§ 28-4. Prohibitions.

No person may subdivide or make any changes in the use of land or construct or reconstruct a structure or change the size of a structure, except as hereinafter exempt, without first obtaining a permit from the city as provided herein.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following activities may alter or disrupt existing stormwater runoff patterns, and as such, unless exempted in section 28-5, shall require a permit prior to the issuance of a building permit or commencement of construction:

(a)

Clearing and/or drainage of land;

(b)

Converting agricultural land to nonagricultural uses;

(c)

Subdividing land;

(d)

Replatting recorded subdivisions and development of recorded and unrecorded subdivisions;

(e)

Changing the use of land and/or the construction of a structure or a change in the size of one (1) or more structures;

(f)

Altering the shoreline or banks of any surface water body;

(g)

Altering any ditches, terraces, berms, swales or other stormwater management facility;

(h)

Altering the impervious area of any tract, lot or parcel of land;

(i)

Removal of earth or moving of earth on a parcel;

(j)

Permanent (long period) lowering of the water table.

(Ord. No. 943, § 1, 10-18-1990)