site location;</para>
      <para num="(5)">a plan of the site showing the size and location of the proposed development, as well as any existing structures;</para>
      <para num="(6)">plans, drawn to scale, that show the location, dimensions, and NAVD elevation of the site in relation to:<para num="(i)">the stream channel or shoreline, as the case may be; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">the Floodplain District delineation;</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(7)">a summary description of the proposed work and estimated cost; and</para>
      <para num="(8)">copies of all necessary permits from the State Water &amp;amp; Science Administration and all other applicable Federal, State, and City agencies.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Conditional information.">
      <para num="(1)">Depending on the type of development or structure involved, the Floodplain Manager may require:<para num="(i)">that an elevation certificate for the proposed development be submitted with the application; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">that the following information be shown on plans submitted with the application:<para num="(A)">the size of each proposed structure and the position on the lot where it is to be constructed;</para>
          <para num="(B)">the elevations of the proposed final grading and lowest floor and the existing ground and base-flood elevation, as certified by a licensed land surveyor or professional engineer; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">the method of elevating the proposed structure, including details of proposed fills, pile structures, retaining walls, foundations, erosion protection measures, and the like.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">These plans must be prepared by a licensed professional engineer or professional architect.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Appraisals for existing structures.">If substantial improvement to an existing structure is proposed, an appraisal must be submitted by a professional real estate appraiser of the fair market value of the existing structure, less land value.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 7, §6(a)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">2000, art. 7, §4-2</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 88-188</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-516</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-307</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 21-020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
